nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: crape myrtle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms. Example: Olive cared for a stand of crape myrtles in her backyard because she delighted in butterflies and blossoms.
Word: footboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + board. Compare Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtbɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. An upright board across the foot of a bedstead. 2. A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage. 3. A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard. 4. A board serving as a step on a vehicle. Example: Continuous footboards ran along each side of the narrow body. Example: Several parties of hop-pickers joined the train at the intermediate stations, and the guard performed the acrobatic feat of walking along the footboards of the coaches to examine tickets, while the train was in motion.
Word: creation science Part of Speech: noun 1. The creation story found in Genesis in the Bible or the Qur'an, presented by fundamentalists as if it were a literal scientific truth. Labels: uncountable Example: […] fundamentalist religious believers who look to religious texts (be it the Bible or the Qur'an) to espouse a so-called creation science […]. Example: The case of creation science vis-a-vis theory of evolution, 'Islamic science' (Koran being the source of all scientific knowledge) […]
Word: co-axial Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of coaxial. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crème anglaise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crème anglaise. 1. A liquid, sweet custard used as a topping for a dessert, as a dessert by itself, or as a base for ice cream or crème brûlée.
Word: sealant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English sealant From seal + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlənt/ 1. Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of piastre. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The subdivision of the South Sudanese pound, equal to 1/100 of a pound.
Word: nuggety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nugget Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nuggety From nugget + -y. 1. Full of nuggets. Example: Nuggety veins are characterized by localized, erratic, high-grades and coarse-free gold. Example: Mikli (1986) does not recommend plate pulverizers for the final pulverizing of nuggety gold ores, as the plate pulverizer does not significantly reduce the particle size of gold nuggets. 2. Having the characteristics of a nugget. Example: Post-68 Paris weighed on the spirits like a nightmare, a frightwig succubus sucking nuggety gobbets from the brainpans of the nervous and livid. Example: Plastic cases that held what I knew was a single nuggety sugar rabbit—the 1960s version of today's Peeps. 3. Short, stocky, and powerful. Example: The nuggety seaman opposite grinned. “No need fer that at all, boyo!” he said, in a pleasant Welsh borders lilt. Example: Mark was a tattooed, hairy, nuggety, foul-mouthed Aussie bloke (you're probably thinking, as opposed to all those gentle, feminine men who work at the sewage treatment plant).
Word: sealants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sealant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conformers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conformer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roisterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roister + -er. 1. One who roisters; a reveller. Example: But go to—carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list, and there are crowns to pay your charges—make out the day’s madness without doing more mischief, and be wise men to-morrow—and hereafter learn to serve a good cause better than by acting like ruffians.
Word: roofline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roof + line. 1. The profile of a roof or a series of roofs. Example: The leading end bodywork of the driver's cab is formed of a single fibreglass moulding and is in a modern styling with swept-back roofline and wrap-round windscreen.
Word: roque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊk/ 1. A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: shock wave Part of Speech: noun 1. A powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound. 2. Any violent disturbance. Labels: figuratively Example: As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Example: To lose against Liverpool is a painful business at any time but to be on the receiving end of what was a record defeat in this fixture will send shock waves through Old Trafford.
Word: roquelaure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French roquelaure, from the name of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure. 1. A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo. Example: “Oh Miss Thorne, look here!” said she, as soon as she found herself in the drawing-room, ”do look at my roquelaure! It's clean spoilt, and for ever."
Word: roquelaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of roquelaure. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: crew neck Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/ 1. Referring to the collar of pullover garments and usually of sweaters and T-shirts, when [the collar] circles the neck. Labels: not-comparable Example: The designer herself was wearing tailored caramel-coloured trousers with a toning crew neck knit, because “it’s work, and I have too much to do to get dressed up”. 2. Referring to a garment's collar whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crew neck Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/ 1. A round neckline with a ribbed texture. Example: For a writer celebrated for his control of his characters’ inner lives, for a husband and father notoriously prickly about his expression of the suburban proprieties — the crewneck Shetland sweater and khakis, the plummy faux-Brahmin accent, the adoring Labrador at his feet, the woodpile neatly stacked and grass hand-scythed — here was scandal in full spate, sludge flooding over his family and friends. 2. A shirt, sweater, or similar garment with such a neckline. Labels: broadly
Word: nano-urchin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English urchin English nano-urchin From nano- + urchin. 1. A dense cluster of nanotubes having a form resembling a sea urchin, especially one made from vanadium oxides.
Word: hexaferrocenylbenzene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English ferrocenyl German Benzoe German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English hexaferrocenylbenzene From hexa- + ferrocenyl + benzene. 1. a derivative of benzene in which each hydrogen atom is replaced by a ferrocene group; prepared using Negishi coupling; it is a very crowded molecule that may be used as a gear in a nanomachine Labels: uncountable
Word: Negishi coupling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese chemist. 1. Any of a class of reactions in which an organic halide reacts with an organometallic zinc compound under the control of a catalyst; R-X + R'-Zn-X' => R-R' Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nanomachine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine English nanomachine From nano- + machine. 1. Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres. Example: There are many terrifying possibilities for nanotechnology; military nanomachines could infiltrate human bodies and systematically tear them apart using the same principles medical nanomachines will use to repair them. An uncontrolled nanomachine designed to replicate itself could lead to the "grey goo" scenario that once panicked Prince Charles.
Word: nanomachine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine English nanomachine From nano- + machine. 1. To machine with tolerances measured in nanometres.
Word: buffo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian buffo. 1. A comic singer, particularly in comic opera Example: Signor Bruschino was updated from a generic buffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico.
Word: bugia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin bugia, from Medieval Latin candēla Bugiae, candēla dē Bugia (“candle from Bejaia (a seaport town in northeastern Algeria from which they were exported)”), a calque of Middle French chandelle de Bougie. Doublet of bougie. 1. A liturgical candlestick held beside a Latin Catholic bishop or other prelate. Example: The Bishop having given his blessing to the Subdeacon, reads the Epistle, Gradual, Alleluia, Prose, and Gospel, after having said with joined hands the Munda cor meum, &c., and Dominus vobiscum: the book is supported by the Clerk, and the bugia held as usual. Example: Additionally, since the seminarians had to serve at Masses at various times for monsignors or bishops in the different seminary crypt chapels, they had to learn how to be a bugia-bearer.
Word: Wohl Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German and Jewish surname, borrowed from the adjective meaning "good, pleasant" (see below). * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German wolt (“wood, forest”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: burin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French burin. Doublet of boline. Pronunciation: /ˈbjʊəɹɪn/, /ˈbɝ.ɪn/ 1. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver. Example: I kept staring at the same wallpaper on the same wall; I stared at it so often that every line of its zigzag pattern has etched itself on the innermost folds of my brain as if with an engraver’s burin. 2. A prehistoric flint tool
Word: Dieppe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Depe, from Middle French Diepe; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Dieppe. The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Pronunciation: /diˈɛp/, /djɛp/, /diːp/ 1. A coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France. Example: Two years after ordering the mass internment of German refugees at the start of the second world war, the British government put a small, elite group of them in military uniforms and sent them on a secret cloak-and-dagger mission to occupied Dieppe to snatch an Enigma coding machine from under the Nazis’ noses. 2. A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Word: milliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aout Part of Speech: prep 1. Eye dialect spelling of out. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, rare Example: ... and aout he come rasher nor iver, knockin' here and knockin' there, tell you couldn't hardly sleep for he. Example: Git aout, else I'll split yer faice !
Word: Languedoc Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Languedoc, from the univerbation of langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui). 1. A former province of southern France; since 2016, part of the region of Occitania.
Word: Languedoc Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French Languedoc, from the univerbation of langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui). 1. Synonym of Languedocian
Word: jungles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jungle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: full-bodied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + bodied. 1. Of a comestible, especially a beverage, having a rich flavor. Labels: not-comparable Example: a full-bodied wine Example: a full-bodied coffee 2. Considered carefully from every aspect or in every detail; not missing any elements of analysis; thorough, robust. Labels: not-comparable Example: The entire cast is so adept at portraying full-bodied characters, especially the rather negative sides, that our attention is almost forced to gravitate to Evie as a central figure, if only because she is devoid of human meanness and foible. Example: Smith delivers a moving, full-bodied depiction of a man who has been knocked loose from his moorings and is trying to claw back into his own life.
Word: apporter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin apportō (“to carry in”) + -er. 1. A bringer in; an importer. Labels: obsolete Example: But this makes only the apporters themselves , their aiders , abettors , and affiftants , traitors , not those , that receive it at the second hand[…]
Word: Jungfrau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Jungfrau. 1. The highest mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
Word: Milanese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Milano Italian -ese Italian milanesebor. English Milanese Borrowed from Italian milanese. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Milanese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Milano Italian -ese Italian milanesebor. English Milanese Borrowed from Italian milanese. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy. Example: —the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic— Example: Finally, the first maestro to have been both a Milanese and a product of the studio, Giovanni Battista Cesati, served from before 1655, publishing a motet book, until he was called to Bologna in summer 1658.
Word: Milanese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Milano Italian -ese Italian milanesebor. English Milanese Borrowed from Italian milanese. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Newark Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːək/, /ˈnuːəɹk/, /nʊəɹk/, /ˈnuːɑːɹk/ 1. Any of several places: 2. Any of several places: 3. Any of several places: 4. Any of several places: 5. Any of several places: 6. Any of several places: 7. Any of several places: 8. Any of several places: 9. Any of several places: 10. Any of several places: 11. Any of several places: Example: Earlier on Friday, Watson Coleman posted on social media: "We're at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances. 12. Any of several places: 13. Any of several places: 14. Any of several places: 15. Any of several places: 16. Any of several places: 17. Any of several places: 18. Any of several places: 19. Any of several places:
Word: battu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French battu, past participle of battre (“beat”); first attested in 1947. 1. Performed with a striking together of the legs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Salamanca Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Salamanca. Pronunciation: /ˌsæləˈmæŋkə/ 1. A city in Castile and León, western Spain, capital of the province of Salamanca. 2. A province in Castile and León. 3. A barangay of Toboso, Negros Occidental, Philippines. 4. A barangay of Ginatilan, Cebu, Philippines.
Word: hereunto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From here + unto. 1. Unto this; up until now; hereto. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: thitherto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thither + to. 1. thereto, to that point Labels: archaic Example: Ay but to mortals the day of death is certain never, […] the Days, with good thitherto unfailing; […]
Word: thitherward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English þiderweard, equivalent to thither + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈðɪðəwəd/ 1. Toward that place. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: No more he spake, / But thitherward forthright his ready way did make. Example: They saw a maid who thitherward did run, / To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.
Word: thitherwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thither + -wards. 1. Towards that place Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: stringers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stringer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hithermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hither Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English hithermost From hither + -most. 1. Nearest to this side. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: hitherward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hither Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English hitherward From hither + -ward. 1. Toward this place Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Happiness, unhappiness: all that was but the wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that, in sustaining thyself hitherward; not a coin of it remains with thee, it is all spent, eaten: and now thy work, where is thy work?
Word: hitherwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hither + -wards. 1. Towards this place. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: thithermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English thither Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English thithermost From thither + -most. 1. Of or pertaining to the most distant point from one's point of reference. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: timeliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English timely Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 timeliness From timely + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪm.li.nəs/ 1. The state of being timely. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: mangosteen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/, /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/ 1. A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia. Example: The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others. 2. A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia. 3. The tree on which the fruit grows.
Word: mangosteens Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stinz/, /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːnz/ 1. plural of mangosteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sesquipedality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sesquipedal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sesquipedality From sesquipedal + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdæləti/ 1. An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards.
Word: hard freeze Part of Speech: noun 1. A freeze sufficiently long and severe to destroy seasonal vegetation and lead to ice formation in standing water and hard ground. 27°F (-3°C) is considered a threshold in the US.
Word: stepladder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of step ladder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: root rot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From root + rot. 1. Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having overwet roots. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rotuman Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken on the island of Rotuma in Fiji.
Word: Rotuman Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the people belonging to the island of Rotuma.
Word: rough-and-tumble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rough + and + tumble. 1. Active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm. Example: An assistant about the theatre grappled him, and they were soon upon the floor engaged in a regular rough-and-tumble fight. Example: [To Sonny] When you look in a mirror, you see this rough-and-tumble old-school cowboy. Doesn't take orders, goes his own way, huh? A lone wolf. Well, I have news for you: Formula One is a team sport. It always was. 2. Highly competitive. Example: She found fame and success in the rough-and-tumble garment district.
Word: rough-and-tumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough + and + tumble. 1. Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. Example: "You played Rugger for Ireland, did you not? You don't mind a possible rough-and-tumble, do you?" Malone grinned over the receiver. Example: She liked ragging; but ragging — and nothing more — these rough-and-tumbles remained 2. An environment of rough activity. 3. A person who characteristically engages in such activity. Example: This will appear a very tedious process to some of our rough-and-tumbles.
Word: rough-and-tumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rough + and + tumble. 1. To engage in rough-and-tumble activity. Labels: intransitive Example: But, for all that, our British experience of electioneering "rough-and-tumbling'" has long blunted the edge of our moral anger. Example: Although examples could be found throughout the South, rough-and-tumbling was best suited to the backwoods.
Word: rough and tumble Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rough-and-tumble. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Everyone fought in these rough and tumbles for the mastery of what was to become one of the world's largest industries.
Word: rough and tumble Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of rough-and-tumble. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rough and tumble Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of rough-and-tumble. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They clinched again, tumbled onto the grass, rough and tumbled, with first one and then the other on top, socking away. Example: Daddy holds, hugs, kisses, and caresses his young daughter but he rough and tumbles, throws around, and mock fights with his little son.
Word: roughed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rough up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rough up Part of Speech: verb 1. to manhandle or beat up Example: The gangsters roughed him up a little. 2. To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain)
Word: royal red prawn Part of Speech: noun 1. A penaeid prawn, Haliporoides sibogae, found in Australian waters.
Word: penaeid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any prawn of the family Penaeidae, many of which have economic importance. Example: Some 63.1 percent of brackishwater production consists of penaeid shrimps.
Word: skanger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scanger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubidium oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. any oxide of rubidium, but especially the yellow solid Rb₂O; it is a strong base, reacting strongly with water to form the hydroxide and with acids to form normal salts Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rufiji Part of Speech: name 1. a river rising in Tanzania and flowing into the Indian Ocean. 2. a district of Tanzania named after the river. 3. a Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: ruft Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹʌft/ 1. Belching. Labels: obsolete
Word: Rukiga Part of Speech: name 1. A Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Kigezi people, the Bakiga.
Word: imaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of image Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: imaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of image Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rule-based Part of Speech: adj 1. Based on a series of simple "if-then" rules. Labels: not-comparable
Word: runagate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of renegade, influenced by run + agate (“on the way, agoing”). Pronunciation: /ˈrʌnəɡeɪt/ 1. A deserter, renegade or apostate. Example: And being in this doubt the Runagate came to us, asking upon what we ſtaid, for it was now high time to be going away, and all, his Moors were careleſs, and the greater number of them aſleep. Example: 1850, John Johnson (translator), A Collection of the Laws and Canons of the Church of England, Volume 1, New Edition, page 165, Whatever brother, contrary to the prohibition of the venerable canons, receives a runagate clerk or monk, without pacific letters, and when convened obstinately persists in it, let him pay what is appointed, viz., thirty sicles; fifteen to the bishop, fifteen to the abbot whose monk he received without consent of his own prior. Let him dismiss the runagate, or be excommunicate, and run the risk of paying more. 2. A fugitive; a runaway. Example: If there were real reason for apprehension he would follow the runagate to the Continent, but he would not do this without absolute knowledge. Example: But Nemesis was approaching the aged runagate[.]
Word: penaeids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penaeid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rundi Part of Speech: name 1. The dialect Kirundi of Rwanda-Rundi, spoken in Burundi.
Word: Rungwa Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Tanzania
Word: Runyambo Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Tanzania
Word: Runyankore Part of Speech: name 1. The Ugandan Bantu lect Nyankole.
Word: Runyoro Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Uganda
Word: kayfabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, but attributed to US carnival slang (carny), usually as a purposefully obscure variant of the admonition “be fake” formed through backslang or mangled pig Latin. Also sometimes attributed to an alteration of cave (Latin for “beware”), keep cavey (“stay alert”), or an eponymous figure named Kay Fabe or Kay Fabian. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪfeɪb/, /ˈkeɪˌfeɪb/ 1. The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous. Labels: uncountable Example: "Jack, Gordon and I were talking about how we heard Ric Flair do an interview where he said there was no such thing as kay-fabe any more," said Blair, referring to the fact most wrestler secrets were exposed in the 1990s. Example: Suddenly, I heard a shout behind me: "Kayfabe! Kayfabe!" It was Gagne, freaking out and twitching and gesturing. He was afraid that some of the marks would see us in such close proximity and wonder why I wasn't choking out Wahoo with the velvet rope leading to the reservation counter, or carving him up with the ticket agent's pen. The thing was that, with the exception of the AWA guys, the terminal was empty. 2. Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: Business historian Fiona A. E. McQuarrie has noted that the concept of kayfabe is not uncommon outside the realm of professional wrestling, as many corporations "formally require their members to maintain public silence on company issues or not to express any explicit criticism of the company, through such means as employment contracts or through contracts governing severance or termination of employment." Example: The Republican brand will be tarnished even more as mainstream media outlets and late-night comedians gleefully broadcast Moore’s asininity to the broader public. But, yeah, sure: It’ll be entertaining for people who now follow politics like it’s one long pro-wrestling kayfabe.
Word: kayfabe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown, but attributed to US carnival slang (carny), usually as a purposefully obscure variant of the admonition “be fake” formed through backslang or mangled pig Latin. Also sometimes attributed to an alteration of cave (Latin for “beware”), keep cavey (“stay alert”), or an eponymous figure named Kay Fabe or Kay Fabian. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪfeɪb/, /ˈkeɪˌfeɪb/ 1. Of or related to kayfabe, especially forbidden to mention or show in order to maintain kayfabe. Labels: not-comparable Example: My wife... currently serves as a Florida State Senator... My kayfabe wife has enormous fake breasts, bleach blonde hair, and a nose that is too small for her face.
Word: kayfabe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, but attributed to US carnival slang (carny), usually as a purposefully obscure variant of the admonition “be fake” formed through backslang or mangled pig Latin. Also sometimes attributed to an alteration of cave (Latin for “beware”), keep cavey (“stay alert”), or an eponymous figure named Kay Fabe or Kay Fabian. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪfeɪb/, /ˈkeɪˌfeɪb/ 1. To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying in character. Example: ...Mascaras was never one of the boys. Here's an example: after his matches, he'd shower with his mask on. I understand protecting your image, but the guy was kayfabing us. Example: He joked around with me and had me laughing so hard that it was tough not to feel silly about being "kayfabed.
Word: Rutooro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tooro Orutooro. 1. a Bantu language of Uganda
Word: Safwa Part of Speech: noun 1. an indigenous people of Tanzania Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Safwa Part of Speech: name 1. the language of these people
Word: professional wrestling Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes. Labels: uncountable 2. A theatrical presentation of a choreographed wrestling match as part of the professional wrestling business. Labels: uncountable 3. Any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. Labels: uncountable
Word: sagamore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an Algonquian language; compare Abenaki sôgmô, sôgemô (“chief”), Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”), and Penobscot sagama, sagema, sagemo, sangemo (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa (“male chief”). Doublet of sachem. Pronunciation: /ˈsæɡəmɔː/, /ˈsæɡəˌmɔɹ/ 1. Synonym of sachem. Labels: US, historical Example: [A] Sagamore with a Humberd in his eare for a pendant, a black havvke on his occiput for his plume, Movvhackees for his gold chaine, good ſtore of VVampompeage begirting his loynes, his bovv in his hand, his quiver at his back, vvith ſix naked Indian ſplatterlaſhes at his heeles for his guard, thinkes himſelfe little inferiour to the great Cham; hee vvill not ſtick to ſay, hee is all one vvith King Charles. Example: An Indian Soggamore is not in his full Pomp and Bravery without one of theſe Birds in his Ear for a Pendant. 2. Synonym of sachem. Labels: US, archaic, historical, informal 3. A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization responsible for taking care of its property. Labels: US, historical Example: The society elects annually thirteen sachems, which represent the original thirteen States. […] The other officers of the society are a Secretary, Treasurer, Sagamore, and Wiskinkie. The duty of the Sagamore is to take care of the property of the society; that of the Wiskinkie, to act as doorkeeper.
Word: saloonkeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saloon + keeper. 1. someone who owns or operates a saloon (drinking establishment) Labels: US
Word: professional wrestler Part of Speech: noun 1. A performer in the professional wrestling business.
Word: professional wrestlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of professional wrestler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saltbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salt + box. 1. A box for keeping salt in. 2. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music. Example: [O]ne who had heard without seeing the application, would have mistaken the sound for that of a salt-box, in the hand of a dext'rous Merry Andrew, belonging to one of the booths at Bartholomew Fair. 3. A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England. Labels: US Example: Rather than build new homes, weekenders are renovating existing homes, with saltboxes and capes predominant. 4. A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other. 5. The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death. Labels: UK, historical, slang Example: “I think I'd rather languish in the Salt Box at Newgate Prison wearing the Devil's Claws than to be married to that tree,” Kierney said. Example: As expected, Peg was indeed cast for death and was moved to the 'salt box' (the condemned cell) in the Press-yard to be near the New Drop.
Word: Samialugwe Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Tanzania
Word: sandpapered Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated with sandpaper.
Word: sandpapered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sandpaper Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sandpile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + pile. 1. A pile of sand. Example: Near-synonym: sandhill Example: Are there more grains of sand in a sandpile than there are atoms in a single grain of sand? This is not a precisely formulated problem, because the size of a sandpile is not well defined. The size of a grain of sand is also somewhat uncertain. Geologists usually call rock particles “sand” when the grain diameter is 0.06–2 mm (table 1.8). A crude calculation shows that a sandpile with as many grains as there are atoms in a typical single grain is very big indeed.¹⁶ Its volume is about 10¹⁰ m³, corresponding to a cube with sides longer than 1 km (0.6 mile). The problem thus has a definite answer, in spite of its imprecise nature. 2. Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules.
Word: sand whiting Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of species Sillago ciliata, found in tidal waters off Australia.
Word: GLP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of good laboratory practice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: clickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iceman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English iceman From ice + -man. 1. A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration. Labels: historical 2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers. Example: We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows. 3. A human figure carved out of ice. 4. An ancient human male mummified in ice. 5. An assassin. Labels: slang 6. One who is cool under pressure. Labels: slang Example: Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment. 7. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on. Labels: dated
Word: Huffman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Related to Hoffman. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌfmən/ 1. A surname.
Word: Scottsdale Part of Speech: name 1. A town and suburb of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. 2. A town in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: Sayers Part of Speech: name Etymology: * A patronymic form of the occupational name Sayer, from Middle English and Old English, and of a Norman given name of uncertain etymology. * An anglicisation of the Irish Saoghair. 1. An English surname originating as an occupation common in Sussex. 2. An unincorporated community in Bexar County, Texas, United States.
Word: Chanukah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hanukkah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hoffman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land. 1. A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Graphs with diameter d and girth 2d#43;1 are known as Moore graphs. They were introduced by Hoffman and Singleton in a paper that can be viewed as one of the prime sources of algebraic graph theory. Example: The lower portion of the Los Lagos Trail is well used (but illegally) by bikes coming from the Hoffman Property nonsystem trails, which go on to ride on the Pioneer Express Trail. 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A settlement on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ashkenazic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Ashkenazi Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Ashkenazic From Ashkenazi + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plowman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plow + man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman. Pronunciation: /ˈplaʊ.mən/ 1. A man who plows land with a plow. Example: A cereal breeder's farmhands must be good plowmen.
Word: offline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + line. Pronunciation: /ɒfˈlaɪn/, /ɔfˈlaɪn/, /ɑfˈlaɪn/ 1. Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service. Labels: not-comparable Example: I saved the web pages so I could read them later offline. Example: He only had the option to play offline games because there was no Wi-Fi. 2. Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: offline meetings Example: offline dating
Word: offline Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From off- + line. Pronunciation: /ɒfˈlaɪn/, /ɔfˈlaɪn/, /ɑfˈlaɪn/ 1. While offline; with an offline system. Labels: not-comparable Example: The 2000 also emulates Diablo, Qume and NEC letter-quality printers, and has a large enough buffer memory to operate off line from the host computer for an hour. Example: If you want to keep the phone bill down you can set up your Newsreader to operate offline. This means that your Newsreader will fetch new message headers, collect messages you wish to read, and send any responses you may have set up all in one go. You can then read news offline, while you are not running up the phone bill[…]. 2. Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: At meetings, people cut off discussion by saying “Let’s continue that conversation offline,” even though they are meeting face to face, not online; “offline” is a new synonym for “in private,” as though everything public were now on the Internet. Example: The person running the meeting also has the important job of saying “Take it offline.” Whenever two or more people get off on a tangent that doesn’t require everybody’s attention, instruct them to continue the conversation outside the boundaries of the meeting.
Word: offline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From off- + line. Pronunciation: /ɒfˈlaɪn/, /ɔfˈlaɪn/, /ɑfˈlaɪn/ 1. To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state. Labels: transitive Example: Offlining a memory processor can be accomplished by using the flexible interleaving capability described earlier to interleave segments across subsets of the memory processors, avoiding the faulty one(s). Example: Traditionally, you fixed the problem by offlining the disk and re-creating the disk's extents on a different disk using redundant extent copies and then dropping the failed disk. 2. To raid another player's base while that player is not currently playing.
Word: ploughman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plough + man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman. Pronunciation: /ˈplaʊ.mən/ 1. Alternative spelling of plowman. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: anglicised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.lɪ.saɪzd/ 1. Made into a form similar to those commonly used by English speakers. Example: When he immigrated he changed his name to the anglicised form so the natives could pronounce it correctly.
Word: anglicised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.lɪ.saɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of anglicise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rock up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rock + up. 1. To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpectedly, without notice or prior warning. Labels: informal Example: I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.
Word: rock up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rock (“stone”) + up. 1. To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement. 2. To turn powder cocaine into crack cocaine by cooking. Labels: slang
Word: Israelites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪz.ɹi.əˌlaɪts/, /ˈɪz.ɹɪˌlaɪts/, /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əˌlaɪts/ 1. plural of Israelite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cargo pallet Part of Speech: noun 1. A flat wooden tray used for hoisting cargo into and out of a ship's hold.
Word: Carley float Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Horace Carley, American inventor. 1. an early life raft consisting of a large oval ring of copper tubing covered with kapok and painted waterproof canvas.
Word: castrated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kæsˈtɹeɪtɪd/, /ˈkæstɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Having had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females).
Word: castrated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kæsˈtɹeɪtɪd/, /ˈkæstɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of castrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: masks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɑːsks/, /mæsks/ 1. plural of mask Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɑːsks/, /mæsks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mask Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: finishing move Part of Speech: noun 1. In media such as one-on-one fighting video games and professional wrestling, a dedicated special attack used to knock out an enemy on the brink of defeat in a flashy and spectacular manner.
Word: finishing moves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finishing move Labels: form-of, plural
Word: left, right and centre Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of left and right. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The forwards smashed the All Blacks left, right, and centre, and they were switched on from the first whistle.
Word: gasogene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -gene English gasogene From gas + -o- + -gene. 1. A type of Victorian seltzer bottle, consisting of two mesh-encased glass globes arranged so that a reaction between tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate produced carbon dioxide gas which carbonated the enclosed beverage and expelled it through a siphon valve. Labels: historical
Word: seltzer bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle for producing or dispensing seltzer water (soda water) or other carbonated beverages.
Word: actualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English actual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English actualism From actual + -ism. 1. The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: accountants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accountant Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accountants.
Word: anguine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis Proto-Italic *anɣʷis Latin anguis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin anguīnusder. English anguine From Latin anguinus, from anguis (“snake”). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪn/, [ˈæŋ.ɡwɪn], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪn/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪn], /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪn/ 1. Pertaining to snakes or serpents 2. Snakelike.
Word: serpents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serpent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serpents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of serpent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person