nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Anatolian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Anatolia Middle English -n English -n English Anatolian From Anatolia + -n. Pronunciation: /anəˈtəʊlɪən/, /ænəˈtoʊliən/ 1. An extinct group of Indo-European languages once spoken in Anatolia, including Hittite and Luwian.
Word: childbearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of childbearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Svetoslav Part of Speech: name 1. A romanization of the Bulgarian male given name from the Slavic languages Светослав. Romanized diminutive/nickname: Svetlio.
Word: Manchuria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably originally a backformation from Manchurian (“of or relating to the Manchus”), from Dutch Mansiourische, from Mansiouwer (“a Manchu”) + -isch (“-ish: forming adjectives”), possibly as a calque of Japanese 満州 (まんしゅう, Manshū, “Manchuria; Manchurian”). Equivalent to New Latin and English Manchu + -ia, with the r added for ease of pronunciation under the influence of names like Etruria, Liguria, &c. Cf. French Mandchourie, German Mandschurei, &c. Further popularized by Philipp von Siebold's early-19th-century Dutch translations of Japanese maps employing the term, replacing the earlier and vaguer Tartary, Eastern Tartary, Chinese Tartary, &c. Pronunciation: /mænˈt͡ʃʊəɹiə/ 1. A region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia. Example: The senior Japanese commanders and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces within Manchuria, Korea north of 38 north latitude and Karafuto shall surrender to the Commander in Chief of Soviet Forces in the Far East. (General Order No. 1, 1945) Example: Negotiating with Stalin was like dealing with an octopus. At Yalta it had been agreed that Dairen in China would be an open port that the Chinese could use. And now they were trying- it'd be under the control of the Chinese, that the Russians could use is what I intended to say. And, it was now an approach, by Stalin, that would have given him complete possession of that part of Manchuria. And that, I wasn't in favor of doing.[...]Dairen would be administered by the Chinese, as a Chinese port, but it would be a free port that everybody could use including the Russians. 2. The area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, in modern China and Russia. Labels: historical Example: The east coast of Manchuria is generally high and rocky. Example: In 1866, Her Majesty’s ship Scylla, Captain Courtenay, left Nagasaki, Japan, on the 20th of July, with orders to visit the different Russian settlements on the coast of Manchuria, and we are indebted to the Rev. W. V. Lloyd for an excellent account of the trip, given in the thirty-seventh volume of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society—an account which is further illustrated by a map of Russian Manchuria. 3. Synonym of Manchukuo: a former puppet state of Imperial Japan. Labels: historical
Word: mandamento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mandamento. Doublet of mandement. 1. mandamento (former type of Italian administrative district; territory ruled by a praetor) 2. mandamento (territory ruled by a Sicilian Mafia clan, under a capomandamento (“family boss”))
Word: cook off Part of Speech: verb 1. To eliminate by cooking. Labels: literally Example: You have to cook off the excess liquid. 2. To heat alcohol in preparation for distilling liquor. Labels: transitive 3. To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing. Labels: US, transitive 4. As above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates. Labels: US, transitive 5. To cause an accidental detonation of explosives due to excess heat. Labels: transitive 6. To accidentally detonate as the result of excess heat. Labels: intransitive 7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, off. Example: Make sure you cook off all the juices before you turn the heat down.
Word: Luso- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin Lūsitānia (“Ancient Roman province comprising most of modern Portugal and part of Spain”). 1. Combining form of Portugal and Portuguese. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: sloops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sloop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidefoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From side + foot. 1. To kick something with the instep of the foot. Labels: transitive Example: Anthony Pilkington sidefooted the Canaries ahead before Grant Holt was denied a penalty for Norwich.
Word: side-foot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of sidefoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That was the hard work largely done as the Ivorian waited for Malouda to steam into the box before releasing a simple crossed pass which the Frenchman side-footed home with aplomb. Example: He was one-on-one with Ederson after a burst from the impressive Scott McTominay but side-footed weakly at the goalkeeper.
Word: forel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forel (“case, sheath”), from Old French forrel, fourrel. 1. A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: forel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forel (“case, sheath”), from Old French forrel, fourrel. 1. To bind with a forel. Example: As for Josephus's conceit , that the second edition of the temple by Zerubbabel , as it was new forelled and filleted with gold by Herod , was a statelier volume than the first of Solomon
Word: love song Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English love song (“a song about love”). 1. A song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.
Word: look to Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, to. 2. To seek inspiration or advice or reward from someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Whenever I'm upset, I look to Mary to cheer me up. Example: But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. ¶ "He's there, I tell you," he persisted. "And for threepence I'll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It's many a Westminster election I've seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox,[…]when maybe it's your honour's going to stand! Anyway, it's, Down with the mongers!" 3. To take care of. Labels: idiomatic Example: He thoroughly cleaned his silver watch-chain with whiting, put new lacing straps to his boots, looked to the brass eyelet-holes, went to the inmost heart of the plantation for a new walking-stick, and trimmed it vigorously on his way back;[…]. 4. To intend to; to prepare to; to seem likely to. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think that cat was looking to bite me if I hadn't run away! Example: A storm looks to be on the way.
Word: traditor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trāditor (“betrayer”), from trādō (“to hand over”). Doublet of traitor. 1. A deliverer; a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. Example: A number of bishops cooperated with him , piqued that they had not been called to the ordination of Cæcilian . Seventy bishops , a number of whom had been traditors , met thus together at Carthage , to depose Cæcilian.
Word: tritone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/, /ˈtɹaɪˌtoʊn/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪˌtʰoʊ̯n], [ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔ʷäɪˌtʰoʊ̯n] 1. An interval of three whole tones. Example: Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth Example: The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
Word: tritone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English tone English tritone From tri- + tone. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/, /ˈtɹaɪˌtoʊn/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪˌtʰoʊ̯n], [ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔ʷäɪˌtʰoʊ̯n] 1. A picture printed in three shades. Example: In Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add one, two, three, or four colors. Example: When using tritones or quadtones (in which three colours are blended together) all the secondary colours are mixed together.
Word: tritone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English tone English tritone From tri- + tone. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/, /ˈtɹaɪˌtoʊn/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪˌtʰoʊ̯n], [ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔ʷäɪˌtʰoʊ̯n] 1. Having three tones. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first cotume^([sic]) in which Mrs. Earle appeared was a tritone dress of crepe, with a brown velour cloche and brown calf sling pumps. Example: Fortrel-and-rayon-linen tritone dress, with drawstring waist.
Word: raincoat brigade Part of Speech: noun 1. A generic group of men interested in sleaze or pornography; dirty old men.
Word: roadsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roadster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rigors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rigor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revolutionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revolutionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revolutionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revolutionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reworking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rework Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reworking Part of Speech: noun 1. An act in which something is reworked. Example: What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients. Example: It was the exhilaration of moments like this that made the audience somewhat restless during the band's long warm-up sets later in the evening, sets primarily made up of craftsmanly but unimaginative reworkings of contemporary pop-funk.
Word: reworks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rework Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: electric piano Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈlɛk.tɹɪk piˈæn.oʊ/ 1. A type of lightweight piano with electronic pickups to amplify the sound. The strings, or string substitutes, are struck mechanically such that the action is similar to that of a normal piano.
Word: title policy Part of Speech: noun 1. An insurance policy on a piece of real estate for which the title deeds may be incomplete or not properly searched. Labels: US
Word: sell-by date Part of Speech: noun 1. The latest date by which a perishable product should be sold to the public. 2. An indication that something, or someone, is old and out of date. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Tony Blair insists on remaining in office well past his sell-by date - yet he can afford to go. Example: September 9, 2017 - Schlock Mercenary Manifold: This is not a team, Petey. This is just another mass grave. Ewin: Eeew. What's the sell-by date on that manifold? I think it's gone bad.
Word: concertante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian concertante, originally present participle of concertare (“to form or perform a concert”). 1. A concert for two or more solo instrumentalists, with orchestral accompaniment.
Word: concertato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian concertato, past participle of concertare. 1. Ellipsis of stile concertato Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of finale concertato Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis Example: Every piece chosen explored the concept of concertato, the musical equivalent of a conversation in a lively, eclectic social setting: a boisterous pub, perhaps, as the program note suggested.
Word: playing around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of play around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: touchline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From touch + line. 1. One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch. Example: French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline. Example: Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.
Word: clonewheel organ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of clone + tonewheel organ. 1. Any kind of electronic musical instrument which can emulate the sound of any of the tonewheel-based Hammond organs.
Word: tonewheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tone Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English tonewheel From tone + wheel. 1. A mechanical apparatus, used principally in Hammond organs, that converts the spinning movement of an electric motor into electronic musical notes.
Word: play around Part of Speech: verb 1. To behave in a silly, childish, or irresponsible way. Example: Stop playing around, and get on with your homework. 2. To work with something in a non-serious manner; to tweak or tinker. Example: He was interested in electronics and began playing around with amplifiers. 3. To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage. Labels: idiomatic
Word: junk science Part of Speech: noun 1. Assertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: His testimony was worse than science fiction: it was junk science. Example: Our field falls neither in the category of immediately acceptable DNA experts at one end of the spectrum nor in the category of the immediately unacceptable so-called junk sciences at the other end.
Word: trucidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trucīdāre. 1. To slaughter, massacre, kill. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: even Marat and Robespierre considered themselves as denouncing, and trucidating only the enemies of the republic. Example: Butt. You sit at the table and shovel down course after course of condimented, trucidated trash; and there's your poor tortured stomach, on bended knee at the foot of your œsophagus, lifting up its hands to Heaven and crying, “My God, what next?”
Word: digital piano Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪ.d͡ʒə.təl ˈpi.æ.noʊ/ 1. A type of lightweight piano which reproduces the sound of a standard piano by electronic means. The keys are designed to feel like the keys of a real piano, and often to resemble them also.
Word: junk sciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of junk science Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedal keyboard Part of Speech: noun 1. pedalboard (organ keyboard)
Word: keyboard bass Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic keyboard instrument specifically used to reproduce the bass note range.
Word: teakettles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teakettle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teakettles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of teakettle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tamps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tamp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tamping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tamp + -ing. 1. Very angry; fuming. Labels: Wales
Word: tamping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tamp + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of tamp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tamping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tamp + -ing. 1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, with earth, sand, or similar material in order to contain and direct explosive force meant to blast the rock or collapse the mine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The material used in tamping. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tailfin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + fin. 1. A fin at the tail of a fish, caudal fin 2. A fin on the tail of an aircraft, vertical stabilizer 3. A fin-like projection at the rear of a car, common on American cars of the 1950s.
Word: tailfins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailfin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailspins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailspin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tabulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symmetries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symmetry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symphonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symphony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swiveled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a swivel.
Word: swiveled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swivel Labels: US, form-of, participle, past
Word: lares Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin plural lares, from lar, q.v. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lares. Labels: alt-of, plural, plural-normally Example: The season now invites me to retire To the dear lares of my household fire To homely scenes of calm domestic peace, A poet's leisure, and an old man's ease...
Word: swivelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swivel Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: swiveling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swivel Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swiveling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of swivelling. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swivelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swivel Labels: UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swivelling Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of something that swivels. Example: Around us, groups of girls with short summer dresses hoicked up to tan their milky white thighs sat on thin jackets and aerated the grass with coy swivellings of their spiky heels.
Word: switchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English switch Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English switchable From switch + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪt͡ʃəbəl/ 1. Capable of being switched. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being a switch; able to take either a dominant or a submissive role. Labels: not-comparable
Word: swallowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swallower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swallower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swallow + -er. 1. One who swallows. Labels: agent, slang, vulgar 2. One who swallows. Labels: agent 3. Any fish of the family Chiasmodontidae.
Word: shits and giggles Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of kicks and giggles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Example: "Naw. I took it in Spanish, for shits and giggles." Example: Just for shits and giggles we'll ask to hear the audiotape of this phone call that's supposed to be incriminating, but we only want to hear the weird voice on the other end of the line.
Word: swages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of swage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: swaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grins and giggles Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of kicks and giggles. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: When he had dismissed those odious women with their grins and giggles, he stepped into the seat in front, and, leaning over it, held out his hand with a manner from which all the warmth and spontaneity had departed, saying, "Ah, good evening, Mrs. Brand. How is my boy to-day?" Example: Blue pillars supported wide tin roofs over verandas laden with smiling children who met my waves with grins and giggles.
Word: kicks and giggles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1963. See cite below. 1. Amusement without any serious purpose; fun. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only, slang Example: They are looking for their own Happy Land, though I do not think they will find it by way of 'kicks' and 'giggles'.
Word: swaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of shaping metal with a swage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After repeated swagings and heatings […]
Word: sloot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans sloot, from Dutch sloot, from Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut. Pronunciation: /ˈsluːt/, /ˈsluːɪt/ 1. A ditch. Labels: South-Africa 2. An irrigation channel. Labels: South-Africa, archaic Example: Gorton, Ixopo, continues to suffer from prolonged drought. The Ixopo has not been so low for the last fifty years. Some sluits around here have ceased running.
Word: sloot Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsluːt/, /ˈsluːɪt/ 1. A slut. Labels: slang Example: "I want to wait on the sexy time front though because I really am looking for an actual boyfriend and don't want him to think I'm a sloot [slut]."
Word: death stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A cigarette. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: death sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semi-highway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English highway English semi-highway From semi- + highway. 1. An undivided road, usually two lanes, which is built on one roadway of a highway and functions as a temporary replacement until the second roadway is built.
Word: criminal record Part of Speech: noun 1. A record of the past crimes of which someone has been convicted.
Word: darb Part of Speech: noun 1. Something beautiful, a charm, a peach. Labels: slang Example: Ain't it a darb? Example: “Boss,” he exclaimed, “it's a darb.” “It's more than that,” I cut in, “it′s a wonder. It′s a masterpiece.[…]” 2. A cigarette. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: durry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌ.ɹi/, /ˈdɝ.i/ 1. A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial Example: “Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry. Cigarette.” Example: He pulled a tobacco pouch out of his pocket with a plastic bag containing what had to be a mind-altering substance. “You′re welcome to join me in a durry,” he said, rolling himself a cigarette.
Word: durry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌ.ɹi/, /ˈdɝ.i/ 1. Alternative spelling of dhurrie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: darbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zupa Part of Speech: noun 1. An administrative unit among various South Slavic peoples.
Word: oblatum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin oblātus (oblatus), from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modelled after and contrasting with prolatus (“extended, lengthened”)). 1. An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.
Word: oblatum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin oblātum, past participle of offerō (“bring to, offer”), from ob (“in front of”) + ferō (“bring”). Compare oblate. 1. Submitted for publication; especially, of academic articles, submitted for peer review before publication. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chuck away Part of Speech: verb 1. To discard, or throw away. Labels: informal, transitive Example: This shirt has just about had it. I think I'll chuck it away.
Word: uncomfortableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English uncomfortable 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 uncomfortableness From uncomfortable + -ness. 1. Discomfort, especially uneasiness associated with awkwardness, embarrassment, or self-consciousness. Labels: uncountable Example: It took away all the uncomfortableness, and we felt mighty good over it, because it would a been a miserable business to have any unfriendliness on the raft; […]
Word: spaghetti western Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product. 1. A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy. Example: “A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns. Example: Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions.
Word: Spaghetti Western Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western. Labels: alt-of
Word: spaghetti Western Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western. Labels: alt-of
Word: desilvers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of desilver Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: desilvering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desilver Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: desilvered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desilver Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: start off Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin. Example: She started off with a lullaby. 2. To set out on a trip. Example: They started off on horseback. Example: I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing. 3. To instigate someone to laugh or cry or to begin talking about something they often talk about. Example: Don't start him off about that again.
Word: movlog Part of Speech: noun 1. A moblog containing video images. Labels: Internet
Word: painstakenly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of painstakingly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: painstaken Part of Speech: adj 1. Eggcorn of painstaking. Labels: rare
Word: moblog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mobile + blog. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒb.lɒɡ/, /ˈmɔbˌlɔɡ/, /ˈmɑbˌlɑɡ/ 1. A weblog posted from a mobile device, such as a cell phone or PDA.
Word: moblog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of mobile + blog. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒb.lɒɡ/, /ˈmɔbˌlɔɡ/, /ˈmɑbˌlɑɡ/ 1. To post to a weblog by this means.
Word: de-muck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English muck English de-muck From de- + muck. 1. To remove muck or dirt from. Example: Fill, grading, removing boulders, de-mucking and any other preparation needed on the site can be a nightmare of costs. Example: Our squirrel.
Word: polyspaston Part of Speech: noun 1. A hoisting-tackle with many pulleys. Labels: historical
Word: sotelte Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of subtlety. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: fod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom". Pronunciation: /fɒd/, /fɑd/ 1. forehead, particularly a large one Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, slang
Word: coprah Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of copra. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: what if Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English hwæt ġif, of the same meaning. A similar expression occurs in Latin in the Vulgate, Acts 23:9, "Factus est autem clamor magnus. Et surgentes quidam pharisaeorum, pugnabant, decentes: Nihil mali inveniumus in homine isto: quid si Spiritus locutus est ei, aut angelus?" ("And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?" Douay-Rheims translation) 1. Used to introduce a suggestion or proposal for a future event. Labels: not-comparable Example: What if we arrange it for 9:00 instead of 10:00? 2. Used to introduce a speculation about a future event. Labels: not-comparable Example: What if we could learn to get along? What would happen then? 3. Used to introduce a speculation about a past event. Often the basis for counterfactual historical interpretations. Labels: not-comparable Example: What if Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated? How might the Reconstruction of the Southern States have been handled?
Word: enquire after Part of Speech: verb 1. British form of inquire after. Labels: British, alt-of
Word: where you at Part of Speech: phrase 1. Where are you? Used as an inquiry of location, especially figuratively. Labels: nonstandard, proscribed, slang Example: Last time I saw ya, you were flippin' burgers; where you at now?
Word: classifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of classify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: desists Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of desist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dismays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dismay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dismaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dismay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dismaying Part of Speech: adj 1. Disheartening; daunting.
Word: dismaying Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of dismay. Labels: archaic Example: My dismayings utterly consume me: / They encompass me like water: / They press wholly upon me every day.
Word: concientious Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of conscientious. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: disincline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Latin inclīnāre Old French enclinerbor. Middle English enclinen English incline English disincline From dis- + incline. 1. To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of. Labels: transitive
Word: disinclines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disincline Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disinclining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disincline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suspensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suspension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superconductors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superconductor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superheterodyne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -dyne English heterodyne English superheterodyne From super- + heterodyne. Pronunciation: /suːpəˈhɛt(ə)ɹədʌɪn/ 1. Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique. Labels: not-comparable Example: Approaching Louisville, the Tin Hind was almost swallowed up in the Great Ohio Flood (which preoccupied the radio news for days; I hung over my superheterodyne set) and he was unable to visit a new correspondent of Lovecraft's there.
Word: superheterodyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -dyne English heterodyne English superheterodyne From super- + heterodyne. Pronunciation: /suːpəˈhɛt(ə)ɹədʌɪn/ 1. A receiver of this kind.
Word: supercharged Part of Speech: adj 1. Equipped with a supercharger. Labels: not-comparable 2. Boosted. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: On Tuesday, every Republican running for statewide office won by at least 16 points, leaving little doubt that Florida is Republican country — and that Mr. DeSantis’s political career has become supercharged. 3. Debruised, surmounted. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] And over all, an Inescutcheon Azure, the whole supercharged by a Saltire Argent. Example: The Moretuses took as their arms : Of gold with an eagle of sable charged upon his breast with a scutcheon of gules, supercharged with a star radiating with gold on a champaign checked with azure and five strokes silver.
Word: supercharged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of supercharge Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Graphene could change the electronics industry, ushering in flexible devices, supercharged quantum computers, electronic clothing and computers that can interface with the cells in your body.
Word: supercharges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of supercharge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: carpintero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish carpintero (“carpenter; woodpecker”). Doublet of carpenter. 1. The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.
Word: chickening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chicken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: comediennes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comedienne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lutar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of lute + guitar. 1. Synonym of lute guitar.
Word: whidah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: alteration of the first component of widow bird 1. Alternative spelling of whydah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: accelerator mass spectrometry Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of mass spectrometry in which ions are accelerated to extraordinarily high kinetic energies before mass analysis. Labels: uncountable
Word: kinetic energies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kinetic energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whydah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɪdə/ 1. Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.
Word: central heating Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: charitable organization Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization with charitable purposes only.
Word: wintler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wintle + -er. 1. A person who wintles.
Word: worldling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world English -ling English worldling From world + -ling. 1. A mundane person, preoccupied with worldly affairs rather than spiritual matters. Example: A foutra for the world and worldlings base! Example: These wicked wares, that worldlings buy and sell, The moth will eat, or else the canker rust: All flesh is grass, and to the grave it must.
Word: breeding-ground Part of Speech: noun 1. A place or region where animals go to breed. 2. A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: Harris criticized the report's emphasis on enforcement, noting that, "Putting people in jail won't stop the virus from spreading." In fact, prisons are virtual breeding grounds for AIDS, due to lack of safer sex and safer drug use education, condoms and uncontaminated needles. Example: Echoing Allen Ginsberg, he contends that the suburban setting of “Father Knows Best” is most accurately seen as America's “ludicrous breeding ground for the young meat who will be fed into its wars and rat races and inhuman conformities.”
Word: vertebre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vertebre, from Latin vertebra. 1. A joint of the back. Labels: archaic
Word: affronter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From affront + -er. 1. Someone who affronts. 2. One who receives an affront. Example: the affront given, out at once go affronter and affrontee
Word: top brass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally military slang, from [the] brass (“high-ranking officers”). 1. A group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization. Labels: collective, colloquial, uncountable, usually Example: The top brass of the army are up to various types of mischief and they do not want the public or even Members of Parliament to know about them. Example: The general who turned the tide at Alamein was not, prior to his arrival in the Middle East, one of the very "top brass"; but he was a soldier, not a detergent manufacturer.
Word: volubile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis (“rolling”), from volvō (“to roll”). Doublet of voluble. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒljʊbaɪl/ 1. Turning or whirling; winding. Labels: archaic Example: […] or this less volubil earth, By shorter flight to th' east, had left him there Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend.
Word: customs officer Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer enforcing customs laws.
Word: grads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French piment. See pimento, pimiento, and pigment. 1. Wine flavoured with spices or honey. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: propiska Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian пропи́ска (propíska), from пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ, “write into”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɪskə/ 1. a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration Labels: uncountable 2. the stamp in the Soviet internal passport (serving as a personal ID) with the registered address. Labels: uncountable 3. domicile, place where one lives (as stated in the stamp) Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: Stefanos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Greek Στέφανος (Stéfanos), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Cognate with English Stephen. 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Στέφανος (Stéfanos). 2. A male given name from Greek.
Word: supercharging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of supercharge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Clementine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin clēmentīnus, from Late Latin Clēmens (“Clement”) (genitive Clēmentis) + -īnus (“of or pertaining to”), from clēmens (“merciful”). By surface analysis, Clement + -ine (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈklɛməntaɪn/, /ˈklɛməntiːn/ 1. Of or relating to Clement, especially to Pope Clement I and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V and his compilations of canon law, or to the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (commonly called the Clementine Vulgate). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Clementine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Clémentine, from Latin Clēmentīna, from Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), from clēmens (“merciful”). By surface analysis, Clement + -ine (feminine suffix). Doublet of Clementina. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛməntaɪn/, /ˈklɛməntiːn/ 1. A female given name from Latin; feminine of Clement. Example: Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine! Thou were lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Word: turbocharges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turbocharge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turbocharging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turbocharge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turbocharged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From turbo- + charged. 1. Having a turbocharger. Labels: not-comparable Example: With all-wheel-drive and a 300-horsepower turbocharged 3-cylinder engine, the GR is far more powerful than the standard, front-wheel-drive Corolla hatchback.
Word: turbocharged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From turbo- + charged. 1. simple past and past participle of turbocharge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: concision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪʒən/ 1. Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: those of the Concision who made it 4. Mutilation. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Roundhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From round + head, from their short-cropped hairstyle. 1. A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War (in the 17th century). Labels: historical, informal
Word: Roundheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roundhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roundhead Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From round + -head. 1. Having a dome-shaped head. Labels: not-comparable Example: The roundhead screw and its fraternal twins, the button head and pan head screws, have a head that is flat on the bottom and hemispherical on top. Example: You can use flat-head screws and plug the holes, or you can use roundhead blue screws and let the heads project.
Word: roundhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From round + -head. 1. A roundhead screw, one with a domed head. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Roundhead (“parliament supporter in the English Civil War”) Labels: alt-of, historical Example: You roundhead whore, sock it up, or me will kill you, begar. Example: Colonel Middleton was dismounted amongst the king's forces, of whom one, taking him for a commander of their's, mounted him again, and bid him make haste, and kill a roundhead ; and so he escaped. 3. A male whose penis is circumcised. Labels: slang Example: The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers. Example: Since penile preference is so tied up with personal aesthetics and body image, it seems both logical and fair to leave the choice of cavalier or roundhead to the owner of the organ, thus avoiding the sort of life-long pain expressed in a comment like this:[…] 4. A circular platform at the end of a pier or breakwater. Example: The top of the caisson will be at the same level as the bag-work foundation of the pier, and a roundhead, composed of 45-ton granite faced concrete blocks, will be built on it. Example: The smallness of the damage done at Purfleet is remarkable, when it is remembered that the impact of a large steamship is sufficient to cut deeply into solid masonry piers, and that only in 1907 the effect of a collision against the souther breakwater of the Admiralty Harbour, Dover, was to sever the roundhead entirely from the body of the pier, in addition to causing other serious injuries. 5. Any of various agarics of the genus Stropharia.
Word: roundheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roundhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: façades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of façade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: egency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin egentia from egere (“to need, to be in need”). 1. need; neediness; poverty. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: take hostage Part of Speech: verb 1. To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage. Labels: transitive
Word: hold hostage Part of Speech: verb 1. To hold as hostage. 2. To hold as hostage. Example: Mr. President, when someone holds up this bill and holds it hostage, it is holding hostage the money that would go to aid victims of disaster. Example: Plans for the resumption of her nursery school were put on hold, held hostage by the polio epidemic. 3. To hold as hostage. Example: Before Frank could turn in his final exam, Jigsaw held his computer hostage. 4. To hold in custody or use for any advantage. Example: That way, a taxidriver cannot hold the traveler's luggage hostage in the trunk for more money.
Word: baseball diamond Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-cornered part of a baseball field in which the corners are the three bases and the home plate.
Word: gungy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Hindi गंज (gañj)bor. English gunge English -y English gungy From gunge + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnd͡ʒi/ 1. Having the texture or feel of gunge; gooey or gunky.
Word: gungey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gungy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: biocomputer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -er English computer English biocomputer From bio- + computer. 1. Any of several proposed systems using DNA, proteins, or other biological materials to perform data processing (in synthetic biology). Example: These prototype biocomputers use slime moulds to solve a range of geometrical problems.
Word: biostimulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English stimulation English biostimulation From bio- + stimulation. 1. The stimulation of a system's existing bacteria such that they can have a remedial action. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bucketload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bucket + load. 1. As much as a bucket can hold 2. A large amount. Labels: informal
Word: cavefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cave + fish. 1. Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters. 2. Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
Word: cytomegalovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Internationalism. Borrowed from taxonomic name Cytomegalovirus, equivalent to cyto- + megalo- + virus. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ.toʊˈmɛ.ɡə.loʊˌvaɪ.rəs/ 1. Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans. Example: The peak period for the development of acute graft-versus-host disease overlaps with the time during which cytomegalovirus infection occurs. Example: Prophylactic virostatic treatment with aciclovir did not prevent cytomegalovirus infection in an immune suppressed patient.
Word: deformability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deform Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English deformability From deform + -ability. Pronunciation: /dɪˌfɔːməˈbɪlɪti/, /dɪˌfɔːməˈbɪləti/ 1. The state of being deformable Labels: uncountable 2. A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions) Labels: countable
Word: dodecahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dodeca- + -hedral. 1. Having twelve plane surfaces. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deca- + -hedral. Pronunciation: [ˌdɛkəˈhiːdɹəɫ] 1. having ten plane surfaces Labels: not-comparable
Word: hexahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hexa- + -hedral. 1. Having six plane surfaces. Labels: not-comparable