nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: one-shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series. Example: And with the added bonuses of color and videotape coupled with the disadvantages of higher production costs, a lot of syndie producers forsook weekly series in favor of one-shot specials — and it didn't take long for the airwaves to become thick with one-shots. Example: The Mummy belongs in a chapter devoted to one-shots as its progeny are different breeds rather than direct sequels. 2. A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head. Example: The smaller frame means that Hill uses a lot of tight one-shots, mixed in with more expressive images like an endless sea of skaters fleeing from cops or a slow push-in on Stevie and Ian having an uncomfortable conversation while playing video games on their couch. 3. A monostable multivibrator. Example: The monostable multivibrator, or one-shot, is designed to generate controllable-duration pulses when triggered by the rising or falling edge of a trigger clock. 4. A programmable interval timer. Example: After peak detection, the processed pulses operate a one-shot circuit which gives a fixed pulse width of 230 ms. Example: The time constants that control one-shot pulse widths can be lengthened or shortened by adding capacitors or resistors in the test fixture. 5. Something that occurs only once; a one-off. Example: Some ideas are one-shots. Example: “His main fiscal policy is that of a tax cutter," says Horton, “and he has financed that policy in effect by relying tremendously on one-shots”—revenues that will not recur and are used to patch up a given year's gap. 6. A music sample that is played without immediate repetition. Example: Loops automatically conform to a project's tempo; one-shots ignore the tempo and maintain a fixed duration. One-shots are files, such as a percussion hit or a sound effect, that are not intended to be looped. Example: Loops contain rhythmic patterns that sound designers can extend to fill any amount of time, while one-shots contain sound effects and other non-repeating sounds. 7. A fanfic of only one chapter. Labels: slang 8. A single appearance by a performer. Example: Imagine, then, all those disciplined, hard-working, up-and-coming actors, desperately eager to land a consistent job in a nighttime series or daytime soap, but grateful for one-shots, under-five-liners (minimum pay), or even walk-ons. 9. A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot. Example: He also knew where Bell hid his derringer, knew it was in his sleeve instead of his belt or his boot. And he had spotted the tiny one-shot in his coat pocket, which no one ever noticed. 10. A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products. Example: The inexpensive one-shots still make up a minuscule part of the market, but they are getting attention. Example: The one-shot is a perennial mail order vehicle, so called because you market just one item instead of an entire line, and you therefore have one shot in which to sell it. 11. A player that can be killed in a single hit.
Word: one-shot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of oneshot Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: one-sidedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English one-sided 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 one-sidedness From one-sided + -ness. 1. The state of being one-sided; partiality, bias. Labels: uncountable Example: The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals. Example: Living in Germany, I see it as my human responsibility to call it out for its one-sidedness, its hypocrisy and its acquiesence in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Word: one-track Part of Speech: adj 1. having a single set of lines so that trains can run only in one direction at a time; single-track Labels: not-comparable 2. limited to one idea or thought Labels: not-comparable
Word: famously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English famous Middle English -ly English -ly English famously From famous + -ly. 1. In a celebrated manner. 2. Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous. In such a manner as to become famous or produce something that would become famous. Example: President Roosevelt famously said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Example: But even as religion was on the rise, the word "God" declined dramatically over the course of the eighteenth century. The word is famously absent from the Constitution, but it was also relatively absent from the printed texts of the decade in which the Constitution was drafted and adopted, and more broadly from the revolutionary period overall. 3. Really well, having great rapport. Labels: informal Example: The new roommates got on famously.
Word: onionskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onion + skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly). 1. A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers. 2. A kind of marble with swirls of color on the outside. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: speak to Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First used in 1610 in the sense of 'discuss'. Use for the meaning of 'bespeak' is attested since the 1960s. 1. To give evidence regarding something; to attest or provide evidence for; to bespeak. Labels: idiomatic Example: This definitely speaks to the fact that at Georgetown, beginning at the admissions process, you're not a number but a real person. Example: Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers. 2. To address a particular topic. Labels: idiomatic Example: Education for being speaks to what grows within the person himself 3. To (figuratively) resonate with; to feel emotionally relevant to. Labels: idiomatic Example: His music really speaks to me. Example: With its pastel cover and pro-LGBTQ+ anthem “You Need to Calm Down,” Lover got a ton of airplay in that two-bedroom apartment. And the breakup songs—“Death by a Thousand Cuts,” “I Forgot That You Existed”—certainly spoke to me.
Word: Decemberist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Decemberist From December + -ist. 1. Alternative form of Decembrist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Decemberist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Decemberist From December + -ist. 1. Alternative form of Decembrist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: December revolt Part of Speech: name 1. The failed uprising (in December 1825) by Russian army officers in an effort to prevent the accession of Nicholas I. Labels: historical
Word: subshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skolH-yeh₂ Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English subshell From sub- + shell. 1. Any of the atomic orbitals for which the values of the n and l quantum numbers are the same, such as the three 2p or five 3d atomic orbitals. 2. A child process launched by a shell.
Word: moment of inertia Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis. Example: The moment of inertia of a rigid body is a quantity that determines the torque needed for a given angular acceleration about a given rotational axis, analogous to how mass determines the force needed for a given acceleration. Example: The moments of inertia of a heterogeneous body whose boundary is a surface of uniform density may sometimes be found by the method of differentiation. 2. Second moment of area; a measure of a rigid body's resistance to bending. Example: Stresses due to vertical shearing forces also depend on moment of inertia and are discussed in Chapter 8. Some mathematicians and stress analysts use the term second moment of area instead of moment of inertia. That term is, in fact, more descriptive of the definition of this property in the following discussion.
Word: onlooking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on- + looking. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnlʊkɪŋ/ 1. That is looking on; watching, observing. Example: A second character dressed as a bishop, gesturing towards the onlooking Henry VII, compared him with the costumed deity […].
Word: on-ramp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on + ramp. 1. A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from local roads onto a freeway. Labels: Australia, Canada, US 2. An introduction, an introductory course. Labels: figuratively
Word: on-ramp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From on + ramp. 1. To introduce (someone) to (something). Labels: US, ditransitive, idiomatic
Word: slip road Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + road. 1. A segment of a roadway that joins a motorway to ordinary roads (in either direction). Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: onrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on- + rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onrǣsan (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onrǣs (“an onrush, assault, attack”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/, /ˈɔnˌɹʌʃ/, /ˈɑnˌɹʌʃ/, /ˈɒnˌɹʊʃ/ 1. A forceful rush or flow forward. Example: The love within us and the love without Are mixed, confounded; if we are loved or love, We scarce distinguish. So, with other power. Being acted on and acting seem the same: In that first onrush of life’s chariot-wheels, We know not if the forests move or we. Example: For a brief moment the onrush of the egwugwu [masked men representing ancestral spirits] was checked by the unexpected composure of the two men. But it was only a momentary check, like the tense silence between blasts of thunder. The second onrush was greater than the first. It swallowed up the two men. 2. An aggressive assault. Example: He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.
Word: onrush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From on- + rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onrǣsan (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onrǣs (“an onrush, assault, attack”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/, /ˈɔnˌɹʌʃ/, /ˈɑnˌɹʌʃ/, /ˈɒnˌɹʊʃ/ 1. To rush or flow forward forcefully. Example: Werner’s run had created the space and Havertz got there before the onrushing Ederson, catching a little break off the goalkeeper before rolling it into the empty net. 2. To assault aggressively.
Word: onscreen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on + screen. 1. As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life. Labels: not-comparable Example: The two actors had a very realistic onscreen romance, but in reality they couldn't stand each other.
Word: onscreen Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From on + screen. 1. Inside the frame of the cinema, television or computer screen. Labels: not-comparable Example: I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair. Katy was typing insults that appeared onscreen. Example: Think of them [task panes] as dialog boxes that enable you to type while they're onscreen.
Word: onshore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on + shore. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnʃɔː/, /ˈɔnʃoɹ/, /ˈɑnʃoɹ/, [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ], /ˈɔnʃoː/ 1. Moving from the sea towards the land. Labels: not-comparable Example: an onshore breeze 2. Positioned on or near the shore. Labels: not-comparable Example: Princeton University's Center for Environmental Studies recommended today that New Jersey minimize adverse impacts of offshore drilling by limiting to the Atlantic City area any onshore bases built to support and supply oil rigs in the ocean. Example: The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark. 3. Within the country; not overseas. Labels: not-comparable Example: By this measure, it was only the second largest onshore leak in the US last year, surpassed by one near San Antonio, Texas in March which discharged 147 tonnes of methane an hour.
Word: onshore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From on + shore. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnʃɔː/, /ˈɔnʃoɹ/, /ˈɑnʃoɹ/, [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ], /ˈɔnʃoː/ 1. From the sea towards the land. Example: Like most storms, Hurricane Katrina weakened as it came onshore, and by Monday evening the National Hurricane Center had downgraded it to a tropical storm.
Word: onshore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From on + shore. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnʃɔː/, /ˈɔnʃoɹ/, /ˈɑnʃoɹ/, [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ], /ˈɔnʃoː/ 1. To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country. Example: I don’t want to suggest that any attempt to onshore production will doom America to runaway costs, supply-chain catastrophes, and frayed global alliances. In many cases, I’m sure there are brilliant reasons to bring back more advanced manufacturing, clean-energy construction, and resource production.
Word: on-site Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on + site. 1. On a particular site or in a particular building, as opposed to at a remote site or factory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Our supplier offers on-site support. Example: Production has restarted at Derby Litchurch Lane, after Bombardier agreed new working practices with on-site trade union representatives.
Word: on-the-job Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attributive form of on the job. 1. obtained whilst working Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: on-the-job training Example: on-the-job learning
Word: courtly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English courtly, equivalent to court + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːtli/, /ˈkɔɹtli/ 1. Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court; stately, rich or fine, and so suitable for a royal court. Example: He swept off his hat and made a deep courtly bow. Example: The troubadours sang songs about courtly love. 2. Of or relating to courtly love or courtship. Labels: broadly 3. Of or relating to a royal court. Example: She tried to remain aloof from courtly intrigues. Example: in houres secure from courtly strife 4. Overly eager to please or obey. Labels: obsolete Example: Here FLATT’RY, eldest born of guile, Weaves with rare skill the silken smile, The courtly cringe, the supple bow, The private squeeze, the Levee vow, Example: That judgment James had notoriously obtained […] by dismissing scrupulous magistrates, and by placing on the bench other magistrates more courtly.
Word: courtly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English courtly, equivalent to court + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːtli/, /ˈkɔɹtli/ 1. In the manner of a royal court; in a manner befitting of a royal court. Example: Then will I deck thee Princely, instruct thee courtly, And present thee to the Queene as my gift. Example: […] where, in the name of wonder, have you learn’d to talk so courtly?
Word: mountebanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountebank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountebanks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mountebank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Inge Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: maritime pine Part of Speech: noun 1. A pine tree (Pinus pinaster), native to the western Mediterranean region.
Word: prier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pry + -er. 1. A person who pries.
Word: numbskulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numbskull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blah blah blah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Triplication of blah. 1. A put-down to silence someone who would otherwise not stop talking. Example: Oh blah blah blah. Just be quiet! 2. A stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content. Example: I went to go out, but couldn't find my keys; blah blah blah, my toddler had hidden them in his snow boots.
Word: numskulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numskull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tearaways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tearaway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mushed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mush Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mushed Part of Speech: adj 1. worn out; exhausted Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: mushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mushes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mush Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hotheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hothead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: digital still camera Part of Speech: noun 1. A digital camera. Abbreviated DSC.
Word: differential scanning calorimetry Part of Speech: noun 1. a thermal analysis technique in which a tiny sample pan is heated together with an empty reference pan and the difference in heat flow between the two measured as a function of temperature. Labels: uncountable
Word: digital still cameras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of digital still camera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haranguing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of harangue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: haranguing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of delivering a harangue.
Word: harangued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of harangue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misperception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English perception English misperception From mis- + perception. Pronunciation: /mɪspə(ɹ)ˈsɛpʃən/, /mɪspəˈsɛpʃən/, [mɪspəˈsɛpʃn̩], /ˌmɪspɚˈsɛpʃən/, [ˌmɪspɚˈsɛpʃn̩] 1. An incorrect perception. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: God-speed Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of Godspeed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: God-speed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Godspeed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […] Example: He never danced himself, and there he sat, poking his head in my face, and impressing all the beholders with the idea that he was a confirmed, acknowledged lover; my aunt looking complacently on, all the time, and wishing him God-speed.
Word: jac-shirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jacket and shirt. 1. A heavy shirt, often worn in place of a jacket in cooler weather. It may have buttons or a zippered front, and typically has two breast pockets.
Word: palatinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Palātium Latin palātium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin palātīnus Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin palātīnātusbor. English palatinate Borrowed from Latin palātīnātus. Pronunciation: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/, /pəˈlætɪneɪt/ 1. The office or rank of a palatine. 2. A territory ruled by a palatine. 3. A native or inhabitant of such a territory.
Word: palatinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English palatine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English palatinate From palatine + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/, /pəˈlætɪneɪt/ 1. Of or pertaining to a palatinate or the Palatinate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Palatinate Part of Speech: name Etymology: A shortened form of various counties palatinate; see palatinate. Pronunciation: /pəˈlætɪnɪt/, /pəˈlætɪneɪt/ 1. Any of various historical counties palatinate, particularly Labels: historical 2. Any of various historical counties palatinate Labels: historical Example: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons... 3. The area of the former German County Palatinate as a region of modern Germany.
Word: fussocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fussock (“donkey”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌsəki/ 1. Fat and unwieldy. Example: I am told there is the strangest couple here that ever were seen; the lady, a fat, fussocky dame, fresh from Spital Fields...
Word: pastrami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma), a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Turkish word is Greek παστώνω (pastóno, “I salt”), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt, salted”). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami. Pronunciation: /pæˈstɹɑːmi/, /pəˈstɹɑːmi/ 1. A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fleur-de-lys Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fleur-de-lis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naleśnik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nalesnik. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Roll up carefully, because this type of naleśnik tears easily, and serve immediately topped with whipped cream. […] These delicious, rich-tasting naleśniki are recommended to those not particularly concerned about calories and cholesterol. Example: We can even say that a good Naleśnik is the Fifth Element of a Party :).
Word: geologic era Part of Speech: noun 1. A subdivision of geologic time that divides an eon into smaller timeframes.
Word: geologic eras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geologic era Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BET Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller. 1. An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K.
Word: BET Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller. 1. Initialism of Black Entertainment Television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: in short order Part of Speech: adv 1. In a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly. Example: But it may be just as much of one for the opera house administrators who have come to depend on him as a box-office draw, and for the international audiences that in remarkably short order — less than a decade, really — have embraced him as the most important, versatile tenor of his generation. Example: She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order.
Word: XRD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of X-ray diffraction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: EXAFS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of extended X-ray absorption fine structure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: settle upon Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of settle on. Labels: idiomatic Example: I […] have settled upon him a good annuity.
Word: aimable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aim Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English aimable From aim + -able. 1. Capable of being aimed. Labels: not-comparable Example: An apparatus for enabling a user to orient an aiming axis of an aimable device at a desired orientation with respect to a line of sight from the user to a target […]
Word: aimable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French aimable. Doublet of amable. 1. Likeable, amiable. Labels: rare Example: And almoſt all have their Crooks enriched with Devices, Cyphers and Ribands, and the propriety of their Habits, ſerves to render them more aimable: […] They inform themſelves with care, and they tell to all they meet, all the marks of this aimable Animal, […] Remember not (I ſay) the Sunbeams to be as illuſtrious as I have depainted ’em; Nor our Rivers whoſe waves are Argent; Nor the aimable obſcurity of our Grots: […] Nor the aimable diverſity of our Flowers: […] Example: Widowhood pityable in its ſolitary Loſs, but aimable and comely, when it is ordained with Gravity and Purity; […] Let me then, whilſt I have my Day of Life, divorſe Sin from me, and hate it mortally, becauſe it is an Enemy to God; and embrace the divine Vertues, that are in themſelves Aimable, and Delightfull, conducing to the Health and Wellfare of the Body; […] O how Aimable are thy Dwellings thou Lord of hoſts! […] by turning upon me thine aimable Eyes, haſt darted Comfort into my Soul; […]
Word: autoroute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French autoroute, equivalent to auto- (automobile) + route. 1. An expressway, freeway, motorway or highway. Labels: Quebec 2. An expressway in any Francophone country.
Word: glaringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English glaring Middle English -ly English -ly English glaringly From glaring + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/, /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋlɪ/, /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋli/ 1. In a glaring manner: Labels: literally Example: […] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […] Example: The ground was covered with snow, glaringly white even under that pinpoint Sun. 2. In a glaring manner: Labels: figuratively Example: The error was glaringly obvious, yet nobody said anything about it. Example: 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume 4, Book 7, Chapter 9, p. 133, Cecilia was quite confounded by this speech; to have it known that Delvile had visited her, was in itself alarming, but to have her own equivocation thus glaringly exposed, was infinitely more dangerous.
Word: attirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attire + -er. 1. One who attires.
Word: for fuck's sake Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Dysphemistically modelled after for Christ's sake. The word fuck is personified. 1. An expression of anger or frustration. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Example: For fuck's sake, shut Nicola up! Example: I've told you a million times already, for fuck's sake!
Word: so there Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to express one's defiance. Labels: childish, idiomatic Example: Oh, yeah? Well, that's not physically possible for me to do! So there!
Word: blatantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English blatant Middle English -ly English -ly English blatantly From blatant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪtəntli/ 1. In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious. Example: Although he was blatantly on drugs, the crowd still cheered him. Example: Further on, blatantly advertising its meritorious solidity, a boarding-house exhibits behind uncurtained windows its testimony to the soundness of London.
Word: sight for sore eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. A pleasing sight; something that is beautiful to look at, particularly after a long period of deprivation. Labels: idiomatic Example: After seventeen days of rain and floods, the 4 am sunrise was a sight for sore eyes. Example: Janet (Marva Alexander): You're joking me. Yas! Tanice, look who's here! Tanice (Llewella Gideon): You are a sight for sore eyes.
Word: private eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From private investigator and its abbreviation PI, through the homophonic term eye in place of "I", and the use of "eye" as a reference to surveillance. 1. A private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone. Labels: idiomatic
Word: wentest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English went Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English wentest From went + -est. 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of go Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Example: Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. 2. second-person singular simple past indicative of wend Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: asketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ask Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Word: knocketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knock Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Word: comest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English comest From come + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of come Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
Word: judgest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English judge Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English judgest From judge + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of judge Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: […] whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Word: condemnest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English condemn Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English condemnest From condemn + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of condemn Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: […] whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Word: layeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lay Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Word: lifteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lift + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lift Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Word: madest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English made Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English madest From made + -est. 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of make Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Example: Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands.
Word: crownedst Part of Speech: verb 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of crown Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Example: Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands.
Word: fourscore Part of Speech: num Etymology: From four + score. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːskɔː/, /ˈfɔɹskoɹ/ 1. Eighty. Labels: archaic Example: Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats. Example: Euen thoſe that were numbꝛed of them, were eight thouſand, and fiue hundꝛed, and foureſcoꝛe. 2. A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years. Labels: idiomatic Example: […] I know every life is equally sacred, but that is a thought, another thought, I mean, all these valuable people who aren’t going to have their normal fourscore as it is now, these people aren’t going to be replaced, and it’s such a loss to the culture.
Word: fourscore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From four + score. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːskɔː/, /ˈfɔɹskoɹ/ 1. A quantity or amount of eighty. Example: W. J. Davis, a retired missionary, a veteran in the fourscores of his years.
Word: Galatians Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɡəˈleɪʃənz/ 1. The ninth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to the Galatians.
Word: Galatians Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡəˈleɪʃənz/ 1. plural of Galatian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mammoths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mammoth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endgame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From end + game. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnd.ɡeɪm/ 1. The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. Example: Rooks become much more important in the endgame. Example: The real end game consists of a position where the method can be analytically demonstrated by which the slightly superior force can win. 2. The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left. Example: You can't really use squeeze plays until the endgame. Example: Bridge writing tends to concentrate on the end game. 3. The final stage of any game. Labels: broadly Example: Being stuck with two V tiles can make for an awkward Scrabble endgame. Example: Lower levels often mean higher stakes, with characters lacking the inflated health pools and superhuman abilities of endgame builds. 4. The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan. Labels: figuratively Example: What's his endgame, do you think? Example: He had been a Commando during the war, had landed on Sword Beach and skirmished his way across the ravaged remains of Europe after D-Day before slogging out the endgame, attached to the 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment. 5. The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges. 6. The thematic element of an advanced cryptic crossword puzzle, typically solved after completing the grid. Example: Listener endgames have included […] shading every instance of the letters N - Z in the completed grid to reveal a 'normal' blocked crossword hidden in the one just solved Example: What do you look for in an Advanced Cryptic crossword? […] Good balance of clues and endgame
Word: endgame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From end + game. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnd.ɡeɪm/ 1. Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: TJLC’ers’ strong belief in Johnlock as endgame was intrinsically linked with their trust in the show’s creators, which enabled them to interpret the repeated denial of the subtext in Sherlock as part of the game. Example: I think the fans and I were pretty aligned with who we wanted as endgame couples.
Word: best laid plans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”, translated from Scots “The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, / Gang aft agley,” from To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough by Robert Burns (text and reading of poem). 1. A proverbial expression used to signify the futility of making detailed plans when the ability to fully or even partially execute them is uncertain. Labels: idiomatic
Word: bone to pick Part of Speech: noun 1. A disagreeable matter to settle with somebody. Labels: idiomatic, informal, usually Example: "I say, Winthrop," he cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you. You've been hitting me pretty hard in that rag of yours. Do you know what a public man down in the Gulf States does with an editor who attacks him?" Example: There are a few plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions in lesser populated areas, but big-city courts had few suits that did not involve medical error and "a legitimate bone to pick."
Word: praedial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin praediālis, from Latin praedium (“farm, estate, land”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːdɪəl/, /ˈpɹidi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to land or its products. 2. Coming from or from the occupation of land. 3. Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land. Example: Nothing, for instance, can be more disgraceful to human nature than the state of prædial slavery, or serfs attached to the glebe, when Malabar was under the dominion of the "mild Hindu." Example: After the Black Death many villeins, viewing enviously the high wages earned by those no longer bound to render predial services, began to think that the conditions in which they were placed were no longer generally fair.
Word: praedial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin praediālis, from Latin praedium (“farm, estate, land”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːdɪəl/, /ˈpɹidi.əl/ 1. A slave bound to work on the land or an estate.
Word: clean up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. Labels: transitive Example: Clean up your room. Example: Rhos station had been cleaned up for the occasion, and its single platform was gay with flags. 2. To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Example: He sure cleans up nice. 3. To make something less corrupt or unseemly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: clean up one's act Example: Gays in Providence have suggested that the raid on the Club Baths was a political action. There is some belief that the newly re-elected Cianci administration wants to prove that it is "out to clean up the city." During the election campaign, the Cianci administration was attacked by opponents as being "soft on crime." 4. To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table. Example: The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year. 5. To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner. Example: The key here is to stop third partying and start cleaning up. Running to the first bullets you hear will only guarantee one thing, a fight. […] Cleaning up means only swooping in for the free kills. Is a fight over? Does Octane has his hands in a deathbox? That is when you take the zipline and catch them with their pants down.
Word: clean up Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of cleanup. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: heads or tails Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since at least 1833, on the second page of Galignani's Messenger: "amusing themselves by pitching quoits, spoiling halfpence at heads or tails with the gingerbread merchants, drinking beer, smoking, etc". 1. The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up. Labels: idiomatic
Word: persuading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of persuade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: persuading Part of Speech: adj 1. persuasive
Word: persuading Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of persuasion. Example: And, as I know from what you have now found upon your own souls, since he came amongst you, while under the preachings and persuadings of such a singularly serious Gospel minister, you will be restlessly solicitous till he be settled[…]
Word: candlesticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candlestick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: candlesticks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of candlestick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: articulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of articulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pista Part of Speech: noun 1. pistachio Labels: South-Asia Example: 2020, Neon Yang, Saad Z. Hossain, Zen Cho, Fantasy from Asia and the Asian Diaspora "What kind of criminal salts pistas?" Gurung asked, incensed.
Word: ruck rover Part of Speech: noun 1. A position in Australian rules football: one of three followers, formerly a secondary ruckman, now an athletic player generally taller than a rover.
Word: ontological shock Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being forced to question one's worldview. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence would trigger widespread ontological shock. Example: Abductees also experience what I have called 'ontological shock' as the reality of their encounters sinks in.
Word: sweet gum tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, found in the southern US.
Word: compression ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the volume between the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and the piston before and after the compression stroke. 2. The ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original uncompressed data.
Word: black arched moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of black-arched moth Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hawk moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any moth of the family Sphingidae. Example: Outside, the crickets and the tree-frogs started to zing and tinkle and the great hawkmoths came to the wire-netting across the windows and clutched it, gazing with trembling ecstasy at the two oil lamps that hung from the cross-beams inside.
Word: moth-eaten Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae. 2. Old and in poor condition. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: "A bit moth-eaten, aren't they?" he said doubtfully. "I mean to say, bumpy in the springs and all that." "Oh, of course, I'd have them resprung and fresh covers made if you bought them."
Word: mothproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moth + -proof. 1. Resistant to being eaten by moths.
Word: mothproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From moth + -proof. 1. To apply odoriferous materials intended to repel moths from clothing.
Word: Empedocles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐμπεδοκλῆς (Empedoklês). Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpɛdəˌkliːz/ 1. A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water. 2. A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily.
Word: yobbos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yobbo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yobboes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yobbo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamity; loss, deprivation”), from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō (“damage, injury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā). Pronunciation: /dɪə/ 1. Hurt; harm; injury. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: She did him dere.
Word: dere Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deren, from Old English derian (“to damage, injure, hurt, harm”), from Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to injure, harm”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dera (“to injure, damage”), West Frisian deare, derre (“to harm, injure”), Dutch deren (“to injure, damage, scathe”), Middle High German tern (“to injure”). Related to dart. Pronunciation: /dɪə/ 1. To hurt; harm; injure; wound. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To annoy, trouble, grieve. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: dere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛə(ɹ)/, /d̪iəɹ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of there. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: dere Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛə(ɹ)/, /d̪iəɹ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of there. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: dere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛə(ɹ)/, /d̪iəɹ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of there. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
Word: dere Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛː(ɹ)/, /d̪ɛə(ɹ)/, /d̪iəɹ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of there. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: glode Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡləʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of glide. Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: And we glode fast o'er a pellucid plain / Of waters, azure with the noontide day. Example: And, as it fell, his steed he ready found: On whom remounting fiercely forth be rode, Like sparke of fire that from the andvile glode
Word: warfarin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + (coum)arin. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.fə.ɹɪn/, /ˈwɔɹ.fəɹ.ɪn/ 1. A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle. 2. A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation: Labels: countable, uncountable