nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shantung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung. 1. A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As she walked, the soft silk of her dress – she wore a blue shantung, full-skirted – blew away from the sea and flapped and clung to her legs. Example: The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water. 2. A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shiatsu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 指(し)圧(あつ) (shiatsu), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger”) + 壓 (MC 'aep, “downward force”). Pronunciation: /ʃiːˈɑːt.suː/, /ʃiːˈæt.suː/ 1. A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy. Labels: uncountable
Word: shipboard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship + board. 1. Occurring or existing on board a ship. Labels: not-comparable 2. casual or ephemeral (e.g. a shipboard romance) Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: shipboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship + board. 1. The side of a ship.
Word: shipload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + load. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpˌloʊd/ 1. The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry. Example: It might, under all the circumstances above stated, have been a question with other builders, whether to import one shipload of costly jaspers, or twenty of chalk flints; and whether to build a small church faced with porphyry and paved with agate, or to raise a vast cathedral in freestone. Example: The Penrhyn slate quarry possibly dates back to the sixteenth century, as it appears that in 1580 Sion Tudor asked the Bishop of Bangor for a shipload of slate. 2. Minced oath of shitload. Example: But, providing you have access to a shipload of coloured pencils and a naughty boy to sharpen them, they are a good and valid classroom method with a variety of applications.
Word: eGovernment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English e- English Government English eGovernment From e- + Government. 1. The use of information technologies in order to enhance the access to and the delivery of government information and services to the public and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and/or the quality of government operations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A decade after some of the first government Web sites went live, the quality of eGoverment^([sic]) in Europe varies greatly, experts say, with some countries, like Sweden and Denmark, already providing many services to citizens and businesses online, while others, especially in southeastern Europe, are still creating Internet portals.
Word: shipmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English -mate English shipmate From ship + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/, /ˈʃɪpmɪt/ 1. A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another. Example: "And who else?" returned the other, getting more at his ease. "Black Dog as ever was, come for to see his old shipmate Billy, at the 'Admiral Benbow' inn. Ah, Bill, Bill, we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons," holding up his mutilated hand. 2. Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor). Labels: informal
Word: shipowner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + owner. 1. Someone who owns a ship.
Word: stud book Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stud + book. 1. In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.
Word: studbooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of studbook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidelong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ/, /ˈsaɪd.lɒŋ/ 1. Directed to the side; sideways. Labels: not-comparable Example: He cast me a sidelong glance. 2. Slanting or sloping; oblique. Labels: not-comparable 3. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward. Labels: not-comparable Example: She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood. 4. Along the side of something. Labels: not-comparable Example: The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it.
Word: sidelong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: 1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ/, /ˈsaɪd.lɒŋ/ 1. Towards the side; sideways. 2. obliquely
Word: sidesaddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + saddle. 1. A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse. 2. The technique of riding a horse with both legs on the same side of the horse.
Word: sidesaddle Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From side + saddle. 1. On, or as if on, such a saddle. Labels: not-comparable Example: He rode sidesaddle to avoid worsening his injured leg. Example: He had his daughter riding sidesaddle on the bicycle frame while he pedaled.
Word: single-breasted Part of Speech: adj 1. Closing with a single row of buttons that form a narrow overlap. Labels: not-comparable
Word: double-breasted Part of Speech: adj 1. Closing with a double row of buttons that form a wide overlap. Labels: not-comparable Example: The train staff were at least smartly dressed. They had better be, or they were sacked. They had to keep their double-breasted uniform coats buttoned right up at all times,[…] Example: The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette.
Word: stock-still Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inversion of earlier still as a stock, from stock (“tree-trunk”). 1. Very still; motionless. Labels: not-comparable Example: The team was stock-still in front of the stable.
Word: stock-still Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inversion of earlier still as a stock, from stock (“tree-trunk”). 1. Without motion. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He lay stock-still among the bodies and blasted equipment. Example: Paul stood stock still; then came a strong impulse to turn and run back.
Word: stodgily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stodgy Middle English -ly English -ly English stodgily From stodgy + -ly. 1. In a stodgy manner.
Word: breasted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast English -ed English breasted From breast + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛstɪd/, /ˈbɹɛstəd/ 1. Having a breast, or breasts. Labels: not-comparable Example: He tried to imagine them sleekened and breasted, not just the daughters of peasants such as he had known when he was young and a peasant himself but succubi of the sort he had once resisted in the night, and he felt nothing. 2. Having a specified kind of breast or covering. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: The original wild varieties of Game fowl are three: the Black-breasted Red, with fawn-breasted partridge hens; the Brown-breasted Reds, with dark legs and dark-brown hens, and the Red-breasted Ginger Reds, with yellow legs, and the hens of a light partridge color.
Word: breasted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast English -ed English breasted From breast + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛstɪd/, /ˈbɹɛstəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of breast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: double spaced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of double-spaced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double spaced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of double space Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shmoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shmo Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of shmoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sixth sense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adding to the traditional five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. 1. Extrasensory perception; the ability to sense things by means other than the known bodily senses. Example: Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension. Example: Luckily, on evidence which I could never understand, Dominic detected something suspicious. Perhaps it was by virtue of some sixth sense that men born for unlawful occupations may be gifted with.
Word: sixth senses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sixth sense Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mogadishu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain; may be a compound term of Somali words "muuq" (appearance) + "disho", present subjunctive form of dil (beat / kill). Another proposal is that its borrowed from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū), from Classical Persian مَقْعَد (maq'ad, “seat”) + شَاه (šāh, “shah, king”), literally “seat of the shah”. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒ.ɡəˈdiː.ʃuː/, /-ˈdɪ-/, /ˌmoʊ.ɡəˈdi.ʃu/ 1. The capital city of Somalia. Example: Rotting corpses lay in the open and explosions shook Mogadishu on Sunday for a fifth day of fighting between insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops that have killed at least 230 people. 2. The government of Somalia. Labels: metonymically
Word: pratfalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pratfall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: old hand Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is experienced at a certain activity. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: insider, initiate; habitué Example: My tax advisor is an old hand at dealing with auditors.
Word: shell shock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Well attested during World War I. Attempts to find attestations that predate that war seem fruitless. The ambiguity of reference to a range of phenomena, from physical concussion due to the explosively loud noise of artillery fire (on both the sending and receiving ends) to psychological reactions to violence and maiming, was present in the term's use from the start. In 21st-century wars there is continued evidence that long, close exposure to the noise of artillery can cause traumatic brain injury even in soldiers who did not take incoming artillery fire. But most discussions of shell shock in World War I concerned combat stress as well. 1. A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle, corresponding largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: There's a condition in combat—most people know it by now. It occurs when a soldier's nervous system has reached the breaking point. In World War I, it was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables. Shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves. Shell shock!! 2. A person with the condition. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: I passed through the shell-shock wards and a yard where the "shell-shocks" sat about, dumb, or making queer, foolish noises, or staring with a look of animal fear in their eyes. Example: Of the 79 officer casualties 10 were "shell-shocks", or about 12 per cent, of the whole. Of the 10 shell-shocks 4 were sent to C.C.S. and 6 to Corps Rest Station. 3. A stunning shock. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: "[…]Think of me / With all these psychic shell shocks — first the war, / Its great emotions, then this Elenor." Example: But while malls killed much of downtown America, they only partially injured New York City. The density of this city guaranteed a less dramatic impact than the shell shocks that crippled so many other cities. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shell, shock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The other was to go on, to the next drink or the bed or the grass outside, where the party-noises ebbed and flowed like shell-shocks and the Southern Cross burnt crookedly above.
Word: shell shock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Well attested during World War I. Attempts to find attestations that predate that war seem fruitless. The ambiguity of reference to a range of phenomena, from physical concussion due to the explosively loud noise of artillery fire (on both the sending and receiving ends) to psychological reactions to violence and maiming, was present in the term's use from the start. In 21st-century wars there is continued evidence that long, close exposure to the noise of artillery can cause traumatic brain injury even in soldiers who did not take incoming artillery fire. But most discussions of shell shock in World War I concerned combat stress as well. 1. To stun or debilitate as by a shock. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It was General du Pont's 'forty-five' which bellowed and thundered and echoed through Fifth avenue, scaring horses and shell shocking pedestrians. Example: 1999, Brother Gilbert (Phillip F. Cairnes), Harry Rothgerber (editor), Young Babe Ruth, page 146, The crack of the home run that the batsman cherishes shell-shocks the nerves of the pitcher who threw it.
Word: shell shocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of shell-shocked. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shell shocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shell shock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thirdly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English third Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English thirdly From third + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈθɜːdli/, /ˈθɜːdlɪ/, /ˈθɚdli/ 1. In the third place; third in a row. Labels: not-comparable Example: And God hath ſet ſome in the Church, firſt Apoſtles, ſecondarily Pꝛophets, thirdly Teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpes in gouernmẽts, diuerſities of tongues. Example: Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
Word: fourthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fourth Middle English -ly English -ly English fourthly From fourth + -ly. 1. In the fourth place; fourth in a row. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature. Example: Fourthly, when all equilibria are unstable and complex endogenous fluctuations arise, the LAW policy reduces the amplitude of fluctuations but at the expense of larger average deviations from the targets.
Word: fifthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fifth Middle English -ly English -ly English fifthly From fifth + -ly. 1. In the fifth place; fifth in a row. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sixthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sixth Middle English -ly English -ly English sixthly From sixth + -ly. 1. In the sixth place; sixth in a row. Labels: not-comparable
Word: seventhly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English seventh Middle English -ly English -ly English seventhly From seventh + -ly. 1. In the seventh place; seventh in a row. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eighthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European *oḱtowós Proto-Germanic *ahtudô Proto-West Germanic *ahtudō Old English eahtoþa Middle English eightethe English eighth Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English eighthly From eighth + -ly. 1. In the eighth place; eighth in a row. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ninethly Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of ninthly. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: tenthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tenth Middle English -ly English -ly English tenthly From tenth + -ly. 1. In the tenth place; tenth in a row. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forkful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fork + -ful. 1. The amount that a fork will hold. Example: He uncovered the fragrant eggs and b., and I pronged a moody forkful.
Word: forewoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English forewoman From fore- + -woman. 1. A female leader of a work crew. 2. A female foreman of a jury.
Word: biennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English biennial Middle English -ly English -ly English biennially From biennial + -ly. 1. Taking place every two years Labels: not-comparable Example: It is said to be particularly useful when trees are inclined to bear only biennially, or in cases where trees are liable to overflower. Example: The Malaysian Paralympiad, a national multisport and multidisability sport competition, has been organized biennially in Malaysia since 1982, and has grown steadily in terms of the variety of sports and number of participants, with the aim of training coaches and developing technical skills.
Word: flukey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fluke Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flukey From fluke + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfluːki/ 1. Lucky. Example: For once, at a World Cup finals England could enjoy themselves, cut loose, score a bucket-load of goals, and giggle at the fact that Harry Kane’s hat-trick goal that makes him the tournament top goalscorer was a flukey deflection off his heel. 2. Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes. Example: We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind.
Word: floodlit Part of Speech: adj 1. Lit by floodlights. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit. Example: The depot yard is floodlit by three light clusters mounted on steel masts at a height of 50 ft. above ground level.
Word: floodlit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of floodlight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: floodlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flood Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English floodlight From flood + light. 1. A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood Example: The floodlights bathed her in a pool of light. 2. Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground. Labels: in-plural
Word: floodlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English flood Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English floodlight From flood + light. 1. To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s). Labels: transitive
Word: fuck-off Part of Speech: adj 1. Vicious, aggressive, intimidating. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: He was a fuck-off brute. 2. Dissuasively or intimidatingly large; massive. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: My dog got scared by a fuck-off rat in my basement.
Word: fuck-off Part of Speech: adv 1. An intensifier. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: He was fuck-off smashing it out of the park.
Word: late lamented Part of Speech: adj 1. Sadly missed due to death. Labels: not-comparable
Word: late lamented Part of Speech: noun 1. A deceased person whose absence is keenly felt. Example: For my part, I am sorrier for the present baronet, Sir Arthur, than for the late lamenteds.
Word: grundy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Mrs. Grundy, a prudish character from the play Speed the Plough (1798) by the English playwright Thomas Morton. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌn.di/ 1. A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
Word: grundy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Mrs. Grundy, a prudish character from the play Speed the Plough (1798) by the English playwright Thomas Morton. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌn.di/ 1. Overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
Word: grundy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌn.di/ 1. Granulated or shotted pig iron.
Word: grundy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Backformation from Grundies, an underwear brand name. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌn.di/ 1. A pair of underpants Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang
Word: grundies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * As Grundies, an underwear brand name. * Possibly an abbreviated form of Reg Grundies, rhyming slang for undies, after media magnate Reg Grundy. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌn.dis/ 1. Underpants. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, plural, plural-only, slang Example: So I shrugged and shifted like my grundies were too tight.
Word: Aeolic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin aeolicus, from Ancient Greek Αἰολικός (Aiolikós, “like the Aeolians”). Pronunciation: /iˈɒlɪk/, /iˈəʊlɪk/, /iˈɑːlɪk/ 1. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Boeotia, Thessalia, Asia Minor and the island of Lesbos.
Word: Aeolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aeolicus, from Ancient Greek Αἰολικός (Aiolikós, “like the Aeolians”). Pronunciation: /iˈɒlɪk/, /iˈəʊlɪk/, /iˈɑːlɪk/ 1. Of the Anatolian region Aeolis, Aeolia. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of Aeolus, the Ancient Greek god of the wind. Labels: Greek, not-comparable 3. Of Aeolus, the Ancient Greek god of the wind. Labels: Greek, not-comparable
Word: died Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of die Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drollness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English droll 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 drollness From droll + -ness. 1. The quality of being odd or comical. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Arcado-Cypriot Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arcado- + Cypriot. 1. Ellipsis of Arcado-Cypriot Greek. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: sheat Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheatfish
Word: campi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin campī (nominative plural of campus). 1. plural of campus Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural Example: Economics major Bob Shatzen, one of two assistant financial managers, is responsible for Wilbur and Stern Halls, Freshman women, and foreign campi. Example: Master of Liberal Studies students complete the program by attending a total of three ten-day seminars on campi and by finishing…
Word: campuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of campus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: campuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of campus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flipped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of flip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: phoning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of phone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: phoning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊnɪŋ/ 1. The act of placing a telephone call. Labels: informal Example: So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]
Word: miscalculated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscalculate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foul up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /faʊl ˈʌp/ 1. To make a mistake, to go wrong. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: You really fouled up this time. 2. To botch; to make a mess of. Labels: transitive Example: I fouled up question 3 of the exam.
Word: miscalculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English calculate English miscalculate From mis- + calculate. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈkælkjʊleɪt/ 1. To calculate incorrectly. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: They miscalculated by assuming the dimensions were in imperial, not metric. 2. To make a gross error in judgment. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today. Example: In the end, one could say with minimal originality, but considerable accuracy, that Bill Simmons simply flew too close to the sun. He miscalculated how much value ESPN put on him and on his unique abilities and talents.
Word: Sinéad Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Sinéad, from Old Northern French Jeanette, from Middle French Jehanne + -ette, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. 1. Alternative form of Sinead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aoife Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar to English speakers, Aoife has often been anglicised as Eva or Eve. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.fə/, /ˈi.fə/ 1. A female given name from Irish.
Word: Pasiphae Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪfeɪ.iː/, /pəˈsɪfi.iː/, /pəˈsɪfə.iː/ 1. The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur. Labels: Greek 2. One of the moons of Jupiter.
Word: dry steering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of turning the wheels of a vehicle that is not moving. Labels: uncountable
Word: bargaining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bargain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
Word: bargaining Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who bargains. Example: All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.
Word: Hogwarts Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has speculated that she might have subconsciously produced the name from hogwort, a plant she saw when walking round Kew Gardens. Previously used by Geoffrey Willans in his 1953 book Down With Skool (which J. K. Rowling has read - see the article). Willans’ use was as the title of a fictitious play, “The Hogwarts”, referred to in the book as the creation of Marcus Plautus Molesworthus. In-universe, interpreted as a simple compound of hog + warts (cf. warthog). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/, /ˈhɔɡ.wɚts/, /ˈhɒɡ.wɔːts/, /ˈhɒɡ.wəts/ 1. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Example: Buffy: No, but, see, Mom, that doesn't really work for me. We're just going to the magic shop, no school supplies there. Dawn: Yeah, Mom. I'm not going to Hogwarts. Example: Remember [...] what it was like to enter your first public or private school, or to arrive at places like Oxford, or Yale, or the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? 2. Any institution similar in field, appearance, oddity, etc. Example: The school, which is set within a grand castle (it's all very Hogwarts), is an international college for students who are selected for their potential Example: It all feels very Hogwarts.
Word: pectopah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Faux Cyrillic reading of Russian рестора́н (restorán, “restaurant”), and the same word in other languages written in Cyrillic. Doublet of restaurant. 1. A Russian (or Serbian, Mongolian, etc.) restaurant. Labels: humorous, rare Example: Alex would always comment about the unusually large number of Pectopahs on Gorky Street. I think he thought that it was a chain of shops owned by a company called Pectopah.
Word: box-spring Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of box spring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: box spring Part of Speech: noun 1. A box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress.
Word: madroño Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish madroño. 1. Alternative form of madrone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: madrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicization of Mexican Spanish madroño. 1. A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). 2. Any of three local relatives Labels: US Example: Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road / Fill it with madrone and bay / Stinks like hell and the neighbours complain / Don't give a hoot what they say. 3. Any of three local relatives: Labels: US 4. Any of three local relatives: Labels: US 5. Any of three local relatives: Labels: US
Word: corner boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A young man who hangs around on street corners. Labels: Ireland, US Example: Got no time for the corner boys / Down in the street making all that noise.
Word: swing shift Part of Speech: noun 1. A work shift between a day shift and a night shift, such as from 4PM to midnight, and the group of workers scheduled to work such a shift at a facility. Labels: US Example: It is generally believed that when rotating shifts are necessary the rotation should move clockwise (that is, day shift first, then swing shift, then graveyard shift, then back to day shift, and so on) 2. A system of shifts where each worker alternates between day shifts and night shifts. Labels: US Example: The problem is not usually associated with swing shift operation because the duties are balanced over time. When operators remain on one shift it is common for one shift to complain another has less to do. Example: We worked the swing shift. One week on days, one week on afternoons and one week on midnights
Word: Dutch pink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The pigment sense derives from the pink pigment used historically by painters, and not from the flower that gave its name to the color. 1. A yellow lake pigment. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Blood. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: spark off Part of Speech: verb 1. To initiate something by providing the necessary conditions. Labels: transitive Example: My letter to the newspaper sparked off an investigation into government corruption.
Word: paracme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρακμή (parakmḗ), corresponding to para- + acme. 1. A point beyond the highest or greatest. 2. A point after the crisis of a fever is past. 3. The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development.
Word: faint of heart Part of Speech: adj 1. Fainthearted. Labels: figuratively
Word: faint of heart Part of Speech: noun 1. Timid people considered as a group. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: faint-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fainthearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: impedivity Part of Speech: noun 1. specific impedance; especially the ratio of a pressure phasor associated with a wave at any given point in a medium to the velocity phasor at that point. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. bulk impedance; a measurement of the electrical impedance per unit distance in a bulk material or a solution Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phasor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of phase + vector. 1. A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential. 2. A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.
Word: phasor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phase + -or. 1. A phase modulator
Word: platitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platitude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: admittivity Part of Speech: noun 1. The reciprocal of impedivity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: en vogue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French en vogue. 1. In fashion. Fashionable.
Word: agentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English agentive From agent + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɛntɪv/, /ˈeɪd͡ʒəntɪv/ 1. Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer). Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language.
Word: agentive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English agentive From agent + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɛntɪv/, /ˈeɪd͡ʒəntɪv/ 1. A word having an agentive construction.
Word: didjeridoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of didgeridoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: railhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + head. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪl.hɛd/ 1. A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport. Example: The improved service to and from Taunton is fully justified by the passenger patronage to and from this town, which is a railhead for a large surrounding area. Example: It would also offer an important opportunity to move construction materials in bulk, using a new railhead. 2. The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid. Example: By 1899 the railhead had reached the further edge of the Athi Plain at mile 315, and halted while the survey parties went ahead, and a supply base was established at the foot of the hills. This spot has become Nairobi. 3. The top surface (head) of a rail. Example: Alternative form: rail head Example: High levels of railhead contamination (which can prevent train predictor systems working correctly) were present in the area - probably as a result of limited operation of the railhead treatment train, according to RAIB. 4. An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and materiel.
Word: didjeridoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of didjeridoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: didgeridoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of didgeridoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: didgeridoos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of didgeridoo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: railheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of railhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phasors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phasor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theory of relativity Part of Speech: noun 1. The theories of special relativity and general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the equivalence of matter and energy and the Einstein field equations are derived.
Word: paracmes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paracme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: box-springs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of box-spring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Billy Bunter Part of Speech: name 1. A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School. Example: He looked up through his thick Billy Bunter spectacles and seeing a young man standing behind Laura handed him his empty plate […] Example: Actually he wasn't too bad except he had a green army style hat on, which made him look completely ridiculous; a bit like Billy Bunter in the army.
Word: Billy Bunter Part of Speech: noun 1. A fat boy. Labels: UK 2. A punter (in a betting shop etc.). Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: grottoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grotto + -ed. 1. Furnished with grottos. Labels: not-comparable Example: a grottoed headland 2. Ensconced in a grotto. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Billy Bunters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Billy Bunter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: short-order Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of short order. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: short order Part of Speech: adj 1. Of food, prepared and served quickly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: short order Part of Speech: noun 1. An order of food that can be prepared and served quickly.
Word: previews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preview Labels: form-of, plural
Word: previews Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preview Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miscalculates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miscalculate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miscalculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miscalculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sizzling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzəlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sizzle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sizzling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzəlɪŋ/ 1. Hot enough to make a hissing sound. 2. Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound. 3. Exciting and intensely emotional or sexual. Labels: informal 4. Very skilful or impressive. Labels: informal Example: The two teams played a sizzling match.
Word: sizzling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzəlɪŋ/ 1. Such a hissing sound.
Word: pelota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish pelota (“ball”). Doublet of pellet. 1. Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall. Labels: uncountable
Word: calcified Part of Speech: adj 1. Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts. 2. Made unchanging or inflexible. Labels: figuratively
Word: calcified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of calcify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: -poeia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -poeia, from Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːə/ 1. Used to form nouns that denote the making or creating of something. Labels: morpheme
Word: tenant farmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenant farmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syntax highlighting Part of Speech: noun 1. Highlighting of source code with color, boldfacing, etc. to indicate its syntactic structure. Labels: uncountable Example: Some pastebins even include syntax highlighting for common programming languages.
Word: freethinking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + thinking. 1. The principles of a freethinker; free thought. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: freethought Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of free thought. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: fundy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fundie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: You're afraid l'm some sort of fundy and if you say you don't believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for you l'll spend the next hour trying to save your soul.
Word: astrobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English astrobiology From astro- + biology. 1. The study of life anywhere in the universe, including Earth. Labels: uncountable
Word: tenant farmer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who farms land rented from a landlord.
Word: free thought Part of Speech: noun 1. The principles of a freethinker; freethinking. Labels: uncountable
Word: order of magnitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 18th century, in the sense "magnitude (brightness class) of a star", informed by the Greek τῶν μεγάλων τάξις (tôn megálōn táxis) (Ptolemy). 1. The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it. Example: 2011, Enrico Fermi, Wikisource (translator), Concerning a Contradiction between the Electrodynamic and Relativistic Theory of Electromagnetic Mass, 1922, Enrico Fermi, Über einen Widerspruch zwischen der elektrodynamischen und relativistischen Theorie der elektromagnetischen Masse, Physikalische Zeitschrift, v 23, pp 340-344, However, we notice that although this contraction is of order of magnitude v²:c², it changes the most important terms of electromagnetic mass, i.e, the rest mass. Example: However, this pales to insignificance against the massive volume of spoken language, for with over 500 patrons, any given second of the lunch hour would result in a spoken word count in the thousands, and the whole lunch hour would see a word count orders of magnitude larger than 3000.
Word: concher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)bor. Latin conchabor. English conch English -er English concher From conch + -er. 1. A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding. 2. A person who operates such a machine.
Word: conching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of conch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conching Part of Speech: noun 1. A process in the manufacture of chocolate in which the flavour and texture is refined by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher or between rollers. Labels: uncountable
Word: OSE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Operating System Embedded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cocoa butter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯.kəʊ̯ ˈbʌ.tə/, /ˌkoʊ̯.koʊ̯ ˈbʌ.tɚ/ 1. The fat that is extracted from the cocoa bean to make chocolate; it has a relatively sharp melting point so does not feel greasy when eaten. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sorbent Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance that can enable sorption.
Word: jack-o'-lantern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally, a night watchman who carried a lantern (originally made from a turnip; see neep lantern). See Jack. First attested as a term for ignis fatuus in English folklore in the 1660s, mostly in East Anglia but also in southwestern England. The sense of a carved pumpkin (sense 1) is first attested in 1834. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒæk.əʊˌlæn.tən/, /ˈdʒæk.oʊˌlæn.təɹn/, /ˈdʒæk.əˌlæn.təɹn/ 1. A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween. Example: He had a jocose jack-o'-lantern grin, big crooked nicotine-stained teeth, and a full droopy dark moustache and wiry whiskers hiding a weak chin. (attributive use) 2. A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween. 3. A will o' the wisp. Labels: archaic Example: [Newspaper speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian
Word: jack-o'-lanterns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jack-o'-lantern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foo fighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foo, either a nonce word or a corruption of the French word feu (“fire”), + fighter (“type of aircraft”). 1. Any of various unidentified flying objects, as reported by Allied pilots during World War II.
Word: foo fighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foo fighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Men in Black Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of men in black (“covert government operatives”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: sorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from absorption; representing Latin sorbeō (“to suck in”). 1. Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: usufructuary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin ūsūfructuārius, from ūsūfructus (“a usufruct”) + -ārius (suffix forming a noun denoting an agent of use from another noun); compare French usufructuaire, Italian usufruttuario, Portuguese usufructuario. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːz(j)ʊˈfɹʌkt͡ʃʊˌəɹi/, /-tjʊ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to a usufruct. Labels: not-comparable Example: By this longobard Law the Tenant had only a uſufructuary poſſeſſion of the Fee, the Lord reſerving the propriety or Dominum directum to himself. Example: [T]he French are not ſo ſcruplous; but in the abſoluteſt Monarchy of Europe, plainly declare that their King hath but a uſufructuary right to his Kingdom, and the Territories belonging thereunto, or that he can any way charge them with his debts, or alienate, or diſpoſe of them; without the conſent of the States of France, […]