nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lardass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Bahuvrīhi compound of lard + ass. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑɹd.æs/ 1. An overweight or obese person. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: It was soon realized that there werenąt^([sic]) enough creaky knees, arthritic hips and aching backs outside of the sunbelt to support carts so they went after the lardass trade. And when they realized that there were not sufficient numbers of creaky knees, arthritic hips, aching backs and lardasses, they targeted the morally crippled. And when they saw that creaky knees, arthritic hips, aching backs, lardasses and the morally crippled didnąt^([sic]) do it for them, they finally made carts mandatory for everyone.
Word: gymnast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “trainer of athletes”), from γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “I train naked, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪm.næst/, /ˈd͡ʒɪm.næst/, /ˈd͡ʒɪm.nəst/ 1. One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics.
Word: doable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/ 1. Possible to do; feasible. Example: "I think this is embarrassing for the rail industry to put out non-workable options in a major public consultation that lots of people have given plenty of time to for then, at this stage, for us to be told that none of it was doable in the first place. Example: The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS. 2. Worthy of sexual conquest. Labels: informal Example: Look at that chick - she's so doable!
Word: doable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/ 1. Something that can be done; a possible or practical task.
Word: cocks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɒks/ 1. plural of cock Labels: form-of, plural Example: If Mrs. Dyott was fond of ancient French furniture, and distinctly difficult about it, her inmates could be fond—with whatever critical cocks of charming dark-braided heads over slender sloping shoulders—of modern French authors. Example: The guests run hands over twitching boys, suck their cocks, hang on their backs like vampires.
Word: cocks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɒks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beluga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”). In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish Huso huso only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes the cetacean. Pronunciation: /bəˈluːɡə/, /bəˈluɡə/ 1. A whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean. 2. A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Word: aftershave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English shave English aftershave From after- + shave. 1. a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.
Word: narine Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the nares; narial. Labels: not-comparable Example: the narine membrane
Word: escopeta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of escopet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Alcmene Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Alcmēnē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē). Pronunciation: /ælkˈmiːni/ 1. Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules. Labels: Greek 2. 82 Alkmene, a main belt asteroid.
Word: sagger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of saggar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sagger Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of saggar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sag + -er. 1. A young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower abdominals. Labels: slang
Word: pp. Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of pages (plural of p.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12). 2. Abbreviation of past participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pp. Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of per procurationem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: verfremdungseffekt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Verfremdungseffekt. Labels: alt-of
Word: Verfremdungseffekt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt. Pronunciation: /vɜːˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/, /fɛːˈfɹɛm.dʊŋs.ɛˌfɛkt/, /vɝˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/, /fɛɹˈfɹɛm.dʊŋs.ɛˌfɛkt/ 1. Brecht's distancing effect. Example: Brecht's famous ‘Verfremdungseffekte’^([sic]) or ‘alienation effect’, intended to counter the magical associations of stage illusion and the tendency for spellbound audiences to identify emotionally with characters on stage, both of which Brecht found abhorrent. Example: In the 1960s, Christopher Goodwin, who's in this production, worked with someone from [Brecht's theatre]^([sic]) the Berliner Ensemble and dared to ask her about the Verfremdungseffekt. And she went: “It's just something he said at a lunchtime.”
Word: estrangement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (“act, state”). Pronunciation: /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ 1. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies. 2. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: national anthem Part of Speech: noun 1. The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state. Example: With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. 2. The official song of a constituent state of a country. Labels: nonstandard Example: The national anthem of Wales Example: The national anthem of the Russian SFSR
Word: frenzied Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnzid/ 1. In a state of hurry, panic or wild activity. Example: Preparations for the president's arrival made for a frenzied week. Example: Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.
Word: soft c Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɒft siː/, /sɔft si/ 1. In many languages, a letter "c" which is not pronounced as a velar stop (/k/, like English "k") but as a sibilant (/s/, like English "s") or an affricative (/tʃ/, like English "ch"). Example: In English, the "c" sound in "cent", "central" and "circuit" as distinct from the hard c in "cat" and "cabin". Example: In Italian, the "c" sound in "certo" as distinct from the "c" sound in "caffè".
Word: hard c Part of Speech: noun 1. The "c" sound pronounced /k/, as in "cat" and "cabin", as distinct from the soft c, pronounced /s/, in "cent", "center" and "circuit".
Word: harried Part of Speech: adj 1. Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied. Example: The entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another. 2. Harassed.
Word: harried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of harry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hand in hand Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English hand on handa, of the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌhændɪnˈhænd/ 1. Holding or clasping hands. Labels: not-comparable Example: The couple strolled down the sidewalk, hand in hand. 2. Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: The tendency to follow trends and explore one's sense of self goes hand in hand with being a teenager. Example: Owing to sensitivities about the force's capabilities, Russell is unable to say how many drones BTP has, or where and when they operate. But he does confide that the force works hand in hand with the helicopter service, and its ability to deploy drones is getting quicker. 3. Just; fair; equitable. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison.
Word: forefront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/, /ˈfɔɹfɹʌnt/, /ˈfoːfɹɐnt/, /ˈfo(ː)ɹfɹʌnt/, /ˈfoəfɹʌnt/ 1. The leading position or edge. Example: That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology. Example: Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own right, but back in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology.
Word: forefront Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/, /ˈfɔɹfɹʌnt/, /ˈfoːfɹɐnt/, /ˈfo(ː)ɹfɹʌnt/, /ˈfoəfɹʌnt/ 1. To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on. Labels: transitive Example: The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options.
Word: make someone's skin crawl Part of Speech: verb 1. To frighten or disgust. Labels: idiomatic Example: The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.
Word: juju Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a West African language, probably originally from French joujou. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/ 1. A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers. Labels: countable Example: Pendants round the neck, bangles round the wrists or ankles, potatoes or nutmegs in the pocket are as old or older than civilisation, carrying the same prophylactic magic as any juju in an African witchdoctor's armamentarium. 2. The magical or supernatural power of such a charm. Labels: uncountable Example: They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction. Example: She shivered and a whole host of dark memories clustered round her. Above all, she remembered that first time in the Houmfor where her black nurse had once taken her as a child. 'It do yuh no harm, Missy. Dis powerful good juju. Care fe yuh res 'f yo life.' 3. The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: That's some bad juju.
Word: juju Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of -ju- in marijuana. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/ 1. A marijuana cigarette; a joint. Labels: slang Example: ‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’
Word: juju Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/ 1. Synonym of jùjú (“music genre”). Labels: uncountable
Word: go without saying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of French aller sans dire. 1. To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established. Labels: idiomatic, impersonal Example: It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work. Example: It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.
Word: get one's act together Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Figuratively, a comparison with the achieved result and the preparation involved in creating, producing, rehearsing, and polishing a theatrical act or similar performance. 1. To become serious, organized, worthwhile, etc. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: It didn't look like he'd ever get his act together, but eventually the project got going. Example: Thanet got its act together after the August 3 accident, with no more major accidents over its remaining history.
Word: pasulj Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of bean stew in Balkan cuisine. Labels: uncountable
Word: face to face Part of Speech: adv 1. In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody. Labels: not-comparable Example: He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow. Example: Turning in at the gate of Thornden Lodge, on her mission 'to inquire', Elsie Bellmark came face to face with a departing stranger […] 2. Closely encountering (a thing or situation). Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: Finally, there I was, face to face with death. Example: We came face to face with the situation.
Word: go out of one's way Part of Speech: verb 1. To make an extra effort, so as to help or hinder. Labels: idiomatic Example: I wouldn't mind some help, but please don't go out of your way for me. Example: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Word: go the extra mile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Possibly from the gospel of Matthew ch.5: v.41 *: "And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/, /ˈɡoʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/ 1. To make an extra effort; to do a particularly good job. Labels: idiomatic Example: President Reagan pledged at a news conference today “to go the extra mile” to compromise with Democrats. Example: The international community demands that Iran go the extra mile to satisfy concerns over its atomic energy program.
Word: high noon Part of Speech: noun 1. Exactly noon; midday (when the sun is at its highest). Labels: idiomatic Example: The same streets that are inviting and quiet at high noon may be intimidating at night. 2. The zenith or apex of one's life or of a certain activity or era. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic 3. A time, set out in advance, at which an important decision is to be made or a nemesis is to be confronted. Labels: idiomatic Example: […] whereas, ten years since, there were thousands who could not endure my lightest word of rebuke to the South, they can now easily swallow John Brown whole, and his rifle into the bargain. In firing his gun, he has merely told us what time of day it is. It is high noon, thank God!
Word: moded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mode Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moded Part of Speech: adj 1. Put in an embarrassing situation. Labels: slang 2. outmoded.
Word: fretted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fret. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fret Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fretted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fret. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛtɪd/ 1. Having frets. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dulcimer and sitar are fretted instruments.
Word: fretted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fret. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛtɪd/ 1. Decorated with fretwork. Labels: not-comparable Example: They were all of gold and silver, with fretted work, and between them and around them wreaths of flowers, composed of what do you think? Why, of diamonds and emeralds, and all manner of precious stones.
Word: oldie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From old + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊldi/, /ˈoʊldi/ 1. Something or someone old. Labels: informal 2. A song or record from a previous era. Labels: informal 3. The genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras. Labels: in-plural, informal Example: an oldies radio station
Word: thymotic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several isomers of hydroxyisopropylmethylbenzoic acid, formally derived from thymol; one of the constituents of tannic acid.
Word: thymol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French thymol. Pronunciation: /ˈθaɪmɒl/ 1. a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tsukiotoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 突き落とし, literally "thrust down". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent down using a thrusting movement on his rib cage or shoulder.
Word: tsukitaoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 突き倒し, literally "frontal thrust down". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker, after a heated slapping exchange, thrusts his opponent over onto his back or side.
Word: tsumatori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 褄取り, literally "rear toe pick". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker reaches down and picks up his opponent's foot (at the toes) and pulls back and up forcing him to fall forward
Word: tsuridashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 吊り出し (tsuridashi). Pronunciation: /ˌ(t)suːɹiˈdɑːʃi/ 1. A kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi and heaves him into the air, lifting him over and out of the ring.
Word: tsuriotoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 吊り落とし (tsuriotoshi, literally “hanging and dropping”). Pronunciation: /ˌ(t)suːɹioʊˈtoʊʃi/ 1. A kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi, lifts him, and swings him sideways and down. A lifting bodyslam.
Word: tsutaezori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 伝え反り (tsutaezori), literally underarm forward body drop. Pronunciation: /ˌ(t)suːtɑːeɪˈzɔːɹi/ 1. A kimarite in which the attacker dives under his opponent's arm whilst maintaining a grip on it, then leans back, forcing him to fall forward.
Word: uchigake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 内掛け (uchigake, “inside leg trip”). 1. a kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent forward, hooks his opponent's leg with his own, and pulls him over backwards.
Word: uchimuso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 内無双 (内 無 双) 1. A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps one of his opponent's legs up by hitting his inner thigh, then pulling him with the other hand.
Word: ushiromotare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 後ろもたれ, literally backward lean out. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker leans into his opponent from behind, forcing him back and out.
Word: Brandon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændən/ 1. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name. Example: Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage. 3. Any of some towns and villages in England: 4. Any of some towns and villages in England: 5. Any of some towns and villages in England: 6. Any of some towns and villages in England: 7. Any of some towns and villages in England: 8. A village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. 9. A coastal village in County Kerry, Ireland. 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: Example: A map of the Centers and Connections proposal includes the USF area, East Lake-Orient Park and some areas of Brandon. 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A city in south-west Manitoba, Canada. 26. A rural town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.
Word: Brandon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Mac Breandáin (literally “son of Breandán”). Doublet of Brendan. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændən/ 1. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American usage, variant of Brendan.
Word: Brandon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From let's go, Brandon, ultimately from Brandon L. Brown. Originated from a news reporter incorrectly describing NASCAR fans chanting "fuck Joe Biden" as chanting "let's go, Brandon". Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændən/ 1. Joe Biden. Labels: US, derogatory
Word: utchari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese うっちゃり, literally "backward pivot throw". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker, in a last ditch effort, drops his hips while twisting and pulling his opponent up and past him, sometimes onto his back
Word: galago Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scientific Latin / translingual Galago (as a genus name), probably from Wolof golo (“monkey”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈleɪɡəʊ/ 1. Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the family Galagidae, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. Example: From the trees comes the doleful cry of the black-faced dioch, and the weary rustle of galagos creeping back to their nests after a meticulous night's prowl.
Word: bushbabies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bushbaby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bush babies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bush baby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stenohaline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steno- + haline. 1. Tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms
Word: chats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæts/ 1. plural of chat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chats Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: urbanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English urban Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English urbanite From urban + -ite (“resident of a particular area”). 1. Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area. Example: But an electric car doesn’t make sense for individual urbanites. Few of them drive enough. 2. One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
Word: urbanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English urban Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English urbanite From urban + -ite (“rock or mineral”). 1. Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Eugene, Oregon, Rob Bolman received a building permit for a straw bale house with a foundation made of stacked urbanite with a cement-sand mortar and a poured concrete bond beam on top.
Word: scruffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scruff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English scruffy From scruff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌf.i/, /ˈskɹaf.i/ 1. Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby. Example: A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road. Example: scruffy clothes 2. Scurfy.
Word: scruffy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scruff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English scruffy From scruff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌf.i/, /ˈskɹaf.i/ 1. An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats". Labels: informal 2. An arctic fox. Labels: slang Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:scruffy.
Word: scruff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See scurf. Pronunciation: /skɹʌf/, /skɹɐf/, /skɹʊf/ 1. Someone with an untidy appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff. 2. Stubble, facial hair (on males). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Crust. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. Scurf. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: scruff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft and dialect scuff, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf). Pronunciation: /skɹʌf/, /skɹɐf/, /skɹʊf/ 1. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. 2. The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck. Labels: rare Example: He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home.
Word: scruff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft and dialect scuff, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf). Pronunciation: /skɹʌf/, /skɹɐf/, /skɹʊf/ 1. To lift or carry by the scruff. Labels: transitive Example: She gently scruffed the kitten who was trying to climb her leg.
Word: gamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gamic From gam (“gamete, syngamy”) + -ic. 1. Formed as a result of syngamy (union of gametes), sexually produced, sexual. Labels: not-comparable
Word: refuel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fuel English refuel From re- + fuel. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/, /ɹiːˈfjuːl/ 1. To refill with fuel. Labels: ambitransitive Example: […] bundle the sorted, weighed, zipcoded parcels aboard the already refueled aircraft, which speedily take off […] Example: On a vast, dry lakebed called Tianshuihai, we came to a community of sorts, a desperate huddle of concrete and mud structures. My map labeled the region “Soda Plain,” and it seemed a long time since any water had gathered there. It was also, evidently, earthquake country. Buildings, many of them abandoned, had been shaken off their foundations; their walls had cracked and roofs fallen in. The military post and gas depot where Qu stopped to refuel had been shored up by heavy concrete buttresses. Thousands of fifty-gallon drums littered the ground, along with broken machinery, derelict vehicles, chunks of concrete, goat carcasses, cans, bottles, and shit.
Word: refuel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fuel English refuel From re- + fuel. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːfjuːəl/, /ˈɹiːfjuːl/ 1. An act or instance of refilling with fuel.
Word: playpen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + pen. 1. An enclosure in which babies or small children can play. 2. An area or domain in which a person can exercise their activities or endeavors freely. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: plunger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plunge 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 plunger From plunge + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌnd͡ʒə/, /ˈplʌnd͡ʒɚ/ 1. A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction. 2. The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents. 3. The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps. 4. Certain equipment for brewing coffee. 5. Certain equipment for brewing coffee. 6. One who plunges; a diver. 7. A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward. 8. A cavalryman. 9. A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. 10. The moving portion of a solenoid. 11. The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table. 12. A reckless gambler or gamble. Labels: dated, slang Example: Well I suppose there's not one of you gentlemen here who hasnt^([sic]) at some time or other taken a plunger, and how many of you hasnt^([sic]) come back sadder and wiser. 13. A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency. Example: Another part of the invention relates to making articles of earthenware by a plunger, which is forced into a mould 14. The firing pin of a breechloader.
Word: lotus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s. Ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”). Pronunciation: /ˈloʊtəs/, /ˈləʊtəs/ 1. Any of genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae. 2. A water lily (Nymphaea), especially those of Egypt or India. 3. A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. 4. A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below). 5. A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below). 6. A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below). 7. An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples. 8. Ellipsis of lotus position. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Since the '60s ended abruptly on January 1, 1970, everyone, protestors, police and all, fell to the ground in a full lotus.
Word: syngamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -gamy English syngamy From syn- + -gamy. 1. The fusion of two gametes to form a zygote. Labels: uncountable
Word: hissy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hiss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hissy From hiss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪsi/ 1. Accompanied with hisses. 2. Making a hissing sound. Example: Each is very inexpensive ($60 per two-pack for the Midland, $100 a pair for the Audiovox), and feels it. Each is also tiny, no bigger than a bar of Ivory. Both are far hissier than their more expensive rivals, and don't have as much range (more on this in a moment). 3. Childish or petulant. Example: Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!" Example: Midwestern-bred and still wholesome despite his exposure to New York’s hissiest, Sam remains the play’s anchor.
Word: hissy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hiss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hissy From hiss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪsi/ 1. A tantrum, a fit. Labels: US Example: get into a hissy
Word: Mauretania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Mauretania. Doublet of Mauritania. 1. An ancient Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa which was annexed by the Romans.
Word: unelastic 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- French élastiquebor. English elastic English unelastic From un- + elastic. 1. lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding
Word: capitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish capitán. Doublet of captain and chieftain. Pronunciation: /kæpɪˈtæn/ 1. Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts). Labels: historical
Word: underbelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + belly. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.dəˌbɛl.i/, /ˈʌn.dɚˌbɛl.i/, /ˈan.dəˌbel.i/ 1. The underside of an animal. Example: We identified the species of the snake by its blue-grey underbelly. Example: The soft underbelly of the dragon. In the legend, the dragon's armor doesn't cover its stomach. 2. The underside of any thing. Example: A jolt told me that the Nautilus had bumped the underbelly of the Ice Bank, still quite thick to judge from the hollowness of the accompanying noise. 3. The side which is not normally seen, normally a dark, immoral place. Labels: figuratively Example: The area by the canal is the underbelly of town – not something you’d see in the guidebooks. Example: In order to take the initiative, military leaders from Great Britain and the United States decided to attack in Africa, cross the Mediterranean, and move up against the "soft underbelly" of German-dominated Europe.
Word: pizzeria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pizzeria, from pizza + -eria (“-ery”). Pronunciation: /ˌpiːt.səˈɹiː.ə/ 1. A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas. Example: The talented artist quickly became fluent in English, found work at a pizzeria and dreamed of becoming a veterinary assistant.
Word: papaya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Doublet of pawpaw. Pronunciation: /pəˈpaɪ.ə/, /pəˈpɑː.jə/ 1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit. 2. The fruit of this tree. Example: It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable. 3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
Word: pawpaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya from Lokono papáia; compare also Kari'na kapaja. Doublet of papaya. Alternatively from Yuchi pahpah. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːpɔː/, /ˈpɑːpɑː/ 1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit; the fruit itself. 2. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit; the fruit itself. 3. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit; the fruit itself. 4. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit; the fruit itself. Example: Throughout the years it's gone by a lot of names—frost banana, Indiana banana, fetid-bush, bandango, custard apple, prairie banana, poor man's banana—but most of the time it's just been called pawpaw. At first glance, both the fruit and the tree seem out of place in North America. Example: If there were such a thing as an anticapitalist fruit, the pawpaw, commonly foraged in the wild and inherently resistant to commodification, might qualify. 5. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit; the fruit itself. 6. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit; the fruit itself. Example: Xavier sliced the pawpaw in half, emptying the tiny black seeds over the veranda wall.
Word: pawpaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːpɔː/, /ˈpɑːpɑː/ 1. Grandfather. Labels: colloquial, dialectal
Word: whorehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”). 1. Brothel. Labels: vulgar Example: The Towne Hall is a big inflatable building in the middle of the Snooze ’n’ Crusie. It is Derelict Las Vegas: convenience store, video arcade, laundromat, bar, liquor store, flea market, whorehouse.
Word: retriever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retrieve + -er. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/, /ɹɪ-/, /ɹə-/ 1. One who retrieves something. 2. A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter. 3. A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.
Word: COIN-OR Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: rance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus. Pronunciation: /ɹæns/, /ɹɑːns/ 1. A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A prop or shore. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 3. A round or spreader between the legs of a chair. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus. Pronunciation: /ɹæns/, /ɹɑːns/ 1. To prop or shore up. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: nationwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English nationwide From nation + -wide. Pronunciation: /ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/ 1. Extending throughout an entire nation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: (in federations) federal Example: There was a nationwide search on for the bankrobbers.
Word: nationwide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English nationwide From nation + -wide. Pronunciation: /ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/ 1. Throughout a nation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: (in federations) federally Example: …Toote became the principal Black surrogate (highest “rank” in the Reagan campaign operation), booking Reagan for appearances before Black organizations and traveling nationwide in his behalf.
Word: mortician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mort- (“death”) + -ician. Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)ˈtɪʃən/ 1. An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator. Labels: US Example: “And I prefer mortician to funeral director. It sounds more professional and, well, it is more precise. I deal with more than mere funerals; I deal with death, passing on, the transition.”
Word: misconduct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + conduct (noun sense). Pronunciation: /mɪsˈkɒndʌkt/, /mɪsˈkɑndʌkt/, /mɪsˈkɔndʌkt/ 1. Behavior that is considered to be unacceptable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The student was banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet. 2. A penalty or write-up for improper behavior. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is definitely an indication of retaliation in this case. I have never received a misconduct for possessing or using drugs. Example: After Jonathan Marchessault buried an empty-net goal with 90 seconds left in overtime, Hartman yelled from the bench and allegedly threw his stick in the officials’ direction. Hartman was assessed a misconduct for abusive language, according to the game sheet.
Word: misconduct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + conduct (verb sense). Pronunciation: /mɪskənˈdʌkt/ 1. To mismanage. Labels: transitive 2. To behave inappropriately, to misbehave. Labels: reflexive Example: It had been pointed out […] that in the past enemy aliens misconducting themselves had been returned to the internment camp. 3. To act improperly. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: The quartermasters have misconducted, and the government should bear the loss resulting from that misconduct. Example: It seems no answer for the recipient to allege that he was incompetent and misconducted, but that the acts were committed outside the jurisdiction.
Word: hydrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An irregular formation: hydr- + -ant, originally US English. By surface analysis, hydrate + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹənt/ 1. An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped. Example: A horde of dirty children play about the dripping hydrant, the only thing in the alley that thinks enough of its chance to make the most of it: it is the best it can do.
Word: cutthroat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cut + throat. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtθɹəʊt/, /ˈkʊtθɹəʊt/, [ˈkʊtθɹoːt], [ˈkʊtθɹoʊt], /ˈkʌtθɾot/ 1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild. 3. A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table. Labels: uncountable 4. Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Children go through a phase of compound acquisition in which they invent cutthroats spontaneously before dropping the habit again.
Word: cutthroat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cut + throat. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtθɹəʊt/, /ˈkʊtθɹəʊt/, [ˈkʊtθɹoːt], [ˈkʊtθɹoʊt], /ˈkʌtθɾot/ 1. Involving the cutting of throats. 2. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner. Example: He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner. 3. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog. Example: Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you. Example: More specifically, Scrabblers are diehard, competitive, and occasionally cutthroat players who treat the game like it's chess or baseball...
Word: crematorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin crematorium. Pronunciation: /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/, /kɹiːməˈtɔːɹi.əm/ 1. A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
Word: kerogen Part of Speech: noun 1. any organic matter present in a sedimentary rock that is insoluble in organic solvents; the precursor of oil and natural gas
Word: cellmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cell + -mate. 1. A person with whom one shares a prison cell.
Word: adrenalin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of adrenaline. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: uplifting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uplift + -ing. 1. Improving the mood; causing cheerfulness. Example: Listening to whalesong can be very uplifting. Example: It would be uplifting to think that the ziggurat was the first expression of Near Eastern civilization, for then one could speak about humanity's fascination with the heavens, of the human quest for communion with the infinite.
Word: uplifting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uplift + -ing. 1. The act of something being lifted upward. Example: Whereby, with prodigious long upliftings of their legs, those old astronomers were wont to mount to the apex. Example: The borders of large subsiding areas sooner or later experiencing deep fissurings and extensive upliftings through the tension or horizontal force of the subsiding crust[…]
Word: stockholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + holder. Pronunciation: /ˈstɒk.həʊl.də/, /ˈstɑk.hoʊl.dɚ/, [ˈstɑk.hoʊɫ.dɚ], /ˈstɔk.həʉl.də/, /stakˈhol.dəɹ/ 1. One who owns stock. 2. A company that maintains a stock of certain products. Example: Zumbeco are stockholders of round bar, flat bar and plate.
Word: Kerr effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rev. John Kerr, Scottish physicist. 1. Birefringence of a material induced by an electric field due to partial orientation of its molecules.
Word: stopwatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stop + watch. 1. A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated. Example: I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass
Word: stopwatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stop + watch. 1. To time (something) by means of a stopwatch. Labels: transitive
Word: shithole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of shit + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪt.hoʊl/ 1. The anus. Labels: derogatory, literally, vulgar Example: "You know," he said at last, "I wish you'd just look how that little dog's shithole opens up every time he barks." Example: “When it come,” Jamal said, “we just gotta pray suckas don't go mad dog—tearin' each other whole new shitholes.” 2. The anus. Labels: derogatory, literally, vulgar Example: . "What a sorry-looking son-of-a-bitch," said one of the officers. "We aren't going to win this war with shitholes like this out there." Example: That girl, I've known her since we were teenagers, a sweeter, more innocent decent girl you couldn't wish to find .And you've dirtied her, you shithole. 3. A hole into which one defecates or dumps excrement. Labels: derogatory, literally, vulgar Example: Perhaps Derrida is recalling Rembrandt's drawing Abraham's Sacrifice. If this is the work of art, why "tear it to pieces" (dechirer) and ram it down the shithole? Is Abraham, father of the Jewish faith, a shit, perhaps the shit that the System proper must flush away? Example: Two Roman soldiers digging latrines joke about later recounting the experience to their children back home, the ritual of having 'dug a shithole on the edge of the world'. 4. A hole into which one defecates or dumps excrement. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, literally, vulgar Example: Isn't it enough I sit in this shithole week after week?— wanting to go home and knowing there's not a damn thing to go home to? Example: “What is this shithole?” General Villa was disgusted with his accommodations. 5. A hole into which one defecates or dumps excrement. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, literally, vulgar Example: God is pulling me up and up and away from this shithole of a life, and as I get pulled up through the water I think, Mum and Dad, I'll miss you. Example: The economy is in the shithole, unemployment is 30-something %, I have no savings, no alternate plan . . . and I'rn going to quit my job. And you know what? It's going to feel damned good.