nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cantle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cantle, cantel, from Old Northern French cantel, Old French chantel (Modern French chanteau, Bourguignon chainteâ), from Medieval Latin cantellus, diminutive of Latin cantus (“corner”). Compare cant (Etymology 3). Kroonen instead connects this term with Dutch kant (“side; edge”) and German Kanz (“mane, upper part of the neck”), deriving them from a Proto-Germanic *kantaz (“side (of the head?); cheek”), connecting it to the Baltic words Lithuanian žandas (“cheek, jaw”) and Latvian zuods (“chin, jaw”), all from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *ǵond-o-. Pronunciation: /ˈkantəl/, /ˈkæntəl/ 1. A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something. Labels: obsolete Example: See how this river comes me cranking in, / And cuts me from the best of all my land / A huge half-moon, a monstrous cantle out. Example: Their armors forged were of metal frail; / On every side thereof huge cantles flies; / The land was strewed all with plate and mail, / That on the earth, on that their warm blood lies. 2. The raised back of a saddle. Example: He recognised a horse when he saw one, and could do more than fill a cantle. Example: Next day, he returned with a camel-saddle of equal beauty, the long brass horns of its cantles adorned with exquisite old Yemeni engraving. 3. The top of the head. Labels: Scotland 4. On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp. Labels: Scotland
Word: cantle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cantle, cantel, from Old Northern French cantel, Old French chantel (Modern French chanteau, Bourguignon chainteâ), from Medieval Latin cantellus, diminutive of Latin cantus (“corner”). Compare cant (Etymology 3). Kroonen instead connects this term with Dutch kant (“side; edge”) and German Kanz (“mane, upper part of the neck”), deriving them from a Proto-Germanic *kantaz (“side (of the head?); cheek”), connecting it to the Baltic words Lithuanian žandas (“cheek, jaw”) and Latvian zuods (“chin, jaw”), all from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *ǵond-o-. Pronunciation: /ˈkantəl/, /ˈkæntəl/ 1. To cut into pieces. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To cut out from. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: poltroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French poltron, from Italian poltrone. Pronunciation: /pɒlˈtɹuːn/, /pɑlˈtɹun/, /pɔlˈtɹun/, /polˈtɹun/ 1. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. Example: Patience is for poltroons, such as he: He durst not sit there, had your father lived. Example: For the Devil’s a Coward in Nature, A pitiful sorry Poltroon; If you take but the Whip, he’ll give you the Slip; And before you can lash him, he’ll run.
Word: poltroon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French poltron, from Italian poltrone. Pronunciation: /pɒlˈtɹuːn/, /pɑlˈtɹun/, /pɔlˈtɹun/, /polˈtɹun/ 1. Cowardly. Example: Accordingly, to excuse our deliberate inactivity in the north, we had to make a show of impotence, which gave them to understand that the Arabs were too poltroon to cut the line near Maan and keep it cut.
Word: gaud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːd/, /ɡɔd/, /ɡɑd/ 1. A cheap showy trinket Example: an idle gaud Example: But I am heart-set on you, and to win you there is not a precious stone I would leave unturned. Conceive a parure all of white stones—diamonds, white sapphires, white topazes, tourmalines. Another, of rubies and amethysts, set in gold filigree. Rings that once were poison-combs on Florentine fingers. Red roses for your hair—every petal a hollowed ruby. Amulets and ape-buckles, zones and fillets. Aye! know that you would be weeping for wonder before you had seen a tithe of these gauds. 2. trick; jest; sport Labels: obsolete 3. deceit; fraud; artifice Labels: obsolete
Word: gaud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːd/, /ɡɔd/, /ɡɑd/ 1. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint. Labels: obsolete Example: Nicely gauded cheeks.
Word: gaud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French gaudir (“to rejoice”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːd/, /ɡɔd/, /ɡɑd/ 1. To sport or keep festival. Example: gauding with his familiars
Word: ingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡəl/ 1. An open fireplace. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete Example: Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely
Word: ingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡəl/ 1. A catamite; a male lover Example: What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players? Example: Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle's accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.
Word: ingle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡəl/ 1. To cajole or coax; to wheedle. Labels: obsolete Example: Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]
Word: pore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). Displaced native English sweat hole from Middle English swet hole, which might have been a reformation of Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”), which competed with līcþēote (literally “body pipe”). Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)/, /poɹ/, /po(ː)ɹ/, /poə/ 1. A tiny opening in the skin. Example: I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores. 2. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. Example: the pores of a rock. Example: Under certain conditions tangential sections indicate that the zoœcial walls and the intermural space are seemingly pierced by communication pores or connecting foramina.
Word: pore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *pūrian, from Proto-West Germanic *pūrōn, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Saterland Frisian puurje (“to question, investigate; pry, prod”), West Frisian poarje (“to poke, prod”), Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), dialectal Swedish pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren (“to look, peer”). See peer. Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)/, /poɹ/, /po(ː)ɹ/, /poə/ 1. To study meticulously; to go over again and again. Example: Yet each foreign post day she watched for the arrival of letters - knew the postmark, and watched me as I read. I found her often poring over the articles of Greek intelligence in the newspaper. 2. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.
Word: excruciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪt/, /ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjt/, /ɪkˈskɹuʃi.eɪt/, /ək-/, /əkˈskɹʉːʃi.æɪt/ 1. To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture. Labels: transitive Example: But this it is that doth excruciate The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule: To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name, Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]
Word: excruciate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪt/, /ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjt/, /ɪkˈskɹuʃi.eɪt/, /ək-/, /əkˈskɹʉːʃi.æɪt/ 1. Excruciated; tortured. Labels: obsolete Example: 1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey And here my heart long time excruciate Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.
Word: excruciating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciō, from ex- + cruciō (“to torment”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪtɪŋ/, /ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjtɪŋ/, /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪtɪŋɡ/, /ɪkˈskɾʉʃi.etɪŋ/, /ɪkˈskɾɪʊʃi.eːtɪŋ/ 1. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing Example: Sagan faced an excruciating dilemma: Should he remain true to his naturalistic philosophy and reject the marrow graft as something acquired by immoral means? Or should he agree to undergo the medical treatment in hope of saving his life 2. Exceedingly intense; extreme Example: When he at last opened his eyes, he was conscious of nothing but an excruciating pain through his temples. He was vaguely aware of unfamiliar surroundings.
Word: Washington, D.C. Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for George Washington. The name "Washington, D.C." (analogous in form to "Richmond, VA") reflects the fact that at the time of its founding, it was only one of three cities in D.C., alongside Georgetown and Alexandria. (In 1871, Congress repealed the charters of Georgetown and Washington and created a unitary territorial government for the whole District of Columbia.) Pronunciation: /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən ˈdiː ˌsiː/ 1. The capital city of the United States, formally known as the District of Columbia. Abbreviated as D.C. or DC. Example: Washington, D.C., with its wide streets, confounding roundabouts, marble statues, Doric columns, and domes, is supposed to feel like ancient Rome (that is, if the streets of ancient Rome were lined with homeless black people, bomb-sniffing dogs, tour buses, and cherry blossoms).
Word: Adele Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele. Pronunciation: /əˈdɛl/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: The beauty and simplicity of names are altogether arbitrary: Mary and Elizabeth, and Judith, may suit a taste formed on the Puritan model, that is to say, an English and Scottish taste: the French consider Victoire, Adele, Adriane, or any other such “fanciful and romantic” names, quite as simple, and perhaps as beautiful, as Mr. Stuart does Mary and Jane.
Word: Adele Part of Speech: name 1. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and neighboring Togo.
Word: Adrianna Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Latin, variant of Adriana.
Word: 0th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of zeroth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: ◌̈ Part of Speech: character 1. Used to indicate that two identical vowels occur in separate morphemes and are pronounced separately: coöperate, reënter, reëstablish, noöne, reöpen. Labels: dated, diacritic 2. Used to indicate that the marked vowel is the nucleus of its own syllable: Boötes, Brontë, Chloë, Zoë, (dated) aëroplane, aërial. Labels: diacritic 3. Retained in foreign (mostly French) loan words where vowels are pronounced separately: naïve (or naive), Noël (or Noel), but also for umlaut in German Götterdämmerung, Führer, and terms derived from given names, such as Möbius strip Labels: diacritic
Word: punk rock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See punk + rock. First attested in 1970 in reference to rockabilly; possibly coined in its current sense by American music critic Dave Marsh in the May 1971 issue of Creem, from earlier punk music. 1. A genre of rock music associated with short, loud, energetic songs played on electric guitars and drums and employing angry, offensive, and/or political lyrics. Labels: uncountable Example: Punk rock died when the first kid said / "Punk's not dead, punk's not dead"
Word: periculous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin periculosus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”). Doublet of perilous. 1. dangerous, hazardous, perilous
Word: greek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”). Labels: alt-of 2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”). Labels: alt-of
Word: greek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/ 1. To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read. Labels: transitive Example: You can specify the type size below which text will be greeked in the Preferences dialog box. Designers often prefer to use greeked text in rough layouts because it helps the client focus on the design rather than on the words. Example: If text gets smaller than this value, [Adobe] Illustrator shows the text blocks as gray bars, an operation called greeking. Both type size and view size figure into the equation, so that 6-point type greeks at 100-percent view size and 12-point type greeks at 50 percent. Greeking speeds the screen display because gray bars are easier to draw than individual characters. 2. To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content. Labels: transitive 3. To obscure a corporate logo that has not been permitted for use in a production. Labels: transitive
Word: syntactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin syntacticus, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός (suntaktikós). Pronunciation: /sɪnˈtæktɪk/ 1. Of, related to or connected with syntax. Example: The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake. Example: the rules specifying how agglutinative morphemes are combined with each other are more syntactic than morphological by their nature and thus are closer to rules specifying how word-forms are combined with each other. 2. Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch
Word: electromechanical computer Part of Speech: noun 1. An early type of computer that used electromagnetic relays. Example: In 1937, Howard Aiken, a mathematician at Harvard University, developed the idea for a general-purpose electromechanical computer, the Harvard Mark I.
Word: excrutiate Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of excruciate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: therapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy 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 therapist From therapy + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/ 1. Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. Example: Get the whole in-network provider list and then ask friends and family if they know any of the names, or check online ratings to see which therapists get high rankings. One note of warning: Friends may have their favorites, but experts say don’t assume their therapist is going to be a good fit for you as each person’s needs are different. 2. A psychotherapist specifically. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches. Example: We're Midwesterners. Our therapists are bartenders.
Word: Reaganomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Reagan + economics, equivalent to Reagan + -nomics. Pronunciation: /ˌreɪɡəˈnɑmɪks/, /ˌreɪɡəˈnɒmɪks/ 1. The neoliberal, free market economic ideas and policies of the American president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his two administrations (1981–1989), with a focus on reduced government spending, taxation, and regulations (supply-side economics) and granting potential benefits and encouragement to wealthy people and businesses in particular to drive the rest of the economy (trickle-down hypothesis). Labels: uncountable Example: Many opponents of Reaganomics, in fact, don't contend that the program can't work over the long run. But they argue that the program can not work the way the President promised and that the resulting social cost isn't worth it. Example: However, until the wheels came off the wagon in 2008, no doubt existed as to the efficacy of Bush's Reaganomics redux in feathering the nests of his wealthy “base.”
Word: photocopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English copy English photocopy From photo- + copy. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpi/ 1. A copy made using a photocopier.
Word: photocopy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English copy English photocopy From photo- + copy. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpi/ 1. To make a copy using a photocopier. Labels: transitive Example: ‘I don’t need to read it. The relevant passages have been photocopied for me.’
Word: inspection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“to inspect”), from speciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/ 1. The act of examining something, often closely. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark! Example: Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment. 2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.
Word: risky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English risk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English risky From risk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪski/ 1. Dangerous; involving risks. Example: Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe, daredevil Example: Investing in this start-up company could be risky. 2. Risqué. Labels: obsolete Example: Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads? 3. Misspelling of risqué. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message. Example: Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.
Word: embassy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosder. Old Occitan ambaissadabor. Old Italian ambasciatader. Old French ambascee Middle French ambasseebor. English ambassy English embassy Modern variant of obsolete ambassy, from Middle French ambassee (“mission, embassy”), from Old French ambascee (also enbassee (“message for a high official, official mission”)) from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Occitan ambaissada (“embassy”), derived from ambaissa (“message”), from Late Latin ambactia (“service rendered”) (attested also as ambascia, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service”), *ambahtaz (“follower, servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“dependant, vassal”, literally “one who is sent around”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”); compare Latin ambactus, Old Irish amus, amsach (“mercenary, servant”), Welsh amaeth (“tenant farm”)). Doublet of ambassade. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmbəsi/ 1. The function or duty of an ambassador. Example: The King told me, […] That I ſhould have the Character of Ambaſſador Extraordinary, and the ſame Allovvance I ſhou'd have had in Spain: Upon this Offer I made no Demurr, but immediately accepted it, and ſo my Ambaſſy vvas declar'd in May 1674. 2. An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations. Example: The American embassy to France is located in Paris. 3. A temporary mission representing a sovereign state. Example: The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by James Buchanan, before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way. Example: Then go we in to know his embassy; Which I could with a ready guess declare Before the Frenchman speak a word of it. 4. The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador. 5. A written account as to an embassy. Labels: archaic Example: By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]
Word: sensu lato Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of lato sensu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tanya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tania (“new cocoyam or taro”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wally Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɒli/ 1. A fool. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: 'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope to be.' 2. A large pickled gherkin or cucumber. Labels: Essex, London, colloquial Example: Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come sliced and prettily served in the shape of a flower.
Word: wally Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of whally Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: […] one of his eyes was wally, a condition common among the natives of the land. (Here the meaning 'pale' is intended, as indicated later in the text:) […] turned his one black eye on the kindly man […] (p. 183)
Word: wally Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value Labels: Essex, colloquial, obsolete Example: Let them that wallys the sheep watch 'em.
Word: protege Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of protégé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of megacycle, an obsolete unit equivalent to a megahertz. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: mc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of madarchod. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, informal 2. Abbreviation of millicurie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of Minecraft. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: MAC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Military Airlift Command, formerly, one of three former divisions of the US airforce, the others being SAC and TAC. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Military Armament Corporation. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Initialism of Military Armistice Commission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of maximum allowable concentration, the maximum concentration of a pollutant which is considered harmless to healthy adults during their working hours, assuming they breathe uncontaminated air at all other times. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of mandatory access control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of media access control: the portion of Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11 wireless, Bluetooth, FDDI, ATM, and Fibre Channel networks that controls which hardware devices have access to the media over which signals are sent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: When operating on customer MAC (C-MAC) and service MAC (S-MAC) addresses, PBB uses a new backbone MAC (B-MAC) address. The B-MAC address is added at the edge of the PBB network, that is administered by a carrier VPN or a carrier-of-carriers VPN. 4. Initialism of mean aerodynamic chord. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of mid-air collision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of message authentication code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of merchant aircraft carrier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of magnetic accelerator cannon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Migration Authorisation Code. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of membrane attack complex, a part of the complement system of the innate immune system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of multiply and accumulate, a hardware module found in digital signal processors which performs a multiplication and adds the result of that operation to an accumulator in the same cycle, used extensively in implementations of digital filters, transforms, and codecs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of Mycobacterium avium complex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of minimum alveolar concentration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of monitored anesthesia care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Mack Part of Speech: name Etymology: (In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec. Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person. Labels: informal 2. A diminutive of the male given name Max. 3. A surname. 4. The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. Labels: slang, with-definite-article
Word: Mack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec. Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. Ellipsis of Mack truck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: unreliable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reliable. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/, /ʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.ɹəˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/ 1. Not reliable. Example: Tell one another whether any one of you has ever heard me discuss such questions briefly or at length; and then you will realize that the other popular reports about me are equally unreliable. Example: The opposite issue emerges in the summer when students face scorching temperatures with unreliable or nonexistent air conditioning.
Word: unreliable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + reliable. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/, /ʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.ɹəˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/ 1. One who or that which cannot be relied upon. Example: His employment by the leading papers in Chicago was intermittent, as he was classed among the unreliables. One could never tell when he was going to get drunk.
Word: austere Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós, “bitter, harsh, astringent”), having the specific meaning “making the tongue dry” (originally used of fruits, wines), related to αὔω (aúō, “to singe”), αὖος (aûos, “dry”). Pronunciation: /ɒˈstɪə(ɹ)/, /ɔːˈstɪə(ɹ)/, /ɔˈstiɹ/, /ɑˈstiɹ/ 1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance. Example: The headmistress was an austere old woman. Example: Even the austere philosopher Immanuel Kant of Koenigsberg, it is said, whose habits were so regular that the citizens of that town set their watches by him, postponed the hour of his afternoon stroll when he received the news [of the fall of the Bastille], thus convincing Koenigsberg that a world-shaking event had indeed happened. 2. Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy. Example: The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour. Example: So we come, at above street level, into the city, and to Canterbury East Station (9.8 miles). It is an austere, rather barn-like structure, with a high roof over the two platforms. 3. Adhering to the economic policy of austerity. Example: Counterintuitively, in an effort to be austere and save money, cities which only remove a crossing every couple of years manage to be way less efficient at it than Melbourne has been. 4. Harsh; astringent. Example: It is like a small plum, nearly globular in shape, black covered with a bluish bloom, and with a very austere taste.
Word: protégée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French protégée. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/, /ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/ 1. A female protégé. Example: The Admiral delighted in the boy, Mrs. Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her protegée, after some months' further trial at her uncle's house, to find another home. Example: “No, Cynthia is a protégée of my mother’s, the daughter of an old schoolfellow of hers, who married a rascally solicitor. He came a cropper, and the girl was left an orphan and penniless. My mother came to the rescue, and Cynthia has been with us nearly two years now.”
Word: latina Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Latina. Labels: alt-of
Word: kakorrhaphiophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κακορραφία (kakorrhaphía) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English kakorrhaphiophobia From Ancient Greek κακορραφία (kakorrhaphía) + English -phobia. 1. The abnormal fear of failure or defeat. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:kakorrhaphiophobia.
Word: gimmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gimbyre, from Old Norse gymbr (“one-year-old ewe lamb”), from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄ (“a yearling ewe-lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- (“winter”). 1. A ewe between one and two years old. Labels: Northern-English, dialectal
Word: echinacea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea. Pronunciation: /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃə/, /ˌɛkɪˈneɪsɪə/, /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃɪə/, /ˌɛkəˈneɪʃə/, /ˌɛkəˈneɪsɪə/ 1. Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers. Labels: countable 2. A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants. Labels: uncountable Example: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
Word: withershins Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Alteration of widder- in widdershins (a borrowing from Middle Low German) after the English cognate form wither- (“against, anti-”). 1. Alternative spelling of widdershins (“anticlockwise”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Boils up their Livers in a Warlock's pow, Rins withershins about the Hemlock low Example: The intellectual sweetness of those lines / That cut through time or cross it withershins.
Word: chop shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts. Labels: US Example: Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame. Example: Once the car is in a chop shop, a skilled cutter can reduce it to salable parts in half an hour to 45 minutes.
Word: chop shop Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of chop-shop. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Seller of used car, who had fraudulently represented to buyer that the vehicle identification number (VIN) had been scratched out under windshield because former owner had been trying to prevent repossession of the car, was liable to buyer for punitive damages, based on having acted willfully or with reckless disregard for the consequences of the seller's conduct, even if the seller had not known the car had been "chop shopped" from two different vehicles. Example: A new income, from "chop shopping," the dismantling of stolen cars and the subsequent sale of their parts, was adding to the coffers but was no panacea.
Word: germanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English germanium Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English germanic From germanium + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/, /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ 1. Of or containing germanium. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing germanium with a valence of 4. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kuri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 庫裏. 1. The kitchen of a Zen monastery.
Word: kuri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori kurī. 1. An extinct, bushy-tailed, short-legged dog of New Zealand.
Word: gesundheit Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Gesundheit (literally “health”), from gesund (“healthy”). The adjective is cognate with English sound, from Old English ġesund (“sound, safe, healthy”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈzʊnt.haɪt/, /ɡəˈzʊn.taɪt/, /ɡəˈzʊnt.hʌɪt/, /ɡəˈzʊn.tʌɪt/ 1. Said to someone who has just sneezed. Labels: Canada, US Example: Everybody Was at It, and There Was No One to Say Gesundheit Example: I used to play a game with David and Douggie, Dennis and Drew — stop their sneezes midsniff just by placing my pinkie finger against their nostrils and saying gesundheit before it was time. 2. Said in response to a word that sounds onomatopoeically similar to a sneeze. Labels: humorous Example: Flynn: All right, Blondie. Rapunzel: Rapunzel! Flynn: Gesundheit. 3. Used as a toast Labels: dated Example: Gesundheit, grandpa
Word: Œ Part of Speech: character 1. Ligature of vowels O and E, called œthel. Labels: dated, letter, uppercase
Word: lak Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: lak Part of Speech: conj 1. Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: deiseal Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of deasil Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: deiseal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deasil Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: à la carte Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləˈkɑːt/, /ˌæ.læˈkɑːt/, /ˌɑ.ləˈkɑɹt/, /ˌɑ.lɑˈkɑɹt/ 1. Allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu. Labels: not-comparable Example: The restaurant had a huge à la carte menu and four specials that day. 2. Selective; only choosing what one likes or desires. Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable Example: As twin studies proliferated throughout the nineteen-eighties, their results contributed to substantial changes in our moral intuitions. When schizophrenia and autism, for example, turned out to be largely heritable, we no longer blamed these disorders on cold or inept mothers. But, for such freighted traits as intelligence, liberals remained understandably anxious and continued to insist that differences—not just on a group level but on an individual one—were merely artifacts of an unequal environment. Conservatives pointed out that an à-la-carte approach to scientific findings was intellectually incoherent. 3. A meal but only the viand (without rice). Labels: Philippines, not-comparable
Word: à la carte Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləˈkɑːt/, /ˌæ.læˈkɑːt/, /ˌɑ.ləˈkɑɹt/, /ˌɑ.lɑˈkɑɹt/ 1. By ordering individually priced items from the menu. Labels: not-comparable Example: There were two divisions in the restaurants I used to visit. One division, which was patronized by fairly well-to-do people, provided any number of courses from which one chose and paid for à la carte, each dinner thus costing from one to two shillings. The other division provided six-penny dinners of three courses with a slice of bread. In my days of strict frugality I usually dined in the second division. Example: DCI Tom Barnaby: You don't do eye of newt or toe of frog, wool of bat or tongue of dog, then?
Word: co-ed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Short for the original phrase coeducational referring to an educational institution that taught males and females together. Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊˈɛd/ 1. Of an educational institution, teaching both males and females. 2. Mixing males and females; unisex; mixed-gender. Example: We played in a co-ed band. Example: COED NAKED SKIING: Only the bold can BARE the cold! COED NAKED FIREFIGHTING: Find 'em Hot, Leave 'em Wet!
Word: co-ed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for the original phrase coeducational referring to an educational institution that taught males and females together. Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊˈɛd/ 1. A young woman who attends college. Labels: Philippines, US, dated, informal Example: To many a student the most appealing subject in college is a coed. A coed is usually less interested in what she gets out of college than whom. Example: I gazed wistfully at the pretty coeds. 2. A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute. Labels: Philippines, US, dated, informal Example: 1959: A coed is exotic with mascara on her eye lashes, demureness in a sweater, and 'the future homemaker' with a can opener. 3. A student of either sex at a co-educational institution. Example: The majority of college coeds are female, but many still have trouble paying for tuition. Scholarships designed specifically for women can be useful in this situation.
Word: mumpish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mump Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English mumpish From mump + -ish. 1. sulking, mopey Example: You mumpish beefalo (you sulky old cow). Example: He had written to Doctor South and had in his pocket a telegram from him received that morning: "Sacking the mumpish fool. When will you come?"
Word: mumpish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mumps Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English mumpish From mumps + -ish. 1. Suffering from mumps (the disease). Labels: colloquial Example: I wouldn't mind being sick if I could look interesting, but mumps! The funny thing is, I haven't had time to get them from these children and must have been exposed before. […] [S]omehow I was feeling far from well, myself, and when Dr. Weston came about ten o'clock he broke the dreadful news that I was mumpish too, and sent me off to bed.
Word: beefalo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of beef + buffalo. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːf.əl.əʊ/, /ˈbif.ə.loʊ/ 1. A cross between a domestic cow and an American buffalo or bison. 2. The meat of such a hybrid.
Word: coed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of co-ed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: It was always one of the more awkward moments back in college when you would go into one of the (coed) restrooms and there’d be a couple people clearly goin’ at it in the shower.
Word: coed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of co-ed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: DB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dead body. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: With an extra-long weekend before Christmas and New Year's Day coming up, the police of motorized, subwayless Los Angeles had learned by experience to expect plenty of wrecked cars and DBs (dead bodies) on their hands. 2. Initialism of defensive back. Labels: Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of database. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of depot brigade. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of defined benefits. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of delayed broadcast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of diplomatic bag. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of dot ball. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of difficulty of body. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways). Previously used by its predecessor, Deutsche Bundesbahn. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Domesday Book. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of Inscription of Darius at Bisutun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of Dragon Ball. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang 5. Initialism of Deutsche Bank. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator, chaired a symposium with representatives from foreign companies, including JP Morgan, Tesla (TSLA), HSBC (HSBC), Deutsche Bank (DB), BNP Paribas, Japan’s MUFG Bank, German chemical producer BASF, commodities trader Trafigura and Schneider Electric, according to a statement posted on the websites of the PBOC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).
Word: Bison Part of Speech: name 1. A city and town in Kansas. 2. A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.
Word: interdict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚdɪkt/, /ˈɪntədɪkt/ 1. A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted. 2. An injunction. Example: The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter. […] Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in perpetuity, and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted. Example: In May [1995], the court issued an interdict preventing the service withdrawal, pending consultation on the closure to passenger traffic of three short stretches of railway around Glasgow and its hinterland that were only used by the Fort William Sleeper - and for which BR had failed to invoke standard closure procedures.
Word: interdict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Pronunciation: /ɪntɚˈdɪkt/, /ɪntəˈdɪkt/ 1. To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. Labels: transitive Example: An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same. 2. To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. Labels: transitive Example: Charged not to touch the interdicted tree. 3. To forbid (someone) from doing something. Labels: transitive Example: Do not look so alarmed, Madame; every possible precaution has been taken to prevent infection. I have given the strictest orders to interdict any communication between her attendants and those devoted to your service. 4. To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). Labels: US, transitive Example: Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.
Word: sift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan. Pronunciation: /sɪft/ 1. To sieve or strain (something). Labels: transitive 2. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving. Labels: transitive 3. To examine (something) carefully. Labels: archaic, dated, transitive Example: As neere as I could ſift him on that argument, On ſome apparant danger ſeene in him, Aym‘d at your Highneſſe, no inueterate malice. Example: But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question. 4. To examine (something) carefully. Labels: transitive Example: Sifting through the work of great orators like Philostratus and Quintilian they identify numerous examples of classical irony, metaphor, comparison, etc. which are missing in Paul. Example: Britain’s police are especially zealous. Officers spend thousands of hours sifting through potentially offensive posts and arrest 30 people a day. Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school. 5. To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: sift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan. Pronunciation: /sɪft/ 1. An act of sifting.
Word: intermarry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English marry English intermarry From inter- + marry. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmæɹi/ 1. To marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion. Example: Mary was Catholic and Ron was Jewish, but they decided that it was acceptable to intermarry. Example: The state where most intermarriages took place was Hawaii, where more than four in 10 newlyweds (42.4%) were intermarried. 2. To marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group. Example: Mainland China and Taiwan do not border each other by land; they face each other across a 140-km-wide ocean strait. Taiwan-held Dadan Island sits 2 km away from Xiamen. Xiamenese can use binoculars to observe their kinfolk on Dadan Island, with whom they have traditionally intermarried (Mellor, 1993). Example: Did European royals sometimes intermarry? Yes. There are a couple of examples of that. The Habsburgs are not beating the allegations.
Word: sally port Part of Speech: noun 1. An opening into or entry to a fortification, usually arched, to enable a sally; a postern. Example: And so usually a trusted caporegime would be sent out to rent a secret apartment and fill it with mattresses. That apartment would be used as a sally port into the city when an offensive was mounted. 2. An entryway controlled by two doors or gates, each of which must be closed before the other can open. Example: “The prisoner will slide his bucket of shame over to the sally port. And the prisoner will be reminded not to make any sudden movements, lest he get the prod.” “I have a name.” “just slide your shit bucket over to Sally's port.” “Thank you.”