nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: instantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English instant 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 instantly From instant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstəntli/ 1. At once; without delay. Labels: not-comparable Example: When the neighbours' dog barked, ours instantly replied with a howl. Example: Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better. 2. Urgently; with insistence. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Sir, my lord would instantly speak with you. Example: Theoxena although she were instantly urged thereunto, could never be induced to marry againe. 3. At the same time. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: As if he mastred there a double spirit Of teaching, and of learning instantly
Word: instantly Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree English instant 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 instantly From instant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstəntli/ 1. As soon as, directly. Example: I phoned instantly I heard you were back.
Word: pedigree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ 1. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Good breeding or ancestry. Labels: uncountable 4. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree. 5. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pedigree Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ 1. Having a pedigree. Labels: not-comparable 2. Purebred. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pedigree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ 1. To determine the pedigree of (an animal). Labels: transitive
Word: attn Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of attention, used as a heading in letters to indicate for whom the letter is intended. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: momentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English momentare, from Late Latin mōmentārius (“of brief duration”), from mōmentum (“a short time, an instant”). By surface analysis, moment + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/, /ˈməʊmənt(ə)ɹi/ 1. Lasting for only a moment. 2. Happening at every moment; perpetual. Labels: obsolete 3. Ephemeral or relatively short-lived. Example: Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts, tenderly and truly united, club to exalt the joy, and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in, when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction! Example: Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”
Word: momentarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English momentary Middle English -ly English -ly English momentarily From momentary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊməntəɹəli/, /məʊmənˈtɛɹəli/ 1. In a momentary manner; for a moment or instant. Labels: not-comparable Example: I imagined momentarily that it was four score and seven years ago, that I had just been brought forth from my mother[…] Example: The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone. 2. In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now. Labels: US, not-comparable, proscribed Example: The system will restart momentarily. Example: He told me, further, that the second coming was at hand--was looked for momentarily in Jerusalem. 3. Progressively; moment by moment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: all hat and no cattle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In reference to cattle ranchers and the hats they stereotypically wear; also derives from people wearing cowboy hats as fashion, but who are not actually cowboys, i.e., a poser, or a pretentious and phony individual. 1. Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: 1980, Patricia Calvert, The Snowbird, Scribner, →ISBN, page 29, A fortune can be made on the prairie, and that's what me and Mr. B aim to do. Don't aim to be all hat and no cattle forever, let me tell you! Example: c. 1982, Paul W. Cronin, quoted in Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein (Eds.), The American Elections of 1982, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (1983), →ISBN, page 82, They provided a lot of talk, what Texans refer to as “all hat and no cattle.”
Word: big hat, no cattle Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of all hat and no cattle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: viscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīscus (“any internal organ of the body”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪskəs/ 1. One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen. 2. The intestines. Labels: specifically
Word: deputy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French député, from Late Latin dēputātus (“appointed”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛpjəti/, [ˈdɛpjəɾi], [ˈdɛpəti], [ˈdɛpəɾi], /ˈdepjəti/ 1. One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office. Example: the deputy of a prince Example: The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired. 2. A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners. Labels: historical 3. The name for a member of legislature in some countries. Example: The State Duma comprises 450 deputies. 4. The name for a member of legislature in some countries. 5. The name for a member of legislature in some countries. Labels: historical 6. The name for a member of legislature in some countries. Labels: Ireland, capitalized, often Example: Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil. Example: At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues. 7. a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency. Labels: US Example: The sheriff's deputies took the suspect into custody. Example: Deputy Jones was promoted to corporal today.
Word: deputy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French député, from Late Latin dēputātus (“appointed”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛpjəti/, [ˈdɛpjəɾi], [ˈdɛpəti], [ˈdɛpəɾi], /ˈdepjəti/ 1. to deputise Labels: informal, nonstandard
Word: no-brainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English no Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English no-brainer From no + brain + -er. 1. An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution; something requiring little or no thought. Labels: informal Example: Choosing the older version which was as good as the newer version for half the cost was a no-brainer. Example: "Babcock [an engineering services company with a facility at Rosyth] has new contracts for new frigates there, so opening up the opportunities for rail running in is a no-brainer." 2. A conundrum requiring little or no thought to solve; A problem with an easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution. Labels: informal Example: This next exam question is a no-brainer.
Word: no brainer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of no-brainer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: make do Part of Speech: verb 1. To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources). Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: There is barely enough money, so we will have to make do with what we have. Example: Pep Guardiola’s team will have to make do with the Premier League title whereas Liverpool will go into Friday’s draw because over the two legs they were more clinical during their spells of superiority. 2. To put into action. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Make the movie do! (Put on the movie!) Example: Brandon’s makin’ the grill do so we can get to eatin’. 3. To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose. Labels: informal, transitive Example: A poor screw-driver is one of the most exasperating of poor tools, and a trial to one's patience and temper; besides, it is of little use attempting to "make it do," for it seldom will do. Example: It is not the same hide but we make it do. You work harder to make it into good leather and harder to make it into good shoes, and we get by.
Word: grouch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/ 1. A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. Example: But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch. 2. One who is grumpy or irritable. Example: I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.
Word: grouch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. Labels: intransitive Example: He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.
Word: legislative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English legislate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English legislative From legislate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.ɾɪv] 1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking. Example: a legislative act Example: Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.
Word: legislative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English legislate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English legislative From legislate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.ɾɪv] 1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.
Word: chromic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A corrosive acid, H₂CrO₄, known only in solution or as its salts, the chromates (from which it may be prepared); it is a very powerful oxidizing agent. Labels: uncountable
Word: dichromic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + chromic acid. 1. A relatively unstable form of chromic acid, H₂Cr₂O₇, known only in solution or as its salts, the dichromates, from which it may be prepared. Labels: uncountable
Word: chromate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromic acid + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊmeɪt/ 1. any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
Word: chromate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English chromic acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chromate From chromic acid + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊmeɪt/ 1. To treat with a chromate solution
Word: dichromate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + chromate. Pronunciation: /daɪˈkɹəʊmeɪt/ 1. Any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion.(Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
Word: dichromate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From di- + chromate. Pronunciation: /daɪˈkɹəʊmeɪt/ 1. To treat with a dichromate. Labels: transitive
Word: treehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + house. First use appears c. 1867. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/ 1. A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials. Labels: US Example: so that I am high and dry, and have all the better view too, quite a grand flight of steps-a broad ladder-up into my house. The Mahaga lads and I call it my tree-house. 2. A tropical residence built in a tree, or on stilts.
Word: pushing up daisies Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of push up daisies Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pushing up daisies Part of Speech: adj 1. Dead. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, not-comparable
Word: kicked the bucket Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kick the bucket Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brown bread Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bread with a brown colour as contrasted with white, off-white, or other colours. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: black bread 2. Whole-wheat bread. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: brown bread Part of Speech: adj 1. Dead. Labels: Cockney, idiomatic, not-comparable, slang Example: I thought I was ready for the cold cook then. I swear it. I really thought I was brown bread.
Word: earthhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English erthe hous, from Old English eorþhūs, from Proto-West Germanic *erþahūs, from Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą, equivalent to earth + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθˌhaʊs/, /ˈɝθˌhaʊs/ 1. An underground chamber or habitation; a souterrain. Labels: archaic Example: There were many other heirlooms heaped inside the earth-house, because long ago, with deliberate care, some forgotten person had deposited the whole rich inheritance of a high-born race in this ancient cache. 2. A dwelling that has been built to blend in with the surrounding landscape, being mostly underground with a grassy contoured roof; it may also be completely underground, or have a topping of intensive growth.
Word: wholemeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whole + meal. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlmiːl/, [ˈhɔʊɫmiəɫ] 1. Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran. Labels: not-comparable, often, specifically
Word: wholemeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whole + meal. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlmiːl/, [ˈhɔʊɫmiəɫ] 1. Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour. Labels: countable, often, specifically, uncountable Example: Many varieties of wholemeals are made and all wholemeals have been popular for many years. Now, however, the stone-ground meals are coming into favour […] Example: As might be expected, the small white loaf was bought mainly by the smaller wholly adult households, who also purchased much more wholemeal, other brown and "other" bread than did any type of family with children.
Word: moult Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin mūtō, mūtāre. Doublet of mute and mutate. Un-etymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- (compare fault, vault and solder with correctly restored etymological ⟨l⟩). Pronunciation: /moʊlt/, /mɒlt/, /məʊlt/ 1. The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc. Example: Some birds change colour during their winter moult. 2. The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
Word: moult Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin mūtō, mūtāre. Doublet of mute and mutate. Un-etymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- (compare fault, vault and solder with correctly restored etymological ⟨l⟩). Pronunciation: /moʊlt/, /mɒlt/, /məʊlt/ 1. To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. Labels: intransitive 2. To shed in such a manner. Labels: transitive
Word: hair of the dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of hair of the dog that bit one, a folk remedy for rabies by placing hair from the dog that bites one into the wound. The use of the phrase as a metaphor for a hangover treatment dates at least to the 16ᵗʰ century. The principle of “curing like with like” has existed in various cultures historically; see hair of the dog at Wikipedia for details; the use of the phrase “hair of the dog” for a hangover cure dates to antiquity, an early form being found in the Ugaritic text KTU 1.1114 line 29, where the chief god of the pantheon, i/el, takes some for his health. The usage is in turn a borrowing from Akkadian.A Primer on Ugaritic, p. 121. Cambridge University Press, 2007. →ISBN. 1. An alcoholic drink, particularly when taken the morning after to cure a hangover. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: coffin dodger, corpse reviver, pick-me-up, eye-opener; see also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage Example: I'll be right back. I just need a little hair of the dog that bit me.
Word: morning after Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of morning after the night before. Compare French lendemain de veille. 1. The morning after a night of drinking, when one feels its after-effects and is hungover.
Word: inkling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ningkiling, nyngkiling (“hint, slight indication; mention, whisper”), and then either: * possibly a variant of nikking, nyckyng (“hint, slight indication; mention, whisper”), possibly from nikken (“to mark (a text) for correction (?)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerunds from verbs); or * more likely from the rebracketing of an inklyng as a ninkiling, from Middle English inklen (“to mention (in a low voice); to tell (the truth)”) [and other forms] + -ing, -inge; inklen may be derived from inca, inke (“dread, fear; doubt; danger, risk (?)”), from Old English inca (“doubt, uncertainty; suspicion; fear; cause for complaint, grievance, grudge, ill-will, offence; quarrel; occasion, opportunity”), from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache; grief; regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng-, *yenǵ- (“illness”). The English word would then be analysable as inkle + -ing. Sense 3 (“desire, inclination”) may have been influenced by incline (“to tend to believe or do something”) or French enclin (“inclined, prone”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/ 1. Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something. Example: [T]he present recalled the past, robed in the memories of its thousand dark and damning deeds of ignorance and superstition, and gave inklings of a brighter and better future; [...] Example: You ought to know something of French habits, at your age. You must have read books that give an inkling of it. 2. Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion. Example: If that a Pearl may in a Toads-head dwell, / And may be found too in an Oiſter-ſhell; / If things that promiſe nothing, do contain / What better is then Gold; who will diſdain / (That have an inkling of it,) there to look, / That they may find it? Example: This man then meeting with Chriſtian, and having ſome inckling of him, for Chriſtians ſetting forth from the City of Deſtruction was much noiſed abroad, not only in the Town, where he dwelt, but alſo it began to be the Town-talk in ſome other places. 3. A desire, an inclination. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: I requested brother Weder to come up into the stand and commence the preaching. But, inasmuch as he had his own notion about such things, having an inkling towards Quakerism within him,—that is, not to speak until he felt moved to do so, and this inspiration was wanting,—he refused to preach, and remained on his seat in the congregation. Example: A strong culture maintains the stability of its concepts or doctrines in various ways. One way is to convince its members that their inklings towards change are pathological. But actually the range of health is very broad, and the flexibility of the human mind is great. It is not pathological for belief-systems to change, even continuously, provided we keep them stable enough to allow adequate functioning.
Word: inkling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of inkle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: morning-after Part of Speech: adj 1. Attributive form of morning after. Labels: attributive, form-of, not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a contraceptive that may be effective up to several days after sexual intercourse has taken place. Labels: not-comparable
Word: just desserts Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of just deserts; this spelling is sometimes used as a pun in, for example, restaurant names. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: grigio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pinot Grigio, Italian form of French Pinot gris, "gray Pinot". 1. A Pinot Grigio wine. Labels: informal Example: Like good wine, if you'll let me get a wee bit elitist on you. You probably won't know the difference between a chardonnay and a grigio on first tasting, even if you know they aren't quite the same. Example: "Latte and a grigio," the waiter agreed.
Word: teller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlə/, /ˈtɛləɹ/ 1. A person who tells stories. 2. A bank clerk who receives and pays out money. Labels: US Example: Sukumar was thirty years old, four years into his bank job, where he’d moved up to the role of teller, turning up to work on time every day, counting the money, making the deposits, entering in the ledger, filing the reports. 3. A cashier at any place of business. Labels: broadly Example: In the case discussed above, for example, the employee who stole money did so by waiting until another teller was on break, then logging on to that teller's register, ringing a “no sale,” and taking the cash. Example: The young femail teller fingered the prices into the cash register at great speed with great dexterity while simultaneously holding a conversation with the teller in the next lane. 4. Synonym of automated teller machine. 5. A person who counts the votes in an election.
Word: rascal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːskl̩/, /ˈɹæskl̩/ 1. A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster. Example: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […] Example: And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […] 2. A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker. Example: That little rascal bit me! Example: If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out. 3. A member of a criminal gang. Labels: Papua-New-Guinea
Word: rascal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːskl̩/, /ˈɹæskl̩/ 1. Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble. Labels: archaic
Word: come-on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from come on to. First use appears c. 1897, in the publications of Edward W. Townsend. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmˌɑn/, /ˈkʌmˌɔn/, /ˈkʌmˌɒn/ 1. Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement. Labels: informal Example: The free offers are just come-ons to get you in the store so the sales staff can work on you. Example: He's got a come-on from New Jersey that I'm to steer to the turning joint. 2. A statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest. Labels: informal Example: I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come-on. Example: I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue 3. A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage. Labels: slang Example: When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathic apparatus and had at the trade with elixirs in which actors, their faces chalked into a pallor exceeding Nicky Arnstein's, were programmed as A Stranger, A Wayfarer, or Manson and, by conducting themselves for the major portion of two hours like overly verbose and objectionable pallbearers, peculiarly persuaded the come-ons that they were replicas of Christ and that the rest of the cast, a bunch of low-lifes, were converted to the faith by them.
Word: citric acid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌsɪtɹɪk ˈæsɪd/ 1. A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates. Labels: uncountable
Word: scanno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scan + -o, modelled on typo. Pronunciation: /ˈskænəʊ/, /ˈskænoʊ/ 1. A typographical error caused by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape. Labels: informal
Word: levigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēvigātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēvigō (“to smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lēvis (“smooth”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvɪɡeɪt/ 1. To make smooth or polish. Labels: transitive 2. To make into a smooth paste or fine powder. Labels: transitive 3. To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid. Labels: transitive 4. To lighten. Labels: rare, transitive 5. To belittle. Labels: rare, transitive 6. To render mild; to alleviate, assuage. Labels: obsolete 7. past participle of levigate Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: […] whereby his labours beinge leuigate and made moꝛe tollerable he ſhall gouerne with the better aduiſe and conſequently with a moꝛe perfecte gouernance.
Word: levigate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēvigātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēvigō (“to smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lēvis (“smooth”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvɪɡət/ 1. Smooth.
Word: face-ache Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of faceache. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: citrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From citric acid + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹeɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of citric acid.
Word: citrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From citric acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹeɪt/ 1. To cause to form citrate.
Word: quoth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quoth, quath, from Old English cwæþ (first and third person past indicative of cweþan (“to say, speak to, address, exhort, admonish”)), from Proto-Germanic *kwaþ (first and third person past indicative of Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”)). Unrelated to quote. Pronunciation: /kwəʊθ/, /kwoʊθ/ 1. said Labels: archaic, defective, literary Example: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." Example: “Pull, if ye never pull’d before; / Good ringers, pull your best,” quoth he.
Word: quoth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quoth, quath, from Old English cwæþ (first and third person past indicative of cweþan (“to say, speak to, address, exhort, admonish”)), from Proto-Germanic *kwaþ (first and third person past indicative of Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”)). Unrelated to quote. Pronunciation: /kwəʊθ/, /kwoʊθ/ 1. To say. Labels: archaic, auxiliary, defective, modal, nonstandard Example: But the Healing-one stood before the under-king, and the under-king arraigned him, quothing, thou art the king of the Jews? the Healing-one quoths him, thou quoths. Example: The owner had the power of transmitting the possession to an heir by bequest, by quothing or speaking forth the name of the intended successor to the lord.
Word: ferric ammonium citrate Part of Speech: noun 1. a mixed salt of citric acid with iron and ammonia, Fe(NH₄)₃(C₆H₅O₇)₂; used to treat anemia, and in the manufacture of blueprint paper Labels: uncountable
Word: multiparous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin multiparus. By surface analysis, multi + parous. Pronunciation: /mʌlˈtɪpəɹəs/ 1. Having two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring. 2. Producing several offspring at one time. Example: It is not denied there have been bicipitous Serpents with the head at each extream, for an example hereof we finde in Aristotle, and of the like form in Aldrovandus we meet with the Icon of a Lizzard; which double formations do often happen unto multiparous generations, more especially that of Serpents […]
Word: Benedict's solution Part of Speech: name Etymology: After an American chemist, Stanley Rossiter Benedict. 1. A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulfate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose. Labels: physical
Word: Glaser's salt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Christopher Glaser, a 17th-century chemist. 1. potassium sulphate Labels: uncountable
Word: Viagra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Marketing name, perhaps from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá, “tiger”), or perhaps based on words such as vigour, virility, victory and Niagara. Pronunciation: /vaɪˈæɡɹə/ 1. A brand name of the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction. Example: Just like any other drug that elevates any aspect or level of performance, Viagra has a pretty harsh comedown, so to speak.
Word: sildenafil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from s(ulfon)yl + -dena- (“alteration of (pyrimi)dine”) + ph(en)yl. Pronunciation: /sɪlˈdɛn.ə.fɪl/ 1. A drug that is used in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₃₀N₆O₄S·C₆H₈O₇ to treat erectile dysfunction in males, that by suppressing a phosphodiesterase enzyme also suppresses the enzyme's inhibitory effect on the hormone cyclic GMP, and that enables the cyclic GMP produced during sexual arousal to initiate the muscular and vascular changes which produce an erection. It is marketed under the trademarks Revatio and Viagra. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ellis opens a file from his stack. In 1991, he says, Pfizer wanted to test the safety of what came to be known as sildenafil.
Word: soothsayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer. Pronunciation: /ˈsuθˌseɪɚ/, /ˈsuːθˌseɪə/ 1. One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. Example: It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer. Example: The past twenty years have seen their share of soothsayers ready to predict with conviction one extreme or another of the alternative futures I have presented. 2. A mantis (Mantodea spp.) 3. One who tells the truth; a truthful person. Labels: obsolete 4. A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).
Word: conjugate acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound, of general formula HXⁿ⁺, which can be transformed into a conjugate base X⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾⁺ by the loss of a proton. Example: HCl => Cl⁻ Example: H₂SO₄ => HSO₄⁻
Word: sooty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʊti/, /ˈsʌti/ 1. Of, relating to, or producing soot. Example: Fire of sooty coal. Example: The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally. And being glazed, it was impervious to London's sooty atmosphere, enabling easier cleaning. 2. Soiled with soot 3. Of the color of soot. Example: The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron. 4. Dark-skinned; black. Labels: literary, obsolete Example: While thus reduced, his few surviving senses were at once called into acute activity by the appearance of a sooty little negro, who placed within his grasp a misshapen fold of dirty paper, […] Example: Cæsar Pinkerton is a very respectable “gemman of colour;” […] [H]e aspired to have a wife. […] [H]e therefore paid a series of delicate attentions to Miss Feliciana Dusenberry, a sooty specimen of the fair sex.
Word: sooty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʊti/, /ˈsʌti/ 1. To blacken or make dirty with soot. Example: Sootied with noisome smoke.
Word: conjugate base Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound, of general formula Xⁿ⁺, which can be transformed into a conjugate acid HX⁽ⁿ⁺¹⁾⁺ by the gain of a proton. Example: Examples Cl⁻ → HCl HSO₄⁻ → H₂SO₄ NH₃ → NH₄⁺ 2. Any compound, of general formula Xⁿ⁺, which can be transformed into a conjugate acid HX⁽ⁿ⁺¹⁾⁺ by the gain of a proton.
Word: soiled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɪld/, /ˈsɔɪəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of soil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soiled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɪld/, /ˈsɔɪəld/ 1. Dirty, defiled, stained. Labels: also, figuratively 2. Of a patient or child, stained or dirtied by defecation. 3. Having a specific or particular type of soil. 4. That has been fed or nourished with green fodder.
Word: sonnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒnɪt/, /ˈsʌnɪt/ 1. A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
Word: sonnet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒnɪt/, /ˈsʌnɪt/ 1. To compose sonnets. Labels: intransitive Example: strains that come almost to sonneting 2. To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about. Labels: transitive
Word: sonde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sonde. Pronunciation: /sɒnd/, /sɑnd/ 1. Probe; sound. 2. Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations. Labels: physical
Word: sone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sonus (“sound”). Pronunciation: /soʊn/, /səʊn/ 1. a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing 2. Obsolete spelling of son. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Francis Eaton, and Sarah his wife, and Samuel their sone, a yong child.
Word: sonogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sonus (“sound”) + -gram, equivalent to sono- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.nəˌɡɹæm/, /ˈsɑnəˌɡɹæm/ 1. Clipping of ultrasonogram: A medical image produced by an ultrasound echo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. A spectrogram.
Word: sonogram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sonus (“sound”) + -gram, equivalent to sono- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.nəˌɡɹæm/, /ˈsɑnəˌɡɹæm/ 1. To perform a sonogram upon. Labels: transitive
Word: crotonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An unsaturated organic acid, trans--CH₃-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: angelic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angelica. 1. An unsaturated organic acid, CH₃-CH=C(CH₃-COOH), found in angelica and having pharmacological uses; the trans- form is tiglic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: dining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. Eating dinner as a social function. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For my own part I preferred to remain with the ship, and I am now glad that I did so, for the welcome we received at Havana; the cheering crowds upon the quay; the friends we met and made; the dinings in and dinings out […] 2. Entertaining someone to dinner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of dine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: at bay Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From bay (“excited howling of dogs”). 1. Unable to come closer; at a distance. Labels: idiomatic Example: In that case the enemy himself could have occupied the defences of Corinth and held at bay all the Union troops that arrived. Example: These two books—of sacred, and secular, passages for memory—will serve other good purposes besides merely occupying vacant hours: they will help to keep at bay many anxious thoughts, worrying thoughts, uncharitable thoughts, unholy thoughts. 2. Cornered; unable to flee. Labels: idiomatic Example: The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay / Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay,— / "Now stab and end the creature - to the heft!" Example: For a moment my gaze traversed the landscape beneath until it was caught and held by four figures near the base of the cliff—a human figure held at bay by three hyaenodons, those ferocious and blood-thirsty wild dogs of the Eocene. 3. Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned statant: standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground. (If gazing at the viewer, the animal is at gaze.)
Word: bigamist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡəmɪst/ 1. One who practices bigamy.
Word: innuendoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of innuendo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pasteurise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/, /ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz/ 1. To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. Labels: transitive Example: Opolot liked his milk straight from the cow – pasteurising kills both the taste and the savour, he claimed – and hardly diluted.
Word: at a glance Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Upon cursory examination. Labels: idiomatic Example: This report is certainly not comprehensive; it is more of a "Marketing Division at a glance". Example: At a glance it seems that he is a nice guy, but upon digging deeper the truth emerges.
Word: any way one slices it Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Perhaps a reference to a food item such as a cake or a sausage looking the same on the inside no matter how it is sliced. Pronunciation: /ˌɛni‿weɪ wʌn ˈslaɪsɪz‿ɪt/, /ˌɛni‿weɪ wʌn ˈslaɪsəz‿ət/ 1. From any perspective; in every case. Labels: US, informal Example: Near-synonyms: by any measure, by any stretch, at any rate, in any event, at all events, in any case Example: Any way you slice it, we have to get out of here and we have to take him with us.
Word: PO box Part of Speech: noun 1. A post office box; a lockable box hired from the postal authorities or a private company as a collection point for mail.
Word: comptroller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (“account”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the spelling. Pronunciation: /kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/, /kəmˈtɹoʊləɹ/ 1. The chief accountant of a company or government. Example: So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts. Example: The terms of the licence shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the comptroller.
Word: RMB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of roadside mailbox: part of a postal system used in rural areas where several houses collect their mail from a cluster of mailboxes at the roadside. Labels: Australia, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Address: RMB 35 Beaumont Crescent, The Ridgeway, Queanbeyan. New South Wales 2620, Australia. Example: 2005, Katy Mallett (editor), Photographers, Flora of Australia: Volume 44B: Poaceae 3, Australian Biological Resources Study, page x, […] The Centre for Crop Improvement, RMB 944 Calala Lane, Tamworth, New South Wales 2340. 2. Initialism of Royal Marine Base. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of right mouse button. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: controller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English countreroller, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour and Middle French contreroleur (French contrôleur), from Medieval Latin contrārotulātor, from *contrārotulāre (from which control). Doublet of comptroller. By surface analysis, control + -er. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹəʊlə/, /kənˈtɹoʊlɚ/ 1. One who controls something. Example: The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate. 2. Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system. Example: Nothing more can be squeezed out of the motive power unit once the master controller has been moved to full on. 3. The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller. 4. A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer. 5. A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games. Example: I'm collecting player's names for a school project. You know, players just like you! That's right, you--the one holding the controller. Would you register your name, please? 6. An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. 7. The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field. 8. The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics) Example: The choice of controller is determined by the matrix verb. If, as in (30b) and (3la), the main verb does not subcategorize for an OBJ, then the controller is the matrix SUBJ. In this case the complement clause is interpreted as having the same subject as the main clause. If the main verb does take an OBJ, the controller is the matrix patient. 9. In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
Word: cyanuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic heterocyclic organic compound, C₃N₃(OH)₃, that decomposes on heating to form cyanic acid; it is a prebiotic compound found in stellar dust clouds. Labels: uncountable
Word: cyclamic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A white crystalline organic compound, N-cyclohexylsulfamic acid, whose salts, the cyclamates, have been used as artificial sweeteners Labels: uncountable
Word: cyclamate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclamic + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. any salt or ester of cyclamic acid, especially the sodium and calcium salts, which have been used as artificial sweeteners
Word: sulphamic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH₂) group - SO₂(OH)(NH₂) Labels: UK, uncountable 2. any organic compound derived from sulphamic acid by replacing one or two hydrogen atoms of the amine group by an organic radical — for example cyclamic acid where a hydrogen atom is replaced by a cyclohexyl radical Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: superhero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + hero. First attested in 1917. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/ 1. Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things. Example: Hobbes: Super heroes wear snow pants? Stupendous Man: When there's snow out, they do! 2. A particularly renowned real-world hero, or one who has seemingly impossible abilities. Labels: broadly Example: The power is out but you're watching TV? You must be a superhero. Example: Thanks for driving out here and towing me out of the ditch. You're a superhero!
Word: sweetener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sweeten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sweetener From sweeten + -er (agent suffix). 1. Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar. Example: Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm. Example: Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI. 2. Something given or added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback. Labels: informal 3. A shill bidder at an auction. Labels: slang