nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: AC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of all clear (as in button on electronic calculator). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of ante cibum (before meals). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of as charged, as in: guilty as charged, usually a/c. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Aceh: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Acre: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of America's Cup (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Appeal Cases (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law Reports). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AC Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of air-condition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: My heating and cooling bills were within reason for the past 3 years. We only ran the AC/Heat from 6pm to midnight, but with the arrival of my son and mother-inlaw^([sic]) we must heat and AC 24 hrs a day.
Word: DC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find as much common ground as can be found.” 2. Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Abbreviation of Discord. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: DC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of district court. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of direct current. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of doctor of chiropractic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC). 4. Initialism of debit card. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of disease control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of defined contributions. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of device context. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of difficulty class. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of disconnection/disconnect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC. 11. Initialism of district commissioner. Labels: Kenya, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest. 12. Initialism of disciplinary control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC Example: Disciplinary Control is a form of segregation in which inmates who have been found guilty of an institutional rule, pursuant to the Administrative Rule (AR) 5120-9-08, may be placed. Per the AR 5120-9-11, inmates can receive placement in DC for 15 days as a result of a single rule violation or a series of rule violations arising from one event. An inmate can also receive an additional 15 days for two or more unrelated violations or for any violations committed while in DC. However, no inmate shall spend more than 30 consecutive days in DC. 13. Initialism of distribution center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: DC Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of da capo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of diagonally to the center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of direct coded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: DC Part of Speech: verb 1. To become disconnected from a network. Example: Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes. 2. Abbreviation of discontinue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: med dc'd
Word: ans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈænz/ 1. plural of an Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæns/, /ˈɑːns/ 1. Abbreviation of answer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ans Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæns/, /ˈɑːns/ 1. Abbreviation of answer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: GWM, release July 79, would like to hear from sincere gays. I will ans all letters.
Word: apod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + -pod. 1. Lacking feet; apodal. Labels: not-comparable 2. Lacking a ventral fin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: apod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + -pod. 1. An animal without feet.
Word: ba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ, G53-Z1 Pronunciation: /bɑː/, /bɔː/, /bɑ/ 1. A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food. Labels: Egyptian Example: Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience. Example: But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.
Word: ba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves. 1. Father, baba. Labels: colloquial, singular-normally
Word: ba Part of Speech: noun 1. A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year. Labels: historical, singular-normally, uncountable Example: The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.
Word: ba Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of bathroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, singular-normally Example: 2 beds, 1 ba
Word: ba Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Mandarin 吧 (ba). Pronunciation: [p˭ɑ˨] 1. Used to indicate a tentative suggestion. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally Example: I think you should go see a doctor ba. 2. Used to indicate confident speculation. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally Example: rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...
Word: babul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed both from French baboul and from Hindi बबूल (babūl, “babul tree”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit वव्वोल (vavvola, “acacia”). Pronunciation: /bəˈbuːl/ 1. A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica. Example: In place of Putney's golden gorse / The sickly babul blooms.
Word: bad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną (“to frighten”), Old Saxon undarbadōn (“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorsk bada (“to weigh down, press”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, press, push, oppress”). False cognate of Persian بد (bad). Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. Not covered by funds on account. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: He gave me a bad check.
Word: bad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną (“to frighten”), Old Saxon undarbadōn (“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorsk bada (“to weigh down, press”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, press, push, oppress”). False cognate of Persian بد (bad). Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. Bold, daring, and tough. Labels: slang Example: He's the baddest guy in town! 2. Good, superlative, excellent, cool. Labels: slang Example: Man, that new car you bought is bad! Example: You is bad, man! 3. Overly promiscuous, licentious. Labels: US, slang Example: You leave your girl around me; if she's bad she's gonna get stuck. 4. Very attractive; hot, sexy. Labels: slang Example: Hopefully I can pull some bad bitches tonight. 5. Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature. Labels: slang Example: That boy is the baddest! Example: She's the baddest girl!
Word: bad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną (“to frighten”), Old Saxon undarbadōn (“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorsk bada (“to weigh down, press”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, press, push, oppress”). False cognate of Persian بد (bad). Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. Badly; poorly. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: I didn't do too bad in the last exam. Example: He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs. 2. Badly; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly. Labels: emphatic, intensifier, slang Example: Please come back, baby. I miss you so bad! Example: I want you / I want you so bad, it's driving me mad
Word: bad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną (“to frighten”), Old Saxon undarbadōn (“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorsk bada (“to weigh down, press”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, press, push, oppress”). False cognate of Persian بد (bad). Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. Something that is bad; a harm or evil. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: We idealize God as supergoodness in order to protect against a bad that we cannot unite with ourselves. 2. Error; mistake. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: "My bad, My bad!” Juwan yelled, scowling Example: “Chico, you're late again.” I turned around and stared him in his beady eyes. “I missed my bus. My bad, Donald.” “Your bad? Your bad? What kind of English is that? 3. An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Imports are an economic good but exports an economic bad. Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers. Example: An economic bad is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples of bads: pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description.
Word: bad Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną (“to frighten”), Old Saxon undarbadōn (“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorsk bada (“to weigh down, press”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, press, push, oppress”). False cognate of Persian بد (bad). Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet. Labels: slang Example: Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.
Word: bad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bad, from Old English bæd, first- and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan (“to ask”). Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. alternative past of bid. See bade. Labels: alternative, archaic, form-of, past, slang
Word: bad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /baːd/, /bɛəd/ 1. To shell (a walnut). Labels: UK, dialectal, slang, transitive Example: A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’
Word: able-bodiedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English able-bodied 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 able-bodiedness From able-bodied + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩ˌbɑ.did.nəs/ 1. The quality of being able-bodied. Labels: uncountable
Word: bai Part of Speech: noun 1. A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa. Example: One thing about the bais that I hadn't fully taken on board while reading about them was that they tend to be waterlogged because they are usually associated with marshes, streams or springs. […] venturing into the bai, but […] plunging into the bai because […] Example: Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.
Word: bai Part of Speech: intj 1. Eye dialect spelling of bye. Labels: Internet, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: bai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s. 1. A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.
Word: ACT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of the Australian Capital Territory: a federal territory of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight. 2. Initialism of American College Test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Association of Consumers and Taxpayers, a political party of New Zealand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Association of Consumers and Taxpayers, a political party of New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: ACT Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test. Labels: countable 2. Acronym of acceptance and commitment therapy. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: NSW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New South Wales: a state of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The new changes bring NSW in line with other states across the country and give residents the option to have non-binary as their gender on birth certificates.
Word: NT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of the Northern Territory: a territory of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of the Northwest Territories: a territory of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (of the United Kingdom). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of New Testament. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of New Territories (of Hong Kong). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Holonyms: HK (region), HKSAR 6. Ellipsis of Windows NT. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. Abbreviation of Nortel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 8. Abbreviation of East Nusa Tenggara: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of neighbor tone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of neurotensin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of neurotypical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: This was brought home to me, an NT, when I asked an autistic E-mail correspondent, who is mordantly expressive on line, what it would be like to meet. 4. Abbreviation of nanotube. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Initialism of national-school teacher Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism Example: The departure of Mr Thomas Butler N. T. to take up an appointment as principal teacher in Cushinstown National School in succession to Mr M. Murphy N. T. who has retired on pension, has caused general regret in Tullicanna where he has been teaching for some years past. Example: The death has occurred of Mary Corr NT (née Sherry) Goatstown, Dublin[.] Former teacher at Holy Cross School, Dundrum.
Word: NT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of nice try. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Qld Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Queensland: a state of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: SA Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.eɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of sinoatrial or sinoauricular. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: SA block; SA node 2. Abbreviation of straight-acting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: SA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.eɪ/ 1. Initialism of sexual abuse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of sexual assault. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of sex appeal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of special agent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of small arms. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of surface area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of situational awareness or situation awareness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of simulated annealing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Sustainability Analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of Scenario Analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of social anxiety. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of salicylic acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.eɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of North Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of San Antonio: a city in Texas, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of South America: a continent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Saudi Arabia: a country in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of South Australia: a state of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 8. Initialism of Stage Accompany. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of San Andreas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SA Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.eɪ/ 1. To sexually assault (someone). Labels: Internet, transitive Example: This time CPS did really investigate a lot more thoroughly, and the CPS worker said that she believes Allison was SA'ed by her dad, but that the role of CPS is to *remove children from abusive homes* and since Allison does not live in the abusive home, the duty falls to me to go thru the family court system to get no-visitation orders in place. Example: Remind me of that night and while I threw away the clothes I was SA'd in,, the clothes I wore to be around him make me feel gross too and
Word: WA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbəlˌjuː eɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of Washington: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Western Australia: a state of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of World Athletics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbəlˌjuː eɪ/ 1. Initialism of wing attack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Australian Capital Territory Part of Speech: name 1. A federal territory which is an enclave in southern New South Wales, south-eastern Australia, in which the country's capital, Canberra, is located.
Word: New South Wales Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌnjuː ˌsaʊθ ˈweɪlz/ 1. A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1788 to 1901. Capital: Sydney. Example: “The passing of this bill today makes New South Wales a safer and more inclusive place for more people,” said Penny Sharpe, the leader of the government in the upper house. 2. (1770—1850s) The original name conferred on Australia by Captain James Cook, and used to describe the entire eastern portion of the continent. Labels: historical 3. (1631–?) The name of an area of modern Canada stretching from the Nelson River in Manitoba to the James Bay in Ontario. Labels: historical
Word: Northern Territory Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːðən ˈtɛɹɪt(ə)ɹi/ 1. A territory covering northern and north-central Australia. Capital: Darwin.
Word: Queensland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Queen + -s- + -land, equivalent to Queen's Land and named in honour of Queen Victoria. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪːnzˌlæːnd/, /ˈkwiːnz.lænd/, /ˈkwiːnzlənd/ 1. A state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901. Capital: Brisbane. Example: Dr. Michela Mitchell, a taxonomist at the Queensland Museum Network, said in a statement released by Ocean Census it could be a type of deep-sea coral called octocoral. 2. The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland. Labels: historical 3. A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. 4. A community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Word: South Australia Part of Speech: name 1. A state of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent; a former British colony until 1901. Capital: Adelaide.
Word: Tasmania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tasman + -ia, after the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who visited and documented the island and New Zealand in 1642. Pronunciation: /tæzˈmeɪniə/ 1. One of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901. Capital: Hobart. Example: Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight. 2. The large island of Australia comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.
Word: Victoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Pronunciation: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/, /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹɪə/, /vɪkˈtoː.ɹɪə/ 1. One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears. 2. A Victoria plum. Example: Pears are practically a failure, and there are no early or late Plums, but Victorias are a heavy crop, of small inferior fruits. 3. vagina Labels: slang
Word: Western Australia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstə(ɹ)n əˈstɹeɪljə/ 1. A state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901. Capital: Perth. Example: AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.
Word: abuela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin avia Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ola Late Latin aviola Spanish abuelabor. English abuela Borrowed from Spanish abuela. Pronunciation: /ɑˈbweɪlə/ 1. A Hispanic grandmother. Example: I, an abuela-aged woman of Northern European ancestry, have lived within 50 miles of the Mexican border most of my life. Mexican culture is part of my life as much as any of my DNA cultures, if not more, and I love it all. Example: 8 a.m. Wake up early for breakfast at an abuela’s house
Word: abuelo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin avia Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ola Latin aviola Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Vulgar Latin *aviolum Old Spanish avuelo Spanish abuelobor. English abuelo Borrowed from Spanish abuelo. 1. A Hispanic grandfather. Example: A turning point came when he told his 86-year-old abuelo in 2010. “We were terrified to tell him,” Mr. Heng-Lehtinen said. Example: Young people who are close to writing off the Democratic Party as a dinosaur, as a gerontocracy of prudish abuelos who gave birth by immaculate conception, may be in for a pleasant surprise.
Word: bosque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bosk. Pronunciation: /bɒsk/, /bɑsk/ 1. Rare spelling of bosk. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: On February 16 a reconnaissance in force was pushed to within a mile of the fort and battle offered on the open plain. The challenge was disregarded, and only noticed by the sending out of a few well-mounted men to watch our movements. The forces of the enemy were kept well concealed in the bosque (grove) above the fort and within its walls.
Word: bosque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bosque (“forest”), from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busc (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”); perhaps also influenced by bosk. The word is a doublet of bush. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒsˌkeɪ/, /ˈbɑsˌkeɪ/ 1. A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse. Labels: Southwestern, US Example: [page 495] He drove them with great slaughter from the bosque they had then seized, repulsed a determined charge of their Lancers, made with audacity and desperation, and was master of the field. [...] [page 496] The heavy bosques in our front were terminated by a drift of sand extending from the high bluff of the Contadero to the river. Behind this drift the enemy, concealed from my observation, rallied all their forces abandoning wagons on the sand hills, tents, and other supplies, including ammunition, with the desperate resolve to storm our batteries.
Word: amiga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish amiga (“female friend”). 1. A female friend. Labels: Latin-America
Word: friend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vryend, from Old English frēond, frīond (“friend”, literally “loving [one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”), roughly equivalent to free + -nd. See also Friday. Cognates Cognate with Scots freend (“friend”), Yola friend, vriene (“friend”), North Frisian frinj, frün (“friend”), Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, freondinne (“friend”), Cimbrian bròint, vròint (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), German Low German Fründ (“friend, relative”), Limburgish vröndj (“friend”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), Vilamovian fraeind, frajnd (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Faroese and Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”); also Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin proprius (“own, proper”), Belarusian пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ, “friend”), Bulgarian прия́тел (prijátel, “male friend”), Czech přítel (“friend; supporter; lover”), Macedonian при́јател (príjatel, “friend, mate, pal”), Polish przyjaciel, przyjáciel (“friend; lover”), Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend; buddy, mate, pal”), Serbo-Croatian при̏јатељ, prȉjatelj (“friend”), Slovak priateľ (“friend; supporter”), Slovene prijatelj (“friend; companion; chum”), Ukrainian при́ятель (prýjatelʹ, “friend; buddy, pal”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved; own, wonted”). More at free. Pronunciation: /fɹɛnd/, [fɹ̥ɛnd], [fɹ̥ɛnd̥], /frɪnd/ 1. To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Lo sluggish Knight the victors happie pray: / So fortune friends the bold [...]. Example: ’Tis true, the stuff I bring for sale Is not so brisk a brew as ale: Out of a stem that scored the hand I wrung it in a weary land. But take it: if the smack is sour, The better for the embittered hour; It should do good to heart and head When your soul is in my soul’s stead; And I will friend you, if I may, In the dark and cloudy day. 2. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend. Labels: transitive Example: One of the most used features of MySpace is the practice that is nicknamed "friending." If you "friend" someone, then that person is added to your MySpace friends list, and you are added to their friends list. Example: The two distributions which exhibited this property were in response to the statements, “I am careful about who I friend,” and, “If someone friends me, I will friend them.” (Figure 3).
Word: familia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin familia (“family”). Doublet of family. Pronunciation: /fəˈmɪlɪə/ 1. A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit. Labels: historical Example: Joska's elder brother Phuro was, however, seen as the leader of his familia. As one of the oldest males in the hamlet, with a familia that consisted of sons, bora and sons-in-law, Phuro's position as head of his familia was given by his age and by his authority as father. 2. The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household. Labels: Roman
Word: gripe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaɪp/ 1. To complain; to whine. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character. Example: After making The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 (and griping to the press that he was “fed up with the idiots”), Sean Connery enjoyed 17 years of retirement before he died in 2020. 2. To annoy or bother. Labels: informal, transitive Example: What's griping you? 3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm. 4. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: How inly sorrow gripes his soul. 5. To suffer griping pains. Labels: intransitive Example: the griping of an hungry belly 6. To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Therefore, everyman, look to that last end that is thy death and the dust that gripeth on every man that is born of woman for as he came naked forth from his mother's womb so naked shall he wend him at the last for to go as he came. 7. To seize or grasp. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure? Example: UUhoſe hands are made to gripe a warlike Lance— / Their ſhoulders broad, for complet armour fit, / Their lims more large and of a bigger ſize / Than all the brats yſprong from Typhons loins:
Word: gripe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaɪp/ 1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. 2. A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. 3. Grasp; clutch; grip. Labels: obsolete Example: A barren sceptre in my gripe. Example: The young peasant […] disengaged himself from Manfred's gripe […]. 4. That which is grasped; a handle; a grip. Labels: obsolete Example: the gripe of a sword 5. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. Labels: dated 6. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress. Labels: obsolete Example: the gripe of poverty Example: 'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop. 7. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines. Labels: in-plural
Word: gripe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of grype. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin. Pronunciation: /kaɪnd/ 1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. Example: What kind of (a) person are you? Example: What kind of ice-cream would you like? There's chocolate, strawberry, and lemon. 2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen. Example: The opening served as a kind of window. Example: I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them. 3. One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition. Labels: archaic Example: Must yt nedes folowe that theyr fayth was chaunged in kynde, bycause yt was augmented in degrees. Example: The generall woorde, is spoken of many, that differ either in kynd, or els in nombre. 4. Family, lineage. Labels: archaic Example: My young love said to me, My mother won’t mind And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind. 5. Manner. Labels: archaic 6. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter. Example: in kind Example: I don't have any money but I can pay in kind by washing the dishes. 7. Equivalent means used as response to an action. Example: in kind Example: I'll pay in kind for his insult. 8. Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine. 9. The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator. Example: The kind of any primitive data type is *, corresponding to a nullary constructor. 10. Food in a particular category. Labels: Caribbean, in-compounds Example: Fish kind was what she ate then. Example: The farmers had plenty of ground provisions, but there was no "meat kind."
Word: kind Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynde, ġecynde (“innate, natural, native”), from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“nature, kind”). Pronunciation: /kaɪnd/ 1. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others. Example: Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull. 2. Affectionate. Example: a kind man; a kind heart Example: Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, / The love he bore to learning was in fault. 3. Favorable. Example: Thy words aſſure me of kind ſucceſſe: / Go valiant Souldier, go before and charge / The fainting army of that foolish King. 4. Mild, gentle, forgiving Example: The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well. 5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed. Example: a horse kind in harness 6. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native. Labels: obsolete Example: it becommeth sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind tast.
Word: grito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *crītāre Spanish gritardeverb. Spanish gritobor. English grito Borrowed from Spanish grito. 1. A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera. Example: During the post-election turmoil, an estimated fifteen thousand people gathered at the Angel of Independence on Independence Day 1988 for a grito organized by the PAN that the party described as an event “that signifies the authentic freedom of Mexico” and that focused on repudiating electoral fraud. Example: The night doesn’t begin to end until someone starts pouring tequila, plays this song [“Por Tu Maldito Amor”], and belts out a grito in their best Chente voice — operatic and soaring with a tinge of melancholy.
Word: SQL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛs kjuː ɛl/, /ˈsiːkwəl/ 1. Initialism of Structured Query Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of standard quantum limit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: WWW Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdʌ.bəl.juː ˈdʌ.bəl.juː ˈdʌ.bəl.juː/, /ˈdʌ.bjə ˈdʌ.bjə ˈdʌ.bjə/, /ˈdʌb ˈdʌb ˈdʌb/, [dʌ.ɥʊ̆.dʌ.ɥʊ̆.dʌ.bˡju] 1. Initialism of World Wide Web. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of World Wide Web Consortium. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Melburnian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, + -ian. The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.' 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Word: Melburnian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, + -ian. The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.' 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Word: Sydney-sider Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Sydneysider. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sydneyite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sydney Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Sydneyite From Sydney + -ite. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Word: Sydneysider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sydney Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English Sydneysider From Sydney + side + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Canberran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Canberra + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to Canberra. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, from or relating to the Australian Capital Territory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Canberran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Canberra + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Canberra (Australia). 2. A native or inhabitant of the Australian Capital Territory.
Word: Adelaidean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old High German Adalheidder. French Adélaïdebor. English Adelaide English -an English Adelaidean From Adelaide + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide, South Australia.
Word: Adelaidean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old High German Adalheidder. French Adélaïdebor. English Adelaide English -an English Adelaidean From Adelaide + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Adelaide, South Australia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Adelaidean Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old High German Adalheidder. French Adélaïdebor. English Adelaide English -an English Adelaidean From Adelaide + -an. 1. An age from 1300 to 542 million years ago, a subdivision of the Proterozoic.
Word: Brisbanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Brisbane Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Brisbanian From Brisbane + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of Brisbane (Australia).
Word: Brisbanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Brisbane Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Brisbanian From Brisbane + -ian. 1. Of, from or relating to Brisbane. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Brisbanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Brisbane Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Brisbanite From Brisbane + -ite. 1. A native or inhabitant of Brisbane (Australia). Example: People were aghast as they saw a family of five Brisbanites being evicted by security guards.
Word: Darwiner Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Darwin + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hobartian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Hobart Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Hobartian From Hobart + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Word: Hobartian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Hobart Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Hobartian From Hobart + -ian. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Word: Perthian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Perth Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Perthian From Perth + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Word: Perthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Perth Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Perthian From Perth + -ian. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Labels: not-comparable