nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shagadelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shag + -adelic. Introduced in Austin Powers (film series). 1. Sexy, in an outrageously retro manner. Labels: informal
Word: beeches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: politically correctness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From politically correct + -ness. 1. Political correctness. Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable
Word: Srimati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit श्रीमत् (śrīmat, “beautiful, charming, lovely, pleasant, splendid, glorious”). 1. Alternative form of Shrimati. Labels: India, alt-of, alternative
Word: Srimati Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit श्रीमत् (śrīmat, “beautiful, charming, lovely, pleasant, splendid, glorious”). 1. A Gandharva maid in Ramayana. 2. A female given name from Sanskrit.
Word: sunbake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + bake. 1. To bake in the sun. Example: Oh, she wants to moan with pain, thinking of Richard lying down on the sunbaking rock, naked as well. Example: Their pots also were made of sunbaked mud, unfired and unglazed, though sometimes richly engraved. 2. To sunbathe. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Such diversion as Podson could extort from his isolation was soon vitiated by repetition. He surfed. He sun-baked - with discretion till his skin had peeled and given him a harder cuticle. Example: 'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'
Word: sunbake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + bake. 1. A session of sunbathing. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: It was a simple affair. We were camping down the south coast and one of my friends leapt out of the surf and slammed down onto the beach to have a sunbake – marvellous. We made the image and it's been around, I suppose as a sort of icon of the Australian way of life.
Word: sunbaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sunbake + -er. 1. One who sunbakes, a sunbather. Labels: Australia Example: Here there were sunbakers, kids, old ladies, people reading the Sunday papers. Example: Sunbakers and frisbee-throwers occupy the lawns; tourists dunk their feet in fountains on hot summer afternoons.
Word: textphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From text + phone. 1. A telephone with a simple keyboard and a small screen, used by the deaf. Labels: UK
Word: anigh Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh. Pronunciation: /əˈnai/ 1. Nigh; near. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The sun-flakes by multitudes lie, / Shed loose as the petals of roses discrowned / On the floors of the forest engilt and embrowned / And reddened afar and anigh.
Word: anigh Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh. Pronunciation: /əˈnai/ 1. Nigh; near. Labels: archaic Example: Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you.
Word: valiha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malagasy valiha. 1. A form of bamboo tube zither from Madagascar. Example: The valiha has a royal heritage: according to Justin Vali, King Radama II was a superb composer.
Word: zindabad Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād) / زندہ باد (zinda bād, “long live”), from Classical Persian زنده باد (zinda bād). 1. Long live. Labels: South-Asia 2. Used to express an intense approval or suggest the use of something. Labels: South-Asia, slang Example: Libgen Zindabad Example: Jio zindabad
Word: Zoque Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊkeɪ/, /ˈsəʊkeɪ/ 1. A member of a particular indigenous people of Mexico.
Word: Zoque Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊkeɪ/, /ˈsəʊkeɪ/ 1. The language of this people.
Word: linalol Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of linalool. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable, usually
Word: 110 proof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See proof. Most hard liquor sold at retail in the United States is between 80 and 95 proof (40 to 47.5% by volume); higher proof alcohol is usually bootlegged. 1. Stronger than strong. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: 1941 February 9, "The 'Hated Hun'—Then and Now", The New York Times, In those days a Hollywood hero had to be 110 proof.... Example: 2002 February 1, "With a Sister Tour, 'O Brother' Family Expands", Boston Globe, Then I was wondering who this Bob Dylan was who wrote this great song, and then I was going deeper and deeper to the stuff that's 110 proof. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: 55% alcohol by volume. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: 110 proof Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See proof. Most hard liquor sold at retail in the United States is between 80 and 95 proof (40 to 47.5% by volume); higher proof alcohol is usually bootlegged. 1. Intensely; strongly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The crowd which jams the grandstands... constitutes the most informal assemblage in the world. This crowd is 110 proof democratic and unconventional. Judge, subway guard, doctor, banker,..., laborer—they can all sit in the same row....
Word: Odette Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from French. 2. Acronym of Organization for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe, a group that represents the interests of the automotive industry in Europe; equivalent to AIAG in the US. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: invasion stripes Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of alternating black and white stripes painted on the fuselages and wings of Allied aircraft, for the purpose of increased recognition by friendly forces, prior to the invasion of western Europe on D-Day. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: silver service Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of catering where the food is delivered to the table on a platter held by the waiter and served to the customer's plate using a fork and spoon. Labels: uncountable 2. Any service which is of especially good quality. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: blague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly. 1. Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The difference is this: one may be obliged to maintain a falsehood from feelings of pride or self-respect, but a blague can be given up without a scruple. Example: I wonder if the cholera-sick fishing harbour is so sweet, after all! Blague probably. Blague, blague! Brides, love, Naples, joie de vivre, ancient, modern, liberal, conservative, ideal, real, natural—blague. Blague all the way.
Word: blague Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly. 1. To utter blague; to tell a falsehood that no one seriously believes; to bullshit. Example: "Yes," said Farnham, "so the woman told me, and she added that they were authentic of the twelfth century. asked her if she could not throw off a century or two in consideration of the hard times, and she laughed, and said I blagued, and honestly she didn't know how old they were, but it was dro^le, tout de me^me, qu'on pu^t adorer un petit bon Dieu d'une laideur pareille." Example: "When he blagued just now about his crosses, I thought there was something in him,” whispered the Eastern hero to the painter.
Word: move house Part of Speech: verb 1. To change one's place of residence. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: I haven’t had any post since I moved house.
Word: Gypsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gypsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buttfucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + fucker or buttfuck + -er. 1. One who engages in anal sex. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, vulgar Example: Jeff Palmer was gorgeous, he too had a wonderful physique, and his impressive cock stayed as hard as Tom Chase's; what set Jeff apart was that he was perhaps the most savage, most ferocious buttfucker any of them had ever seen.
Word: divinities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divinity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leak-proof Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of leakproof. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: write off Part of Speech: verb 1. To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero. Labels: transitive 2. To record (an expenditure) as an expense. Labels: transitive 3. To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example). Labels: transitive 4. To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation. 5. To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair. Labels: transitive Example: The '800' received substantial collision damage, while the High Speed Train power car was written off. 6. To assign a low value to (somebody or something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals. Example: Hey, don't write yourself off yet / It's only in your head, you feel left out
Word: tastier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of tasty: more tasty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tastiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of tasty: most tasty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: noogy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of noogie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dead-tree Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dead tree. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: smartweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smart + weed. 1. Any of a number of plants in the genus Persicaria (formerly Polygonum). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: smartweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smartweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nerved Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nerve + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of nerve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nerved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nerve + -ed. 1. Vigorous, strong; courageous. Labels: obsolete Example: Beſides, their pains and pleaſures are ſo dependent on outward circumſtances […] that they ſeldom act from the impulſe of a nerved mind, able to chooſe its own purſuit. 2. Having nerves of a specified kind. Labels: in-compounds Example: a strong-nerved hero 3. Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf. Labels: in-compounds, often Example: The leaf was palmately nerved.
Word: nerving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nerve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nerving Part of Speech: noun 1. An arrangement of nerves or veins in a plant.
Word: subvention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French subvention, from Late Latin subventio, from Latin subvenio (assist). Pronunciation: /sʌbˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ 1. A subsidy; provision of financial or other support. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the said religious shall […] pay all papal impositions, subventions, and contributions […] Example: […] the Crown-Prince, contrary to wont, broke silence, and begged some dole or subvention for these poor people; but there was nothing to be had. 2. The act of coming under. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1744, Thomas Stackhouse, A New History of the Holy Bible, London: Stephen Austen, 2nd edition, Volume 2, Book 6, Chapter 2, p. 845, Now the only Ascension that we read of, besides these, is that of our blessed Saviour; and the Manner, in which he is said to have been carry’d up, was, by the Subvention of a Cloud, which rais’d him from the Ground […] 3. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: […] if we pray to God to remove a lesser judgement by way of subvention, questionlesse we may beseech him to deliver us from the great evill of a wounded conscience, by way of prevention. Example: A small body of negroes defied the choicest troops of one of the greatest nations in the world, kept an extensive country in alarm, and were at length brought to surrender, only by means of a subvention still more extraordinary than their own mode of warfare.
Word: subvention Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French subvention, from Late Latin subventio, from Latin subvenio (assist). Pronunciation: /sʌbˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ 1. To subsidise. Example: His task was, it is true, made easier by the need of the English to remove troops to put down the 1745-6 Jacobite Rising, which the French had subventioned.
Word: take advantage of Part of Speech: verb 1. To use or make use of. Labels: transitive Example: He took advantage of the swimming pool every day of his visit. Example: But now this visit of my soft warm hand in those so sensible parts had put every thing into such ungovernable fury that, disdaining all further preluding, and taking advantage of my commodious posture, he made the storm fall where I scarce patiently expected, and where he was sure to lay it 2. To exploit. Labels: transitive Example: She took advantage of his desperation. Example: He toyed with her emotions just to get her in bed. He took advantage of her.
Word: physical education Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪ.zɪ.kl̩ ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪʃn̩/ 1. An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility. Labels: uncountable Example: But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her “an obese person” in a Physical Education (PE) educational material after the agency issued an apology. Example: In order to help teachers who are interested in the rhythmic side of physical education and its integration with units of social studies to find material, music, etc., I am listing below some of the activities and records that we have found to be very useful.
Word: restimulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-? Latin stimulus Latin stimulo Latin stimulatusbor. English stimulate English restimulate From re- + stimulate. 1. To stimulate again. 2. To "awaken" a previously lost or hidden memory (engram) from the past, in (a person). Example: The sound of firecrackers restimulated the war veteran, and he felt tired for several days after.
Word: restimulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English stimulation English restimulation From re- + stimulation. 1. The process of restimulating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leave over Part of Speech: verb 1. To allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The family leaves over enough food from Sunday dinner for Monday lunch and dinner. 2. Give over; stop it! Example: "Oh, leave over!" he whispered urgently.
Word: left-over Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of leftover. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The yard was filled with damaged and left-over automobile parts.
Word: spy on Part of Speech: verb 1. To watch secretly or covertly; to surveil.
Word: rely on Part of Speech: verb 1. To be confident in. Labels: transitive Example: I know I can rely on you. 2. To be dependent upon. Labels: transitive Example: The city relies on the subway system.
Word: blotches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blotch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blotches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blotch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dura + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdjʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/ 1. Relating to the dura mater. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: dural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of duralumin. Pronunciation: /ˈdjʊə.ɹæl/ 1. Synonym of duralumin. Labels: uncountable
Word: bioerosion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English erosion English bioerosion From bio- + erosion. 1. The erosion of undersea rock or coral reefs by mollusks and other organisms. Labels: uncountable 2. By extension, the erosion of landforms by biological action, terrestrial or marine. Labels: uncountable
Word: rawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to roke (“mist; smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”). Compare raggy (“foggy”). 1. A thick fog. Labels: Yorkshire Example: The rawk o' the hills, and the mist o' the mountains, / Like the reek o'a pot, and the smoke of a kiln, / Draws further off still, while the round sun is counting / His pulses o' light o' the morning so still.
Word: rawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare roke (“defect in steel”). 1. A mark. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, possibly Example: Rawks o' muck dahn't side on his faace. Example: 'At drew all them rawks.
Word: rawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of rock (“music genre”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Example: I enjoy listening to good rawk. Example: RAWK: This is how people who start bands in order to meet porn stars spell rock.
Word: rawk Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of rock. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!
Word: scrape together Part of Speech: verb 1. To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty Labels: idiomatic
Word: slyboots Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sly + boots. 1. A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming. Labels: UK Example: But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light. Example: "Oh, you sly-boots!" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"
Word: sly-boot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of slyboots. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slyboot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slyboots. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: sly-boots Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of slyboots. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tell the truth Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth. Example: That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
Word: tell the truth Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth". Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Then it sneezed. Considering what it was smelling, that was no surprise. Tell the truth, I'd gotten so used to the jof jof dung that I didn't notice it anymore.
Word: liplock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lip + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/ 1. A kiss or the act of kissing; especially a long, passionate kiss. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable Example: We figgered a gal might give us a lil liplock. Example: The character is also denied an affirming liplock with her female love interest—a former taboo that was long ago shattered by L.A. Law, Roseanne and, earlier this season, Relativity (men kissing men, on the other hand, remains, for now, a no-no). 2. A maneuver in which a fish is hooked by a curled finger inserted under the gill cover and extending to the fish's jaw. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Regardless of whatever other qualities may differentiate Sooner fishermen, they are identical in that each has spent a good part of their lives dreaming about catching one nice bass — a whopper of such bulk that the traditional thumb and forefinger liplock wouldn't be nearly enough to hoist their catch into the boat.
Word: liplock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lip + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/ 1. Alternative form of lip-lock. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In terms of effectiveness, it must have been a pretty decent line, because she just smiled and liplocked me. Example: A bout with the common cold was fair tradeoff for the chance to liplock with Joy Jeffers, the prettiest girl in school.
Word: lip-lock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of liplock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But if he's recently switched from cheek-peck to lip-lock, something's up. Example: After lots of talk about "the perfect kiss," their close-up lip-lock is surprisingly boring. 2. Alternative spelling of liplock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many bass anglers I've known prefer a lip-lock to this gill method, and it surely does work for hoisting ol' funnel-mouth into the boat. Example: The Leech Lake lip-lock may sound more difficult, but it's really quite easy to perform and works well on a pike that persists in rolling away from you.
Word: lip-lock Part of Speech: verb 1. To kiss for an extended period of time. Labels: US, slang Example: And I'm hardly a lesbian assistant! I mean, I am an assistant, and I do like Ellen DeGeneres's talk show, and sometimes I watch The L Word, but that doesn't mean I want to lip-lock the ladies. Example: In Psalm 85, it says that "justice and peace/ mercy and truth" have kissed. In Jesus they lip-locked forever. 2. To hook a fish by inserting a curled finger under the gill cover and extending it to the fish's jaw. Example: Never try to lip-lock a brawling bigmouth after dark. Example: If any professional angler can tell you the best way to lip-lock a lunker, it's Jimmy Houston.
Word: lip lock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of liplock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And I was able to do it without breaking our lip lock. Example: Still, she recognized Fred as she drew back from a lingering lip lock planted squarely across Dell's lips. 2. Alternative form of liplock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.
Word: lip lock Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of lip-lock. Example: Now I know you're supposed to lip lock in the movies, right? Example: For us black folk, I don't care if King Tut got it on with his male servants, or if Benjamin Banneker liked to lip lock with menfolk in between writing all those damn almanacs. 2. Alternative form of lip-lock. Example: Wading angler (above) is about to lip lock a chunky black bass. Example: To lip lock a Fattie on a hook: The sharp end enters the mouth and exits the jaw downward behind the lower lip.
Word: juvenile delinquent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From juvenile + delinquent. 1. A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence. Example: This cow-creamer, in case you're interested, was a silver jug or pitcher or whatever you call it shaped, of all silly things, like a cow with an arching tail and a juvenile-delinquent expression on its face, a cow that looked as if it were planning, next time it was milked, to haul off and let the milkmaid have it in the lower ribs.
Word: cassole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cassole, from Occitan caçòla. 1. A roughly conical earthenware vessel, glazed inside, used in cooking.
Word: mostaccioli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mostaccioli. 1. A type of penne pasta which resembles ziti. Labels: uncountable Example: My husband provided the keg of beer and Tina made huge bowls of mostaccioli (not lasagna, never in ten years lasagna!).
Word: zeppole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zeppola. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Of all the spots the franchise could have chosen, why, he asks, did it have to be on the other side of the wall where two centurion busts stand guard above customers waiting for zeppoles or Sicilian slices?
Word: zeppole Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeppola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tolde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of told. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: deadnettle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, dead + nettle. Compare Dutch dovenetel, German Taubnessel, North Frisian Duufnäädel. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdnɛtəl/ 1. Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs. Example: After studying the book for several minutes, he began to assemble a weird collection of plants and herbs on the floor in front of him. Hemlock and foxglove, ivy and deadnettle, henbane and marigold[.]
Word: enrols Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enrol Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deadness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dead Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deadness From dead + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdnəs/ 1. The state of not being alive; lifelessness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: O may it be my constant care to watch and pray; the neglect of which was the chief cause of my former deadness. 2. A lack of elasticity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He complained that the deadness of the balls affected his game. 3. A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The deadness of the champagne made it undrinkable. 4. A lack of animation in a person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The deadness of his expression told everything, without him having to speak.
Word: inelasticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English elasticity English inelasticity From in- + elasticity. 1. The quality of being inflexible. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: achievings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃiːvɪŋz/ 1. plural of achieving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead set against Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of dead against. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: James Cameron, the director of Titanic, wasn’t exactly a fan, either: He was dead set against ending his epic with a pop song.
Word: vacciner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vaccine 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 vacciner From vaccine + -er. 1. One who administers vaccines.
Word: pretermitted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːtə(ɹ)ˈmɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pretermit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rejuvenates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rejuvenate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: afore- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English fore- English afore- From a- + fore-. 1. Previously. Labels: morpheme
Word: kaval Part of Speech: noun 1. A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe. Example: MATT DARRIAU’S PARADOX TRIO (Thursday) In addition to Mr. Darriau — on clarinet and saxophones as well as kaval (an end-blown flute) and gaida (a kind of bagpipe) — this exuberant Bulgarian-improv band features Brad Shepik’s guitars, Rufus Cappadocia’s cello and Seido Salifoski’s hand drums.
Word: Depp Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: kes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kesh. Labels: Sikhism, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: kes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. The kestrel. Labels: UK, slang
Word: anesthetists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anesthetist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algorithmically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English algorithmic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English algorithmically From algorithmic + -ally. 1. Using an algorithm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dunned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dun Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Ephraim set about raising the money to restore Vatopaidi to its former glory. He dunned the European Union for cultural funds.
Word: goo-goo eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. A romantic look at something or someone. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: N.d., Harry S. Sargent (attributed), "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", in, 1902, Jack Haverly, Negro Minstrels, Frederick J. Drake & Company, page 106, Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, she did up quick a chap about my size; Now I wish I had that roll, and the watch and chain she stole, Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes. Example: So why did you shoot goo-goo eyes at me?
Word: advisive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English advisive From advise + -ive. 1. Advisory in tone and content.
Word: after-party 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 party English after-party From after- + party. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːftəpɑːti/, /ˈæftɚˌpɑɹti/ 1. A party that happens after an official, often public, party or event. Example: Henri, lord of Nassau-Breda: a member of the Golden Fleece who would joust alongside Philip and then host lavish banquets and after-parties that lasted ‘well nigh the whole night’ […].
Word: class ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring for one's finger that shows the school that one attended and the year of graduation.
Word: running mate Part of Speech: noun 1. A candidate on a joint ticket. 2. A candidate for the US vice-presidency. Labels: US Example: My first decision after being assured of victory was to choose my running mate. I decided that I needed to compensate for my lack of experience in Washington, and seriously considered Senators John Glenn, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson, Ed Muskie, and Walter Mondale. Example: Noem’s latest justification for fatally shooting Cricket at her farm[…]comes as fellow Republicans have all but written off her chances of being chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in November’s presidential election. 3. One of a pair of ships with coordinated, often reciprocal, sailing schedules. 4. One of a pair of horses running the same race for the same stable or owner.
Word: tex Part of Speech: noun 1. A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.
Word: tex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See text. 1. Alternative form of text. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: I have walked, […] painting these texes on every wall.
Word: from here to Sunday Part of Speech: adv 1. Everywhere; all over the place. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: 2004 June 24–30, "Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 197, And then there's strolling through the aisles at Wal-Mart and seeing his face on everything from here to Sunday, like the Jeff Gordon 8-piece BBQ Set, the Jeff Gordon Edition Tire Valve Caps, and, for the ladies, the Jeff Gordon DuPont Racing #24 Clutch.
Word: settle someone's hash Part of Speech: verb 1. To physically or verbally subdue someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Wait and see old Caleb Quirk get into the box. I'll settle his hash in half a minute. Example: “But wait till I light on you, no matter where it is, I’ll settle your hash for a bit, yer little swine!”
Word: IPCF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interprocess communication facility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of isopropenyl chloroformate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of industrial pointed coordinated function. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cholagogue Part of Speech: noun 1. Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile. Labels: obsolete
Word: laff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of laugh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, humorous
Word: laff Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of laugh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, humorous
Word: tough love Part of Speech: noun 1. The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: [H]e found himself surrounded by a circle of caring friends and relatives who told him one by one that they loved him but could not continue to live with him or be his friend the way he was. As one of his closest friends recalled, it was a show of tough love. Example: [W]hen it came to Latin America's economic travails, Bush adhered to the principle of tough love: no more bailouts.
Word: tough love Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of tough-love. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She could not be "tough loved" into improving her behavior and saddling her with full responsibility for her problems would have been inappropriate. Example: These folks "tough loved" Jim into sobriety.
Word: softnose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soft (adjective) + nose. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒftnəʊz/, /ˈsɔftˌnoʊz/, /ˈsɑftˌnoʊz/ 1. Of a bullet: lacking a jacketed nose and thereby deforming greatly on impact, causing a large amount of damage; soft-nosed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Questions that have arisen regarding the "stopping power" of the modern small-caliber bullet, particularly in view of the reduction of the caliber of the rifle in some services to 0.25 inch, or even less, have led to propositions to adopt soft-nose or "mushrooming" bullets, which will be deformed on striking an animate object, inflict a more dangerous wound, and increase the shock over that given by a hard bullet of the same caliber and weight, which would penetrate the body without deformation. […] The soft-nose bullet is inferior in accuracy, and is especially inferior in its ability to penetrate hard substances used for defensive purposes, making it almost useless to reach troops under cover that would be dislodged by the service bullet. Example: When I got the rifle I shot a coyote in a trap, to see what effect the soft nose bullet would have. He was struck back of shoulder, and a hole torn, where bullet entered, about 3½ inches in diameter.
Word: softnose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soft (adjective) + nose. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒftnəʊz/, /ˈsɔftˌnoʊz/, /ˈsɑftˌnoʊz/ 1. A bullet of this kind; (uncountable) bullets of this kind collectively. Labels: countable Example: The soft nose when it strikes a hard substance, mushrooms, would leave ten times as large a hole as a hard nose bullet striking the same substance. A soft nose bullet would leave a ragged edge. Example: And get a couple of boxes of .40 caliber Glasers, too. And about a dozen boxes of .30 caliber softnoses for my SKS. You need some cash for all that?
Word: meany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mean + -y. 1. Alternative spelling of meanie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: meanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meany Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of meanie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sandland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Proto-Indo-European *sámdʰos? Proto-Germanic *samdaz Proto-West Germanic *samd Old English sand Middle English sond English sand English -land English Sandland From sand + -land. 1. Collectively, the Middle East and North Africa. Labels: derogatory, often, slang Example: I think a move to Sandland would be in order for someone here.... Example: 2003 May 9, "St. Dave" , "Baboons and Politics", alt.politics.gw-bush and alt.discordia, Usenet, With any luck, this missive will absolutely enrage the feebs who insist that human " troops " sent to Sandland are great and brave and deserving of "honour"....
Word: sandland Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Sandland. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I'll be in the UAE for a few days and admittedly the timing could have been better. If a war starts while we're down there I'll be in sandland for a while as being in an airliner above that part of the world would not the wisest move. Example: 2004 June 26, xtmprszntwlfd@erols.com, "Somebody in sandland gets it.", alt.religion.islam and uk.religion.islam, Usenet.
Word: Hessians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hessian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absorbably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English absorbable Middle English -ly English -ly English absorbably From absorbable + -ly. 1. In an absorbable manner.
Word: absorbently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English absorbent Middle English -ly English -ly English absorbently From absorbent + -ly. 1. In an absorbent manner.
Word: abri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French abri (“shelter”), from Old French abrier (“to shelter”), see below. Pronunciation: /əˈbɹiː/, /ɑːˈbɹiː/, /əˈbɹi/, /ɑˈbɹi/, /æˈbɹi/ 1. a shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
Word: bondar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely borrowed from Bengali বান্দর (bandor, “monkey”) or Hindi बंदर (bandar, “monkey”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒndɑː/, /ˈbɑnˌdɑɹ/ 1. Synonym of Asian palm civet.
Word: trommels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trommel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trommel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒməl/ 1. A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. Labels: obsolete Example: This trommel is very compact and will give four sizes of product. 2. A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.
Word: the British are coming Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From a famous line supposedly uttered by the American Paul Revere. 1. A warning that enemies are about and a battle is about to begin. 2. A statement of impending doom.
Word: ascesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin ascesis, or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek ἄσκησις (áskēsis, “exercise, training”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “to exercise, practise, train”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process). Pronunciation: /əˈsiːsɪs/, /əˈsisɪs/, /æ-/, /əˈskiːsɪs/ 1. self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Neo Platonic philosophy, it will now be seen, is monism, and the completion, consequently, of ancient philosophy, so far as it would reduce the totality of being to a single ultimate ground. As able, however, to find its highest principle, from which all the rest are derived, not through self-consciousness and natural rational explanation, but only through ecstasy, mystic annihilation of self, ascesis, theurgy, it is a desperate overleaping of all—and, consequently, the self-destruction of ancient—philosophy. Example: This intellectual discipline, this progressive unification and concentration of the mind is an important part of the preparatory ascesis, the work of purification which must be carried through before any approach towards the mystical union can be expected. 2. The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God. Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable Example: And this we do find in the Basilican, the Byzantine, and the Romanesque architectures, each more perfect than another, and each lacking in an ever diminishing degree much of the perfect holiness of the Saint of "the most high,"—they came and passed away like different periods in the askesis of a holy soul aiming after the perfection of the spiritual life, and truly therefore they are Christian. Example: Saint Anthony the Great described a process of purifying the nous by eliminating the disturbances aroused in it by thoughts, feelings, images, imitative movements—all the things that have been unconsciously taken in and remembered by the personality. [...] To achieve this illumination and separation requires a special kind of effort, and this is the real nature of ascesis, noetic ascesis for the enlightening of the nous.
Word: aromatique Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of aromatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: krama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer ក្រមា (krɑɑmaa). 1. A traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf or bandana or to carry children. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: krama Part of Speech: noun 1. A polite and formal style of the Javanese language. Labels: uncountable
Word: en famille Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French en famille (literally “in family”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒ̃ faˈmiː/, /ˌɑn fɑˈmi/ 1. with one's family; as a family Labels: not-comparable 2. informally Labels: not-comparable Example: Then be careful how you accept invitations. To a large dinner, or an evening party, you may go with pleasure and safety indiscriminately, be the party of what side it may; but a breakfast or dinner, en famille, with those whom hereafter you will know as political opponents, may embarrass you exceedingly. 3. at home Labels: not-comparable
Word: cordectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cord Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English cordectomy From cord + -ectomy. 1. The surgical removal of a cord, especially that of the vocal cord.
Word: control theory Part of Speech: noun 1. An interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics, dealing with the control of the behavior of dynamical systems. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: cybernetics (not consistently differentiated)
Word: flush toilet Part of Speech: noun 1. A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.
Word: batture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French batture. Doublet of batter. 1. A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated. Example: The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
Word: navigation channel Part of Speech: noun 1. The portion of a body of water (e.g., sea, bay, river) that is navigable, having suitable depth; it often includes a portion that is dredged into the seabed or riverbed to enable larger ships (which have deeper draft) to pass through to a port.
Word: anthropophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + -phobia. Both elements are borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) respectively. 1. A profound fear of human beings, or of human society. Labels: uncountable Example: The affection is unlike anthropophobia, because this is characterized by dislike of men, and decided aversion to sexual intercourse. 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.
Word: double-barrelled shotgun Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.
Word: double-barreled shotgun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of double-barrelled shotgun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sawn-off shotgun Part of Speech: noun 1. A shotgun whose barrel(s) has been shortened for ease of concealment and to give a larger spread, though with more limited range (often for illegal purposes). Example: I never really got there / I just pretended that I had / Words are blunt instruments / Words are sawn-off shotguns
Word: sawed-off shotgun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sawn-off shotgun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amendation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amend + -ation. Piecewise doublet of emendation. 1. The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment Labels: US
Word: reggie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of regular + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdʒi/ 1. Being regular marijuana, as opposed to good-quality marijuana. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: old time used to be Part of Speech: noun 1. Ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. Often used in songs. Labels: euphemistic, informal Example: I thought I spied my old time used to be[…]Roberta done quit me, I can't see no peace Example: Somebody loan me a dime, I need to call my old time used to be.
Word: boycotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Charles Boycott English boycott English -er English boycotter From boycott + -er. 1. Someone who engages in a boycott Example: As early as 1955[…], he spoke in what Sundquist calls his “ornate metaphorical style,” evident in his first speech to the boycotters.
Word: dedos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dedo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tiger's eye Part of Speech: noun 1. A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre. Example: Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.
Word: chatoyant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye). Pronunciation: /ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/ 1. Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk. Example: chatoyant effect Example: I managed to move sufficiently to see at the top, as I fired up the stairs, the yellow face of Dr. Fu-Manchu, to see the gleaming, chatoyant eyes, greenly terrible, as they sought to pierce the gloom.
Word: chatoyant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye). Pronunciation: /ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/ 1. A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.
Word: unchangeably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unchangeable Middle English -ly English -ly English unchangeably From unchangeable + -ly. 1. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed. Example: God is infinitely and unchangeably good.
Word: pavillion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pavilion (obsolete, except in the names of theatres, hotels, etc.) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: legitimise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: preatmospheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English atmospheric English preatmospheric From pre- + atmospheric. 1. Describing a meteoroid as it approaches the atmosphere Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonchondritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chondritic. 1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of a nonchondrite. Labels: not-comparable