nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: EIR Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms. * (Elizabeth I): By analogy with EIIR (“Elizabeth II”). 1. Initialism of Executive Intelligence Review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “I think it's very useful to have a voice of truth in the Washington area,” said Dana Scanlon, a spokeswoman for EIR. She said she believes EIR will try the program on another area station. Example: During the 1996 presidential campaign [of Lyndon LaRouche], EIR carried the headline: “US Election is also a Referendum on Britain’s Lord [William] Rees-Mogg.” 2. Initialism of Elizabeth I Regina; a retronymic royal cypher of Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, rare Example: Other than that, there is "A Man For All Seasons" set in Elizabethan period, though not about E I R directly. Example: There was a contemporary pic in Saturday's "Times" of EIR's funeral cortege. It was gobsmackingly beautiful. Did anyone see it?
Word: SDH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of synchronous digital hierarchy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of subdural hematoma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: menswear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English men English -s- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English menswear From men + -s- + -wear. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnz.wɛɚ/ 1. Men's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context. Labels: uncountable Example: Derek Guy was a relatively unknown menswear writer with 25,000 followers on Twitter in 2022.
Word: shrewish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shrew + -ish. Compare Middle English schrewis, shrewessh, shrewyssh (“wicked, malignant”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹuː.ɪʃ/, /ˈʃɹɪu̯.ɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman). Example: “For my own part,” she rejoined, “I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, I never could perceive any thing extraordinary. They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable.” Example: Her part. Good grief, he realized; he hadn’t written any dialogue that included her, the slinky, breast-heavy, nipple-dilated female intelligence agent – he had only done scenes between Ziggy Trots and his shrewish wife. 2. Bad-tempered; ill-natured; obstinate, as a shrew.
Word: methought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English me thoght, from Old English mē þūhte; equivalent to me + thought. 1. simple past and past participle of methinks Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches / Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd / I cri'de to dreame againe. Example: Methought I saw my late espoused saint / Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave,
Word: northwestern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern. Pronunciation: /nɔːθˈwɛstn̩/, /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/ 1. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction. Example: Brittany is located in northwestern France. 2. Blowing from that direction.
Word: northwestern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern. Pronunciation: /nɔːθˈwɛstn̩/, /nɔːθˈwɛst.ə(ɹ)n/ 1. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America. Example: His most recent novels, published as Five Star Westerns, have been Northwesterns: […]
Word: daguerreotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French daguerréotype. Named after French artist Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) who announced the process in 1839. Daguerre developed the process after some years of collaborations with French chemist Nicéphore Niépce. Pronunciation: /dəˈɡɛɹ.(ɪ.)əʊˌtaɪp/, /dəˈɡɛɚ.(i.)oʊˌtaɪp/, /dəˈɡɛɚ.(i.)əˌtaɪp/ 1. An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph. Example: The awakening of science to this new way of seeing the cosmos began with Johann Ritter in 1801. By 1815, scientists found that Ritter's “chemical rays” [ultraviolet rays] darkened not just silver chloride but also many other kinds of metallic salts. Between 1826 and 1837, Nicéphore Niépce, credited with taking the first successful photograph, in 1827, and Louis Daguerre, the most famous photographic innovator of his day, found that silver iodide was especially light sensitive, and they used this discovery as the basis for their early work, which even then had begun to gain international notice. By 1842, others found that when sunlight hit a gelatin emulsion containing silver iodide, soon to be called a daguerreotype plate, it induced a photochemical reaction. Practical photography was born. 2. The process of making such photographs. 3. A faithful or exact representation or description. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: What was most admired was the facade of the great and ancient Gothic church of St. Mary,—which was reflected with such exactness that it appeared to be a daguerreotype design; so that all the lines and contours of the innumerable ornaments which cover this facade, were distinguished with ease.
Word: daguerreotype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French daguerréotype. Named after French artist Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) who announced the process in 1839. Daguerre developed the process after some years of collaborations with French chemist Nicéphore Niépce. Pronunciation: /dəˈɡɛɹ.(ɪ.)əʊˌtaɪp/, /dəˈɡɛɚ.(i.)oʊˌtaɪp/, /dəˈɡɛɚ.(i.)əˌtaɪp/ 1. To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of). Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To describe or represent exactly or faithfully; depict. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: [H]e scanned my countenance with a pair of fierce, blood-shot eyes that I knew would daguerreotype my appearance indellibly^([sic]) and faithfully upon his mind.
Word: defoliate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English foliate English defoliate From de- + foliate. Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪt/ 1. To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent. Labels: transitive Example: Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation. Example: These leaves are the moth’s only source of food, and if left unchecked, the caterpillars can completely defoliate a single mighty tree.
Word: defoliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English foliate English defoliate From de- + foliate. Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪt/ 1. Deprived of leaves; defoliated.
Word: defoliant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English defoliate Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English defoliant From defoliate + -ant. Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊlɪənt/ 1. An agent used to defoliate plants. Example: Agent Orange is a defoliant.
Word: delphinium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name (translingual Delphinium), from Ancient Greek δελφῐ́νῐον (delphĭ́nĭon, “larkspur”). Pronunciation: [dɛɫˈfɪnɪəm] 1. A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers; a larkspur. Labels: countable Example: The engagement photos were set in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like something straight out of an enchanted garden. 2. A shade of blue, named for the flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: palmetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito. 1. Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens. Example: Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade. Example: [O]n the flat coastal swamps of South Florida, where the palmettos once blew over the detritus of a dozen failed booms and the hotels were boarded up six months a year, there has evolved […] a settlement of considerable interest […]. 2. A hat made of palmetto leaves. 3. A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.
Word: palmetto bug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because they are often found on palmetto trees in the American South. 1. Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana). 2. Any cockroach (order Blattodea), but especially an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana). Labels: Florida, Southern-US
Word: American cockroach Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Periplaneta americana of large cockroaches which commonly infests buildings and other man-made structures.
Word: rito Part of Speech: noun 1. The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific. Labels: uncountable
Word: rito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Mexico and Colorado Spanish rito, from Spanish río + -ito. Pronunciation: /ˈɹitoʊ/ 1. A stream in the western US. Labels: US, rare Example: Many small streams and ritos flow down the slopes feeding the Rio Puerco, Chama and Jemez Rivers. Example: […] to form tiny rills that descended and gathered into larger rititos that rollicked and frollicked as they tumbled down into the ritos that carried the spring run-offs and summer rains across alpine meadows […]
Word: German cockroach Part of Speech: noun 1. Blattella germanica; Croton bug.
Word: Croton bug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Croton water of New York. 1. Blattella germanica; German cockroach. See cockroach
Word: Oromo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Oromo oromoo. Pronunciation: /ˈɒrəmoʊ/, /ɔːˈroʊmoʊ/ 1. A member of a people of eastern Africa, Ethiopia and northern Kenya.
Word: Oromo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Oromo oromoo. Pronunciation: /ˈɒrəmoʊ/, /ɔːˈroʊmoʊ/ 1. The Cushitic language of this people.
Word: American kestrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a species of small falcon, Falco sparverius; a kestrel.
Word: in action Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In operation; active. Example: Seeing a steam engine in action is increasingly rare. Example: After a month in hospital, the reporter is back in action. 2. In combat. Example: He was wounded in action in his second tour.
Word: in action Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: hold-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hold-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hold-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. Labels: UK, colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: Yet the conventions of cheating possess an odd kind of romance, of the love affair perpetually stalled in its first stages, when no one on the platform at Paddington knows you're only wearing hold-ups under your mac and you can briefly return to the drama of being the woman you thought had died of boredom somewhere on the thousand-and-eleventh trip to Waitrose.
Word: undemonstrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + demonstrative. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn dəˈmɒn stɹə tɪv/ 1. Not given to showing emotion or feelings; reserved or distant. Example: It was a godsend when an undemonstrative ewe and demonstrative lamb came in.
Word: celeriac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From celery + -ac. Pronunciation: /səˈlɛəɹiæk/, /səˈlɪəɹiæk/ 1. A form of celery, Apium graveolens, having an aromatic taproot eaten as a vegetable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: corn salad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + salad; plant so called from being commonly found as a weed in grain fields. 1. Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various types of salad made using corn (maize). Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: paper tiger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque from Chinese 紙老虎／纸老虎 (zhǐlǎohǔ), a phrase popularized by Mao Zedong, but of pre-modern origin. An English translation first appeared in an book in 1828 by British missionary and lexicographer Robert Morrison. 1. Something or someone that appears powerful, strong or threatening but is in reality weak, ineffective, or unable to withstand challenge. Labels: idiomatic Example: The League of Nations was by this time scarcely even a paper tiger, devoid of credibility since its divisions and pusillanimity had been so clearly laid bare following Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia in the autumn of 1935. Example: Iran is a paper tiger, a postmodern threat: It has many uses but a third Western war against a Muslim country is a bridge too far.
Word: sculd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back-formation of sculding. Related to Norwegian skulding (“accusation”). 1. To accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: sculd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Old Norse skilja (“to divide”). 1. A parting. Labels: UK, dialectal, rare
Word: incurred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɝd/ 1. simple past and past participle of incur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whistled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whistle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heita Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈheɪt(a)/ 1. Greeting, hello; hi Labels: South-Africa, colloquial Example: I can hear the conversation: "Heita, bra. Let's go. We don't need bullets." Example: ‘Het ou Pellie!’ I suppose that is the most typical of the popular greetings that belong essentially to Cape Town; but the origin would be hard to trace. One expert thinks it falls into the Malay-Portuguese group.
Word: bye-bye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbyeclip. English byeredup. English bye-bye Reduplication of bye. Pronunciation: /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/, /bəˈbaɪ/ 1. Goodbye. Labels: childish, informal, often Example: Bye bye! Let's play again some time!
Word: bye-bye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbyeclip. English byeredup. English bye-bye Reduplication of bye. Pronunciation: /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/, /bəˈbaɪ/ 1. A goodbye. Labels: childish, colloquial, often 2. Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed. Labels: childish, colloquial Example: Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye. Example: "[H]e came to the gate of the city; and finding it shut lay him down and went to by-by!"
Word: you know Part of Speech: intj Etymology: First attested as a filled pause in the early 18th century, as a euphemism in the mid-19th century. Pronunciation: /juː nəʊ/, /jɪ naː/, /jə naː/, /ju noʊ/ 1. Expression signifying a pause or hesitation. Labels: informal Example: I don’t usually get nervous in games and, you know, taking free kicks and penalties but that’s the first time I’ve been that nervous in, in a game, where I have to, I’m in a situation where I’m, you know […] Example: Once, I remember, I was watching the twins on a trampoline, you know, and they looked so beautiful, and I was happy because they were happy, you know. 2. Expression used to imply meaning, rather than say it, such as when a person is embarrassed. Labels: informal Example: A: I can’t go to the party because... you know... B: Your mom is still mad at you, huh? A: Yeah... 3. Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement, knowing or understanding at the end of a statement. Labels: informal Example: But I guess that's life, you know? Example: I just wasn't into it, you know? 4. Used to introduce information. Labels: informal Example: You know, he's actually pretty nice. Example: Tali: You know, there's always a few who go on their Pilgrimages and never return. I always assumed something bad happened to them, but maybe they just wanted a different life. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you, know.
Word: tag question Part of Speech: noun 1. A question inviting the listener to indicate agreement, formed by adding a "tag" word or expression to a statement.
Word: situ Part of Speech: noun 1. Only used in in situ. 2. Only used in ex situ. Labels: rare 3. Clipping of situation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: “Shit.” Jayavickrama pinched the bridge of his nose, squeezing his eyes shut. “What’s the situ there?”
Word: Salm Part of Speech: name 1. Any of several historical countships and principalities in present-day Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Labels: historical
Word: Salm Part of Speech: name 1. The star Tau Pegasi in the constellation of Pegasus.
Word: LDR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of light-dependent resistor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of long-distance relationship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Long-distance relationships (LDRs) have become more common in the last few decades, primarily among young adults pursuing educational or employment opportunities. A common way for couples in LDRs to spend time together is by playing multiplayer video games, which are often a shared hobby and therefore a preferred joint activity.
Word: military tribunal Part of Speech: noun 1. A military court designed to try members of enemy forces during times of war.
Word: sandr Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sandur. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quakka Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of quagga. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: quagha Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of quagga. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fouler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foul + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊl.ə/, /ˈfaʊl.ɚ/ 1. One who fouls. Example: For example, several species of hydroids and bryozoans are important foulers of salmon cages in Australia (Hodson et al., 2000) and Norway (Guenther et al., 2010).
Word: fouler Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foul + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊl.ə/, /ˈfaʊl.ɚ/ 1. comparative form of foul: more foul Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Savoy cabbage Part of Speech: noun 1. Brassica oleracea var. sabauda, a hardy cabbage with dense, crinkled leaves Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: zucchine Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zucchina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scear Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sear. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: F, the scear, on the projecting branch of which the trigger acts Encyclopedia Britannica, 1856
Word: waterbuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans waterbok, after the animal's habit of escaping to waterways. 1. A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Word: portugais Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of gray angelfish (“Pomacanthus arcuatus”).
Word: heaviness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hevynesse, from Old English hefiġnes (“heaviness”). Equivalent to heavy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvɪnəs/ 1. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This figure, immobile and static in his heaviness, was assumed to be deeply asleep and therefore to introduce a note of humorous anecdotality to what should have been a tragic scene. 2. Oppression; dejectedness, sadness; low spirits. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Firſt got vvith guile, and then preſeru'd vvith dread, / And after ſpent with pride and lauiſhneſſe, / Leauing behind them griefe and heauineſſe. Example: By ſo much the more ſhall I to-morrovv be at the height of heart-heavineſs. 3. Drowsiness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The ſtrangeneſs of your ſtory put / Heavineſs in me.
Word: orgasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orgasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orgasms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of orgasm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Dunkel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Dunkel. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌn.kəl/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: stockjobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + jobber. 1. A stock exchange worker who deals only with brokers. Labels: UK 2. An unscrupulous stockbroker. Labels: UK, derogatory Example: In this stock-jobbers’ heaven let us leave our dear countrymen for a little while, while I say a few words about the affairs of the people on the continent of Europe.
Word: net operating income Part of Speech: noun 1. Income after deducting operating expenses but before deducting for income taxes, interest, and depreciation and amortization. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tha Part of Speech: pron Etymology: In parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where [aʊ] became [aː] and then shortened in an unstressed thou. Pronunciation: /ða/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of thou. Labels: Northern-England, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling Example: "[…] Stay thee where tha bist, sit down on thi property; what's the sense of wanderen over the barren sea and maybe happenen an accident?"
Word: tha Part of Speech: article 1. Eye dialect spelling of the. Labels: US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: shootout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from shoot out. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːtaʊt/ 1. A decisive battle, especially a gunfight. 2. A penalty shootout. 3. A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved. 4. A multitable poker tournament in which only the last player on a table goes on to the next. Example: 64 players entered the shooutout tournament, and were divided into eight tables of eight players each. The winner in each table went on to the final table, also consisting of eight players. 5. A match in which both teams score highly.
Word: purger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English purge 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 purger From purge + -er. 1. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses. 2. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses. Example: The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]
Word: Rajiv Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit राजीव (rājīva), via various Indian languages. The name means 'lotus flower' in Hindi. In Sanskrit, the word means 'Sri Krishna'. 1. A male given name from Sanskrit of Indian usage.
Word: underprint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English print English underprint From under- + print. 1. The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
Word: underprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English print English underprint From under- + print. 1. Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark. 2. a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint. 3. A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.
Word: paquebot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French paquebot (“mailboat”). First used in Great Britain in 1894, the term was adopted for general use by the Universal Postal Union in 1897. 1. a mailboat 2. a postal marking or cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by the postal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country.
Word: paquebot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French paquebot (“mailboat”). First used in Great Britain in 1894, the term was adopted for general use by the Universal Postal Union in 1897. 1. Relating to mail posted at sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: a paquebot letter Example: a paquebot duplex
Word: remote access Part of Speech: noun 1. A communication with a data processing facility from a remote location or facility through a data link. Labels: uncountable 2. A PABX service feature that allows a user at a remote location to access by telephone PABX features, such as access to Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) lines. Labels: uncountable
Word: biogeography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) ▲ Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ▲ Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)bor. Latin geōgraphia Middle French géographie English geography English biogeography From bio- + geography. 1. The study of the geographical distribution of living things. Labels: uncountable 2. The geographical distribution of a particular living thing. Labels: countable Example: First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies.
Word: rubber chicken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name derives from the fact that the quality of the food often served at such events is secondary to the purpose of the events and seldom good. 1. A hollow, bright yellow toy or prop depicting a plucked chicken that emits a squeak when squeezed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hack comic produced a rubber chicken, to the groans and boos of the audience. Example: Men who have squeaked the rubber chicken on Broadway, or wooed humanity with a fringe of swaying, porpoise-hide shoe-laces, were swallowed up in the gray shadows of the storm. 2. The mediocre food served at social events, especially political fundraisers. Labels: attributive, colloquial, uncountable, usually Example: The bill of fare consisted of an india-rubber chicken and boiled eggs. Example: It was the hoedowns and the caucuses and the rubber chicken dinners and the big DFL blowouts at the Minneapolis Auditorium. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rubber, chicken. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: barracks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəks/, /ˈbɛ-/ 1. plural of barrack. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barracks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəks/, /ˈbɛ-/ 1. A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing. Example: There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby. Example: Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3. 2. A form of simple temporary on-site staff housing for construction workers. Labels: Philippines
Word: barracks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəks/, /ˈbɛ-/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barrack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Petersburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Peter + -s- or Peters (surname) + -burg. Doublet of Peterborough. 1. An independent city in Virginia, United States. 2. Various other towns and cities, including: 3. Various other towns and cities, including: 4. Various other towns and cities, including: 5. Various other towns and cities, including: 6. Various other towns and cities, including: 7. Various other towns and cities, including: 8. Various other towns and cities, including: 9. Various other towns and cities, including: 10. Various other towns and cities, including: 11. A campaign in the American Civil War. 12. Alternative form of Saint Petersburg: A federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918. Labels: alt-of, alternative 13. A surname.
Word: Harvard Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of Harward reflecting the merger of /v/ and /w/ in the dialects of southeastern England; thus from Middle English Herward, Herreward, itself from Old English Hereweard and a doublet of Harward and Hereward. Compare German Herwarth. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹvəɹd/, /ˈhɑːvəd/, [haːvɪd], [haːvəd], [(h)äːvəd] 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist. Example: The Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast of Aporia, an outlet whose owners advocate for a revival of race science and have spoken of seeking “legitimation by association” by platforming more mainstream figures. 7. A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically. Example: I'd finished my second year at Harvard when I boarded the Penn Trader […] Not surprisingly. my name became Harvard. "Hey Harvard, get your ass back to the lazarette and bring me another bucket of red lead!" Example: Lu had skipped second grade and found herself at the gifted school by the time she entered fifth grade. That more had earned her the nickname Harvard—another moniker from Lex. […] "Hey, Harvard, how was school today? Did you skip any more grades this week?" he had teased. 8. A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: Don't mind her, kiddos. Miss Harvard ain't used to gettin' her hands dirty. Example: I don't have anything to say about "Feast of Blood," because any idiot can understand it, unless they have an Ivy League education and start looking for allegories and metaphors and what have you. Hey Harvard, guess what: there aren't any. It's a story, not a dissertation. Symbolism is for pussies, you read it here first
Word: cran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Evidently from, or at least influenced by Goidelic; compare Scottish Gaelic crann (“lot, measure of herring, tree, etc.”). 1. A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500). Labels: obsolete Example: Very flattering indeed has been the success of the fishermen; and many boats have come in loaded, averaging thirty or forty crans each (every cran estimated at 1,000 herrings), and disposed of their cargoes at nine shillings per cran; but the price has been since raised to fifteen shillings. Example: His brother caught three hundred cran when the seas were lavish, / Threw the bleeders back in the sea and went upon the parish. 2. A barrel made to hold such a measure. Labels: broadly, obsolete, rare
Word: cran Part of Speech: noun 1. An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers of the lower hand.
Word: cran Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of qiran. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lithophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + -phagy. 1. The practice of ingesting stones to aid in digestion, occurring in some birds (Aves) and crocodylians (Crocodylia). Labels: uncountable
Word: the sticks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly derived from 1800s Chinook Jargon stick (“tree, forest”), from English stick. 1. A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: She grew up in the sticks and later moved to the city. Example: Most of the farming at present is done in the "sticks," that is, in the large, dead, and often blackened trunks of trees standing in most of the cultivated fields around. There are but few new towns in the Delta where the "sticks" are not to be seen, and much damage is sometimes done when these old "deadenings," as they are called, are set on fire. 2. The set of yardage markers used by a chain crew to indicate the ten yards between the line of scrimmage from the previous first down and the line to gain, which the offense must reach in their series of four downs in order to retain possession of the ball. Labels: uncountable Example: They gained just enough on that play to move the sticks and continue the drive.
Word: weather the storm Part of Speech: verb 1. To reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage. Labels: idiomatic Example: Bob lost his job, but somehow his family weathered the storm. Example: Do you think you can weather the storm, or will you just sell your house now?
Word: yobo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yobo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”). 1. A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute. Labels: historical Example: Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves). 2. A Korean person. Labels: Hawaii
Word: pantomimical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pantomime Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pantomimical From pantomime + -ical. 1. Expressed or carried out using mime or mimicry. Labels: archaic Example: The old man, during this pantomimical conversation, in some degree recovered his spirits […]. 2. Like or pertaining to a pantomime. Labels: archaic Example: By this pantomimical contrivance, and change of scene and character, the parts help each other out in matters which neither of them singly would assume to act.
Word: pandect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 3 (“comprehensive treatise”) is from Latin pandectēs (“book that contains everything, encyclopedia”), from Ancient Greek πανδέκτης (pandéktēs, “encyclopedia”, literally “all-receiver”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all’) (from πᾶς (pâs, “all”)) + δέκτης (déktēs, “receiver, recipient”) (from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take; to perceive”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming agent nouns)). Sense 1 (“compendium of writings on Roman law”) in the plural form Pandects is from Late Latin pandectae (“the Pandects”), the plural of pandectēs, modelled after (Byzantine) Ancient Greek πανδέκται (pandéktai, “the Pandects”), the plural of πανδέκτης (pandéktēs): see further above. Pronunciation: /ˈpændɛkt/, /ˈpænˌdɛkt/ 1. Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565). Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical Example: After upwards of Thirty Years Study, and a painful Induſtry, in compiling A New Pandect or Complete Body of the Roman Civil Law; the Firſt Volume of this Undertaking craves Leave to appear in the World under the Patronage and Protection of your Lordſhip, [...] Example: And altho' there are many relations of perfect hermaphrodites, creatures that poſſeſſed the power of both ſexes, and could both beget and conceive children, yet theſe relations are treated as fabulous, notwithſtanding ſome laws concerning them are found both in the Roman and Gallic pandect. 2. Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code. Labels: broadly, rare Example: In a word, it [Scripture] is a Panary of holeſome foode, againſt fenowed traditions; a Phyſions-ſhop (Saint Baſill calleth it) of preſeruatiues against poiſoned hereſies; a Pandect of profitable lawes, againſt rebellious ſpirits; a treaſurie of moſt coſtly iewels, againſt beggarly rudiments; Finally, a fountaine of moſt pure water ſpringing vp vnto euerlaſting life. Example: Give me the Pandects of the Law Divine, / Such was the Law made Moſes face to ſhine. 3. A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible. Labels: also, broadly, figuratively Example: The table of contents which we inſert here will give a juſt idea of the method with which this ſmall pandect of morality is compoſed. Example: During a visit to Rome in 679–80, the Anglo-Saxon monk Ceolfrith from Northumbria acquired a magnificent pandect, an entire Bible bound as one volume, and brought it back to England with him, to his monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow. We now know that the book that Ceolfrith bought in Rome was the so-called Codex Grandior, a pandect written under the supervision of Cassiodorus, the scholar-monk founder of Vivarium, in Calabria in the sixth century.
Word: pandects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raincoater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From raincoat + -er, from a stereotype of sleazy men in dirty raincoats. 1. A fan of pornography who prefers movies with as much sex and as little plot or character development as possible. Labels: slang 2. A fan of pornography who prefers material featuring sex that is rough, degrading, or violent toward women. Labels: slang
Word: vamoose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous. Pronunciation: /væˈmus/, /vəˈmuːs/ 1. To run away (from); to flee. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: Speaking of the room in which I locked McIndoe — I will preface by saying that Mac "vamoosed that ranch" that very day and left me alone. Example: “Gone away,” explained Mr. MacBride. “Vamoosed. Done a bunk. Skipped with the cash.[…]” 2. To depart; go away. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: You can vamoose now—no question of having to get me out. We've arranged for messages. 3. To hurry. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Some members of civil rights organizations present said they have heard that Negroes seeking housing in the [sundown] towns had been intimidated and that 'vamoose' warnings have been in vogue for the past year. Example: He's got a wife who'll never give him a divorce. She knows about me, but it's still understood that when she decides to go to the ranch for a week or a weekend, I've got to vamoose.
Word: puggree Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɡɹiː/ 1. Alternative form of puggry. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The head was supported by a neck, long, pinched, and weazeny, and was surmounted by a somewhat worn and ragged puggree, from the sides of which a few straggling grey hairs escaped Example: Hand-wrapped puggaree hat-band. Ideal for gardening, hiking or exploring forgotten tombs. -- commercial site with illustration
Word: necrotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to necrosis, particularly of tissue.
Word: nectarine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nectar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English nectarine From nectar + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛk.tə.ɹiːn/ 1. A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin. Example: 1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in Relation to Cider, London: Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry, “Kalendarium Hortense,” p. 10, Prune Fruit-trees, and Vines as yet; For now is your Season to bind, plash, naile, and dresse, without danger of Frost: This to be understood of the most tender and delicate Wall-fruit, not finished before; do this before the buds and bearers grow turgid; and yet in the Nectarine and like delicate Mural-fruit, the later your Pruning, the better, whatever has been, and still is, the contrary custom. Example: 1681, Andrew Marvell, “The Garden,” stanza 5, in Miscellaneous Poems, London: Nonesuch, 1923, pp. 49-50, What wond’rous Life in this I lead! Ripe Apples drop about my head; The Luscious Clusters of the Vine Upon my Mouth do crush their Wine; The Nectaren, and curious Peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on Melons, as I pass, Insnar’d with Flow’rs, I fall on Grass. 2. A nectar-like liquid medicine. Labels: obsolete Example: 1628 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Henry Cripps, 3rd edition, Part 3, Section 2, Member 5, Subsection 3, p. 509, He would have some discreet men to disswade them, after the fury of passion is a little spent, or by absence allaied; for it is intempestive at first, to give counsell, as it is, to comfort parents when their children are in that instant departed; to no purpose to prescribe Narcoticks, Cordialls, Nectarines, potions, […]
Word: nectarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nectar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English nectarine From nectar + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛk.tə.ɹiːn/ 1. Nectarous; like nectar. Example: […] to their supper-fruits they fell, Nectarine fruits which the compliant boughs Yielded them, side-long as they sat recline On the soft downy bank damasked with flowers […]
Word: neonatal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English neonatal From neo- + natal. 1. Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn. Labels: not-comparable Example: The baby was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Word: neurosurgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English surgeon English neurosurgeon From neuro- + surgeon. 1. A surgeon specializing in brain surgery. Example: With considerable difficulty, Blake Taylor, the neurosurgeon who operated on her, stopped the bleeding.
Word: neuroses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/, /n(j)ʊˈɹəʉ̯.siːz/, /n(j)ʊˈɹɐʉ̯.siːz/, /n(j)ʉˈɹo.siz/, /n(j)ʊˈɾoː.siːz/ 1. plural of neurosis Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of neurose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nevus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin naevus. Pronunciation: /ˈniːvəs/ 1. Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin. Example: Most birthmarks and moles fall into the category of nevi.
Word: nightclothes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + clothes. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪt.kləʊ(ð)z/, /ˈnaɪt.kloʊ(ð)z/ 1. Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The disturbance brought out many of the neighbors in their nightclothes.
Word: nightgown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nyght gowne. By surface analysis, night + gown. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌɡaʊn/ 1. A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in. 2. A dressing gown.
Word: nightshade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtskadō (“nightshade”), corresponding to night + shade. Compare Dutch nachtschade (“nightshade”), German Nachtschatten (“nightshade”). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/ 1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade. 2. Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade. Labels: colloquial 3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). 4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
Word: nightstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + stick. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌstɪk/ 1. A long, narrow, polelike club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense. Labels: US 2. The penis. Labels: slang 3. A person who spends much time in bars and nightclubs, and generally indulges themselves during the night. Labels: slang, uncommon