nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fuel cell Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfjuː(ə)l sɛl/ 1. An electrochemical device in which the intrinsic chemical free energy of fuel and oxidant is catalytically converted to direct current energy. Example: A new energy source claimed by Mr. Coultas to be potentially applicable to locomotives is the fuel cell, now becoming more commonly known as the fuel battery. [...] The fuel cells which are furthest advanced in engineering development today use hydrogen as the fuel. Example: The Mako is powered by a sealed hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, and includes a small element zero core. While not large enough to nullify the vehicle’s mass, the core can reduce it enough to be safely air-dropped. 2. Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank. 3. Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.
Word: fuel injection Part of Speech: noun 1. The delivery, under pressure, of a metered amount of fuel, as a fine spray, into the intake airflow or combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine. Labels: uncountable 2. The equipment to achieve this delivery: a fuel injection system. Labels: metonymically, uncountable Example: He replaced the carburetor with fuel injection.
Word: YAGNI Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of you ain't gonna need it, the principle that software developers should not add functionality to software until it is required. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal, uncountable
Word: fish tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life. Example: I sprinkled little flakes into the fish tank for the guppies to eat. 2. A section of a prison for newly arrived inmates. Labels: slang
Word: fundamental constant Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a set of physical quantities that play a fundamental role in basic theories 2. A physical quantity that is not a function of other constants, such as Π (pi), C (light speed), etc. The smallest common denominators of physics, and the parameters or dimensions for the 'position' of our universe in the multiverse.
Word: take up the cudgel for Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a defense for someone or something, on behalf of another person. Labels: idiomatic
Word: ascender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ascend 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 ascender From ascend + -er. 1. A person or thing that ascends. 2. The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline. Example: Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.” 3. A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h. Labels: uncommon 4. a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
Word: qty Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of quantity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Drs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dr (doctors) Labels: UK, form-of, plural
Word: Drs. Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dr. (doctors) Labels: Canada, US, form-of, plural Example: A disturbing fact has come to light in analyzing the channel you used to transmit your findings. Unauthorized transmissions have been sent from the MSV Rosalie to an unknown destination. It's assumed that this is how the geth are tracking Drs. Cayce and O'Loy.
Word: exogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɒ.ɡə.mi/, /ɛkˈsɑ.ɡə.mi/ 1. Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The daughters of Danaüs thus apparently stand for mother-right, which usually occurs in conjunction with exogamy, marriage outside the family or clan. 2. The fusion of two unrelated gametes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: MacArthur Part of Speech: name Etymology: See McArthur. Pronunciation: /məˈkɑː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To hear Pastor John MacArthur tell it, all Grace Community Church did was open its doors and the people came, like the animals to Noah’s Ark. 2. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Former name: Hollywood
Word: axis of rotation Part of Speech: noun 1. The axis about which any body rotates. 2. The line joining the North Pole and South Pole about which the Earth rotates daily.
Word: I tell a lie Part of Speech: phrase 1. I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: I visited Canada in 1996—no, I tell a lie, in 1997.
Word: stand corrected Part of Speech: verb 1. To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified. Labels: idiomatic
Word: diatomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + atomic. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈtɒmɪk/ 1. Consisting of two atoms. Labels: not-comparable Example: diatomic molecule Example: diatomic element
Word: diatomic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + atomic. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈtɒmɪk/ 1. A diatomic molecule or other species.
Word: diatomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From diatom + -ic. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈtɒmɪk/ 1. Of or relating to diatoms. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Cytological studies of the silicon diatomic cell wall, exhibiting the most beautiful diatoms appearance, are presented by Karsten and Holzinger, by Witkowski, and by others.
Word: Mac Arthur Part of Speech: name Etymology: See McArthur. Pronunciation: /məˈkɑː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of MacArthur. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: triatomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + atomic. 1. Consisting of three atoms. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ozone is a triatomic form of oxygen.
Word: tetratomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English atomic English tetratomic From tetra- + atomic. 1. Consisting of four atoms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diasystem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dia- (“across, between”) + system. 1. A system that reflects features common to a group of linguistic varieties.
Word: works Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɜːks/, /wɝks/ 1. plural of work in its countable senses Labels: form-of, plural
Word: works Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɜːks/, /wɝks/ 1. A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities. Example: The steel works almost fills the valley. Example: In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
Word: works Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɜːks/, /wɝks/ 1. A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works. Example: Something clicked in his throat, as if he had works in him like a clock, and was going to strike. 2. Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food. Labels: plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works. Example: My my they wanted the works, can you this and that / I never got a letter back 3. Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal). Labels: plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: Why did Constantinople get the works? Example: "Why don't we pull him in on tax evasion or misuse of the mails or parkin' in front of a hydrant or sumpn? Take him down to the Tombs and give 'em the works? If the Feds won't do it, we'd be glad to oblige." 4. A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: While in San Francisco, where the AIDS crisis was particularly devastating, they saw numerous public awareness signs reading “Bleach Your Works” posted around the city, urging IV drug users to clean their needles with bleach to help staunch the spread of the disease.
Word: works Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɜːks/, /wɝks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of work Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: donations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /doʊˈneɪʃənz/, /dəʊˈneɪʃənz/ 1. plural of donation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: books Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʊks/ 1. plural of book Labels: form-of, plural 2. Accounting records. Example: We still have to do this month's books. Example: Pridger had been burning books and other incriminating matter now for half an hour.
Word: books Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʊks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of book Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: months Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mʌnθs/, /mʌnts/, /mʌns/, [mʌ̃ⁿˀfs̄], [mʌn̪ˀt̪s] 1. plural of month Labels: form-of, plural
Word: months Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mʌnθs/, /mʌnts/, /mʌns/, [mʌ̃ⁿˀfs̄], [mʌn̪ˀt̪s] 1. A person's period; menstrual discharge. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: parts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɑːts/, /pɑːɹts/ 1. plural of part Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɑːts/, /pɑːɹts/ 1. Intellectual ability or learning. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He was a man of great parts but little virtue. 2. Vicinity, region. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only, usually Example: We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable. 3. The genitals, short for private parts. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: parts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑːts/, /pɑːɹts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of part Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thoughts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θɔːts/, /θɔts/, /θɑts/, /θɒts/, /θoːts/ 1. plural of thought Labels: form-of, plural
Word: states Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /steɪts/ 1. plural of state Labels: form-of, plural
Word: states Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /steɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of state Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: boys Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɔɪz/ 1. plural of boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boys Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɔɪz/ 1. The testicles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: horses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhoɹsɪz/, /ˈhoɹsəz/, /ˈhɔːɹsɪz/, /ˈhɔːɹsəz/, /ˈhɔːsɪz/ 1. plural of horse Labels: form-of, plural 2. Horsepower. Labels: slang Example: I got four hundred horses tucked under the hood. Example: This is a diagnostic test of your engine. You're supposed to have an output of a hundred and sixty-eight horses at sixty-two hundred R.P.M.s. You're nowhere near that.
Word: horses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhoɹsɪz/, /ˈhoɹsəz/, /ˈhɔːɹsɪz/, /ˈhɔːɹsəz/, /ˈhɔːsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of horse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English rated English overrated From over- + rated. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity. Example: My sister is an overrated singer. Example: I say, “Tom Cruise,” because I know Irene hates Tom Cruise and she'll go on and on about why he's completely overrated.
Word: overrated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English rate English overrate English -ed English overrated From overrate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of overrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: over-rated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of over-rate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: over-rated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of overrated. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: drums Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹʌmz/ 1. plural of drum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drums Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹʌmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of drum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: contrail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of condensation + trail. 1. An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
Word: contrail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of condensation + trail. 1. To produce an artificial cloud of this kind. Labels: intransitive
Word: docudrama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English drama blend English docudrama Blend of documentary + drama. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒkjʊˌdɹɑːmə/, /ˈdɑkjəˌdɹɑmə/ 1. A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: What he saw was a school system in defeat, in panic. When a man must fight he reaches for such weapons as he has and understands. Early last summer, Phil[lip C.] Lewis stripped the cover off his typewriter, squared a sheet of paper on the platen, and invented DocuDrama. It's a dramatization of the fix the schools are in. Example: A docu-drama entitled "Crisis in the Local Congregation" on extremism was presented by a group from the Fourth Avenue Methodist Church under the directorship of Mr. Martin Bard.
Word: departures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of departure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: docu-drama Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of docudrama. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A docu-drama entitled "Crisis in the Local Congregation" on extremism was presented by a group from the Fourth Avenue Methodist Church under the directorship of Mr. Martin Bard.
Word: condensation trail Part of Speech: noun 1. A contrail; a visible line of condensation flowing from the edge of an airplane wing or similar structure.
Word: craptastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old Dutch krappender. Old French crappe Middle French crapebor. Middle English crappe English crap Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic English -tastic English craptastic From crap + -tastic. Pronunciation: /kɹæpˈtæstɪk/ 1. Of extremely poor quality. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: That was the most craptastic movie I've ever seen! Example: We also received a new logo for products that are craptastic to the nth power. Behold the Lick Ass award.
Word: vapour trail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vapour + trail. 1. A contrail. Labels: UK
Word: fundamental interaction Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the fundamental forces that act between elementary particles; each one is associated with an exchanged particle
Word: vapor trail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vapor + trail. 1. A contrail.
Word: outdistance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English distance English outdistance From out- + distance. 1. To run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin. Labels: transitive Example: He could not long outdistance such a runner as the Bishop, whose tremendous strides would surely overhaul him in the end.
Word: outcrossing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outcross Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outcrossing Part of Speech: noun 1. An organism produced by outcrossing
Word: outcross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English cross English outcross From out- + cross. 1. The introduction of unrelated breeding stock to an existing population, especially one which is inbred or homogeneous. Example: Their two sons, Joseph I and Charles VI went still further in their pursuit of an out-cross by both marrying princesses from the Guelph house of Brunswick. 2. A plant or animal produced by such methods.
Word: outcross Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English cross English outcross From out- + cross. 1. to crossbreed different strains of a plant or animal. Labels: transitive
Word: Our Lady Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English oure lady, from Old English ūre hlǣfdīġe, a calque of Medieval Latin Domina Nostra. Cf. Queen of Heaven. 1. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, particularly in Catholic contexts.
Word: otto of roses Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of attar of roses. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Its vicinity could be immediately ascertained, often before it was seen, by a very pleasant odour, like otto of roses, which it seems to emit continually, and which may probably be attractive to the small insects on which it feeds.
Word: attar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”). Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ə/, /ˈæt.ɚ/, /ˈæt.ɑːɹ/ 1. An essential oil extracted from flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli. Example: I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life. 2. A perfume made from this oil. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: attar of roses Part of Speech: noun 1. a perfume made from an essential oil extracted from rose flowers Labels: uncountable
Word: old country Part of Speech: noun 1. The country of origin of an immigrant or of a person of immigrant descent. Example: "Look at all the children!" Saxon cried. "School's letting out. And nearly all are Portuguese, Billy, NOT Porchugeeze. Mercedes taught me the right way." "They never wore glad rags like them in the old country," Billy sneered. "They had to come over here to get decent clothes and decent grub."
Word: furnished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɝnɪʃt/, /ˈfɜːnɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of furnish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: furnished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɝnɪʃt/, /ˈfɜːnɪʃt/ 1. equipped with whatever is needed Labels: not-comparable 2. supplied with furniture Labels: not-comparable Example: Shabby indeed, and small and poorly furnished, and yet his, the home he had made for himself, the home he had been so happy to get back to after his day's work.
Word: sconcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sconce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sconcing Part of Speech: noun 1. The activity of sconcing in general, as part of a meal or drinking game; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University. Labels: uncountable 2. Uncommon form of sconce, as part of a meal or drinking game. Labels: countable, form-of, uncommon
Word: sconces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sconce Labels: form-of, plural Example: Owing possibly to some flaw in his mental make-up, Uncle Tom has been collecting old silver since I was so high [...]. I knew all about that collection of his, not only because I had had to listen to him for hours on the subject of sconces, foliation, ribbon wreaths in high relief and gadroon borders, but because I had what you might call a personal interest in it, once having stolen an eighteenth-century cow-creamer for him.
Word: sconces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sconce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sconced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sconce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sconce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sconce, sconse (“candlestick or lantern (with screen)”), from Old French esconse (“lantern”), from Latin absconsus (“hidden”), perfect passive participle of abscondō (“hide”). Cognate with abscond. Pronunciation: /skɒns/, /skɑns/ 1. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb. Example: […]tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Example: Golden sconces hang not on the walls. 2. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb. Example: Taking the candle […] she stood with the little flat brass sconce in her hand. Example: This strange scene was lightd up by candles in high and havy brass sconces.
Word: sconce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps a use of sconce (“light fixture”) or sconce (“fortification”), but seemingly older than the latter Pronunciation: /skɒns/, /skɑns/ 1. A head or a skull. Example: Novv as I am a Chriſtian anſvver me, / In vvhat ſafe place you haue beſtovv'd my monie; / Or I ſhall breake that merrie ſconce of yours / That ſtands on tricks, vvhen I am vndiſpos'd: / VVhere is the thouſand Markes thou hadſt of me? Example: Why does he suffer this rude knave now, to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his action of battery? 2. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Example: I'll gladly pay a sconce 3. An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself. Example: . Example: The table opposite started singing "shit sconce, shit scone^([sic]), shit sconce, shit sconce" […]
Word: sconce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps a use of sconce (“light fixture”) or sconce (“fortification”), but seemingly older than the latter Pronunciation: /skɒns/, /skɑns/ 1. To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct. Labels: obsolete Example: The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months. 2. During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University. Example: I sconce anyone who has ever…
Word: sconce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Dutch schans, cognate with German Schanze. Pronunciation: /skɒns/, /skɑns/ 1. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford. Example: No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. 2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. Labels: obsolete Example: one that […] must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches 3. A squinch. 4. A fragment of a floe of ice. Example: Just then, a broad sconce-piece or low water-washed berg came driving up from the southward. The thought flashed upon me of one of our escapes in Melville Bay; and as the sconce moved rapidly close alongside us, McGary managed to plant an anchor on its slope and hold on to it by a whale-line. 5. A fixed seat or shelf.
Word: sconce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Dutch schans, cognate with German Schanze. Pronunciation: /skɒns/, /skɑns/ 1. To shut within a sconce; to imprison. Labels: obsolete
Word: moji Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of emoji. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: consigliere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian consigliere, from Italian consiglio (“advice", counsel”), from Latin cōnsilium (“council”). Entered the popular English lexicon through Mario Puzo's “Godfather” novels and the subsequent films made from them. Pronunciation: /kɔn.sɪlˈjɛɹ.eɪ/, /kɑn.sɪl.iˈɛɹ.i/, /koʊn-/, /kɑn.sɪɡ.liˈɛɹ.eɪ/ 1. A counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses. Example: Tom, I advised Michael. I never thought you were a bad consigliere. I thought Santino was a bad Don, rest in peace. Michael has all my confidence as do you. But there are reasons why you must have nothing to do with what's going to happen. Example: He [Bill Clinton] is the master strategist behind the scenes; the consigliere to the head of “the family,” as some Clinton aides refer to her operation; and a fund-raising machine who is steadily pulling in $100,000 or more at receptions.
Word: deadrise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + rise. 1. The angle between a horizontal line drawn from the keel and the angle of the garboard and its attachment to the keel. 2. A straight rise of bottom or floor extended out from the side of the keel at whatever angle of rise a particular boat design calls for.
Word: garboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch gaarboord, equivalent to gather + board. 1. The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom. Example: The garboard strakes are generally of American elm, and it is best that the planking above should be of American elm or oak to within a foot or so of the load water-line, and teak above to the covering board or deck edge.
Word: gunwale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun + wale. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnəl/ 1. The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, at or above where the hull meets the deck. Example: Holonyms: vessel, watercraft
Word: NADF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Arbor Day Foundation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: grifo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Spanish grifa. 1. Cannabis. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: […] the smoking in cigarettes or pipes of marihuana or grifo. Its use is as demoralizing as the use of narcotics. Smoking grifo is quite prevalent along the Oregon Short Line Railroad; and Idaho has no law to cope with the use and spread […] Example: The operator was a man who liked to smoke grifo. Just my luck that day, my friend backpack happened to have a good supply of what I needed to sell to him.
Word: caucho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caucho, from Quechua kawchu. Doublet of caoutchouc. 1. The latex of Castilla species. Labels: uncountable
Word: cisterna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cisterna. Doublet of cistern. 1. Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
Word: azulejo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-der.? Classical Persian لاژورد (Lāžvard) Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor. Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward) Andalusian Arabic [Term?]bor. Old Spanish azur Spanish azul Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Spanish -ejo Spanish azulejobor. English azulejo Borrowed from Spanish azulejo. or Borrowed from Portuguese azulejo. Pronunciation: /ˌɑzuˈleɪ(ˌ)hoʊ/, /ˌɑθuˈleɪ(ˌ)hoʊ/, /ˌɑsuˈleɪ(ˌ)hoʊ/, /aθuːˈleɪhəʊ/, /ˌazjʊˈleɪhəʊ/ 1. A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.
Word: ampule Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ampoule. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ampoule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ampoule. Etymologically equivalent to amphora + -ule/-le. Doublet of ampulla. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.puːl/, /ˈæm.pjuːl/ 1. A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
Word: US pint Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of volume used for liquids, equivalent to sixteen fluid ounces.
Word: soundtrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sound + track. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/ 1. A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures. 2. The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc. 3. A recording or compilation of recordings of such music for sale. 4. A background sound that is part of a larger event. Example: There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job. 5. Popular music associated with a particular historical era or time of one's life, especially nostalgically. Example: the soundtrack of our relationship Example: CDs, iPods, and other forms of digital downloading, large numbers of specialty music channels or digitalized television services, satellite radio, and related media, all mean that anyone interested in the soundtrack of the sixties can access any song at any time in almost any place — a dream unbelievable to a sixties teen carrying his or her transistor radio.
Word: soundtrack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sound + track. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/ 1. To provide, or to act as, the sound or music component of a film. Labels: transitive Example: The world, in turn, watched, clicked, cried, danced, sang along, swooned, caravanned to stadiums and movie theaters, let her work soundtrack their lives.
Word: amiantus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of amianthus. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: imperial pint Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of liquid volume in the imperial system equal to 0.568 litres and divided into 20 fluid ounces. Labels: Commonwealth, UK 2. A pint of beer. Labels: Australia, South
Word: ambo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin ambō, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn). Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəʊ/ 1. A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. Example: ‘It will get settled somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. Example: the Emperor arrived and instead of moving directly to his seat climbed to the top level of the ambo, the great three-decker pulpit of polychrome marble. 2. A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. Example: The dignity of the Word of God requires that in the church there be a suitable place from which it may be proclaimed and toward which the attention of the faithful naturally turns during the Liturgy of the Word. It is appropriate that generally this place be a stationary ambo and not simply a movable lectern.
Word: ambo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ambulance + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəʊ/ 1. An ambulance driver. Labels: informal 2. An ambulance. Labels: informal Example: Rawls: I don't want the fuckin' reporters seeing any ambos. Shit.
Word: ambo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ambassador + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəʊ/ 1. An ambassador. Labels: slang Example: The Ambo needed a sizable embassy support staff to hold his hand at every step of the way, […]
Word: amblyopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin amblyōpicus. By surface analysis, ambly- + -ope + -ic. Pronunciation: /æm.bliː.ɒ.pɪk/, /æm.bliː.oʊ.pɪk/ 1. of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
Word: amblyopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin amblyōpia. By surface analysis, ambly- + -ope + -ia. Pronunciation: /æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/ 1. Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɹi/ 1. A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers. Example: From every schooner, dories were being dropped into the shining, clear water. The sound of voices and the splashes of oars carried across the sea. Example: He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous […]
Word: dory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɹi/ 1. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish. Example: A DIATREE FOR DINNER. […] The ſeconde Courſe. […] Dorye Example: Pan-fried fish. Barramundi, bream, flounder, garfish, John Dory, snapper and Silver Dory are suitable for this recipe.
Word: dory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɹi/ 1. Of a bright yellow or golden color. Labels: obsolete
Word: dory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dóru Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru). 1. A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand. Example: The basic weapon of the hoplite was the dory, a wooden-shaft spear six to nine feet long with a metal point at each end. Example: The principal offensive weapon of the hoplite was his spear (dory). Conquered territory was said to be 'spear-won'.
Word: molé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mole (“sauce”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: loopy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loop + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.pi/ 1. Having loops. Example: a loopy rollercoaster 2. Idiotic; crazy. Labels: slang 3. Under the influence of alcohol or a narcotic; drunk. Labels: slang
Word: tefillin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /təˈfɪlɪn/ 1. plural of tefilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Anselmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Anselm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Anselmic From Anselm + -ic. 1. Anselmian.
Word: Ali Baba Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic علي بابا. The use of Ali Baba to designate a type of container originates from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (see the use as proper noun below), suggesting the appearance of the oil jars in which the thieves hide in the story. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪˌbɑbə/ 1. The fictional protagonist of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, famous for his encounter with forty thieves and their treasure trove cave that opens on the command "open sesame".
Word: Ali Baba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic علي بابا. The use of Ali Baba to designate a type of container originates from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (see the use as proper noun below), suggesting the appearance of the oil jars in which the thieves hide in the story. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪˌbɑbə/ 1. An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance. Labels: slang 2. An Iraqi. Labels: US, ethnic, slang, slur 3. A large container, such as a jar or a basket, with a flat base and usually a rounded body that tapers to a narrower neck. Labels: attributive Example: Towering over all these are the huge Ali Baba baskets, square at the bottom, round at the top, and fitted with square covers that pull down like a Dutch smoker's cap. Example: We found little piles in the oddest places - the oddest being within an Ali Baba jar some six feet high.
Word: jet setting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jet-setting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jet setting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jet set Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antimissile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + missile. 1. Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight. Labels: not-comparable Example: antimissile defense Example: antimissile missile
Word: antimissile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + missile. 1. A missile or system designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight. Example: In 1946, it pursued the first antimissiles in Projects Thumper and Wizard. These antimissiles could destroy incoming projectiles traveling at 4000 mph and at altitudes reaching 500000 feet.
Word: artless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English artless From art + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt.lɪs/ 1. Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. Example: And why should I here suppress the delight I received from this amiable creature, in remarking each artless look, each motion of pure undissembled nature, betrayed by his wanton eyes Example: I am convinced of her being an artless, amiable girl, with very good notions, very seriously good principles, and placing her happiness in the affections and utility of domestic life. 2. Free of artificiality; natural. Example: This pendant has artless charm. 3. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant. 4. Poorly made or done; crude.
Word: unreasonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unresonable, equivalent to un- + reasonable, originally partly after Latin irratiōnābilis. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/ 1. Without the ability to reason; unreasoning. Example: Hold thy desperate hand: Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art: Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast: Unseemly woman in a seeming man! 2. Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for. Example: For it seemeth to me vnreasonable, to send a prisoner, and not withall to signifie the crimes laid against him. Example: The will of those who never allow their will to be disputed, unless they happen to be in a good humour, when they relax proportionally, is almost always unreasonable.
Word: gog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from agog; it appeared first as on gog. Attested from the 16th to 18th centuries. Compare French gogue (“sprightliness”), and Welsh gogi (“to agitate, shake”). 1. Haste; ardent desire to go. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Nay, you have put me into such a gog of going, I would not stay for all the world.
Word: scullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either from Middle French escouillon (“a swab, cloth”), diminutive of escouve (“broom, twig”) from Latin scopa, or an alteration of Old French souillon (“scullion”) by influence of scullery. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌl.i.ən/ 1. A servant from the lower classes. Example: They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle. Example: "How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff." 2. A low, base person. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: Away, you scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian!
Word: scullion Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskʌl.i.ən/ 1. Alternative form of macaroni. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sodomite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sodomyte, sodomite, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom + -ite. 1. One who practices sodomy; a sodomist. Labels: derogatory Example: There ſhalbe no whoꝛe of the daughters of Iſrael, noꝛ a Sodomite of the ſonnes of Iſrael. Example: The Avestan texts denounce the sodomite as a demon[…] 2. A native or inhabitant of Sodom.
Word: slangrill Part of Speech: noun 1. An oaf: a person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. Labels: derogatory, obsolete
Word: Brock Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɹɒk/, /bɹɑk/ 1. An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)). 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: "I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock." "General Brock?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac Brock, you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked. 3. A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140). 4. A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre. 5. An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States. 6. A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. 7. An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States. 8. A town in Parker County, Texas, United States. 9. A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. 10. A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada. 11. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan. 12. A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River.
Word: criminy Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Either from Italian crimine (“crime”), or a minced oath from "Christ's money" (in reference to the silver that Judas was paid for betraying Jesus), or a deformation of Gemini (which was recorded as an oath from the 1660s). First attested in the 1680s. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/, /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.ni/ 1. Expressing surprise or impatience. Labels: euphemistic
Word: 'sfoot Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A style of oath appearing in Jacobean drama in the 17th century. 1. A contraction of "God's foot"; an oath. Labels: obsolete Example: ’Sfoot, I’ll learn to conjure and raise devils Example: Again, again, as God judge me: ’sfoot, cuz, they stand thrumming here with me all day, and yet I get nothing. ’Sfoot, my wit bleeds for’t, methinks.
Word: drat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath. Pronunciation: /dɹæt/ 1. To damn or curse. Labels: transitive Example: Drat you and your evil schemes! Example: Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.
Word: drat Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath. Pronunciation: /dɹæt/ 1. Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration. Example: Drat! I forgot to post these letters.
Word: zerk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Austrian-born American inventor Oscar U. Zerk. Pronunciation: /zɝk/, /zɜːk/ 1. Any of a class of types of grease nipples, or an instance thereof; (usually, in current usage) any grease nipple. Example: The moral is, if you don't keep grease in those zerks, you're going to be replacing some expensive parts. To grease through a zerk, you simply push the business end of a grease gun onto the zerk—it will pop right on with a little pressure—and work the handle until a bit of grease can be seen oozing out of the joint you are lubricating. Example: A lot depends on which type of greaseable U-joint we are talking about. There are two basic types, those that have a zerk fitting at the center of the cross and those that are drilled but have the zerk in the cap. A tiny hole drilled down the center of a U-joint has no effect on strength but a zerk at the cross does.
Word: stem siren Part of Speech: noun 1. A prostitute. Labels: dated, derogatory, slang Example: Trust me, that stem siren had it coming.
Word: Topeka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kansa Dópik’é (“Topeka; Kansas River”, literally “place to dig good (i.e. wild) potatoes”), from do (“tuber, potato”) + pi (“to be good”) + kʼe (“to dig”). Pronunciation: /təˈpikə/ 1. The capital city of Kansas, United States and the county seat of Shawnee County. Example: Well Kansas is for the farmer We stand behind the little man And we need a firehouse in Topeka So help us if you can 2. A village in Quiver Township, Mason County, Illinois. 3. A town in Clearspring Township and Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. 4. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Mississippi, named after Topeka, Kansas.
Word: riser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone or something which rises. 2. A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something. Example: The choir stood on risers for the performance. 3. A vertical part of a step on a staircase. 4. The main body of a bow. 5. A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water). 6. A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft. 7. A Manx cat with a showable short tail. 8. A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines. 9. A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling. 10. An erection of the penis. Labels: colloquial, countable 11. An audio effect that gradually increases in frequency, pitch, or volume.
Word: sanderling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded 1600s. Possibly a descendant from Old English *sandyrðling, from sand (“sand”) + yrðling (“plowman”), though not attested in Old or Middle English. 1. A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.
Word: puckish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌkɪʃ/ 1. Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous. Example: He has a puckish sense of humor. Example: She has a puckish attitude.