nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: injective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French injectif. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ 1. Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic Labels: not-comparable 2. Loosely, having a certain generalizing property, abstracted from the study of ℚ as a ℤ-module. Formally, such that any short exact sequence of (left) R-modules beginning with M splits, or any of several equivalent statements: See Injective module. Labels: not-comparable 3. Loosely, having a property analogous to that which characterizes injective modules (see above). Formally, such that, given a monomorphism f:X→Y in C, for every morphism g:X→Q there exists a morphism h:Y→Q such that h∘f=g; see Injective object. Labels: not-comparable 4. Such that the objects (usually modules) involved in the resolution are injective (in the algebraic senses above). Labels: not-comparable
Word: in particular Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Related to French en particulier. Compare Spanish en particular and Italian in particolare. 1. Especially, individually or specifically. Labels: focus Example: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda. Example: Comparing the present picture carefully with other known portraits of George Stephenson, and in particular with a portrait belonging to Mrs. Connie Wilson, of Stargate, Ryton-on-Tyne, a close resemblance can be detected in the general contours of the face, the shape of the nose, the lines and shadows around the mouth and chin, and the eyebrows and bone structure above the eyes.
Word: insofar as Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ɪn.səʊˈfɑːɹəz/, /ɪn.soʊˈfɑɹəz/, /ɪn.soʊˈfɑɹæz/ 1. To the extent that. Example: Insofar as it expresses an expansion in physical plant, it ought to make possible the production of more goods. Example: Hasidism, insofar as it was new—and not all of Hasidism was "new" in this sense—rejected the older hierarchies of celestial palaces, of Intelligences, of hypostases, of sefirot.
Word: institutionalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-Oxford British English and Ireland standard spelling of institutionalization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: intercultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English intercultural From inter- + cultural. 1. of, relating to, or between different cultures
Word: unds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of und Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interdicted Part of Speech: adj 1. Prohibited or forbidden. Example: "I am much obliged," said the countess, coldly, who was turning in her mind the best way of introducing the interdicted list. Lord Marchmont saved her the trouble. "I quite forgot to see you this morning before I went out. Let me tell you now, while I think of it, that I gave the porter a list, this morning, of every one of our acquaintance who had the least leaning to the other side, that, in future, they might not obtain admittance;"...
Word: interdicted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interdict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interdiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from French interdiction, itself a borrowing from Latin interdictiō. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈdɪk.ʃən/, /ˌɪn.tɚˈdɪk.ʃən/ 1. The act of interdicting or something interdicted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He went off in a hurry, victim to that senseless interdiction against sobriety which closes the pubs at six o'clock, and thereby convicts the populace of collective imbecility. 2. The destruction of an enemy's military potential before it can be used. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Under Emergency War Powers Reg. 903.5, you are hereby authorized to assume command of the Normandy SR-2. You are directed to begin interdiction operations against any and all enemies posing a threat to Earth, its colonies, and its allies. Example: “Russia relies on its shadow fleet to fund their conflict in Ukraine and our interdiction delivers a blow to Putin’s illegal war.”
Word: internode Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English node English internode From inter- + node. 1. Between nodes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: internode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English node English internode From inter- + node. 1. A section of stem between two stem nodes. 2. Whatever lies between two nodes. 3. A segment of a digit between two knuckles. Labels: obsolete
Word: intrauterine device Part of Speech: noun 1. A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. Example: Types of progestagen-only contraceptives available in the UK and US include the implant, the hormonal intrauterine device (IUD), the contraceptive injection and the minipill. Example: The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.
Word: Shangaan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of Soshangani, the leader of the Revolt against Chaka Zulu, who fled to Zimbabwe. Alternatively from Zulu: shangane: a wanderer. 1. An African tribe or clan or nation. 2. The language of the Shangaan.
Word: Shangaan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Soshangani, the leader of the Revolt against Chaka Zulu, who fled to Zimbabwe. Alternatively from Zulu: shangane: a wanderer. 1. A member of this tribe.
Word: iridisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of iridization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: iridization Part of Speech: noun 1. the application of iridium to a surface
Word: Islamisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Islamise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English Islamisation From Islamise + -ation. 1. Alternative spelling of Islamization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Islamization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Islamize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English Islamization From Islamize + -ation. 1. Conversion to Islam. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isopiestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + an element derived from Ancient Greek πίεσις (píesis, “pressure”) (see πιέζω (piézō)). 1. Having equal pressure; isobaric.
Word: isopiestic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + an element derived from Ancient Greek πίεσις (píesis, “pressure”) (see πιέζω (piézō)). 1. An isobar.
Word: Italianisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of Italianization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Italianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Italianize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪˌtæljənaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ɪˌtæljənəˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one. 2. The process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system.
Word: Italianization Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Italianize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪˌtæljənaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ɪˌtæljənəˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The forced cultural and ethnic assimilation of minorities in the Kingdom of Italy, with particular reference to the Fascist government (1922–1943). Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: iterability Part of Speech: noun 1. The capacity to be repeatable in different contexts.
Word: Ivy League Part of Speech: name Etymology: From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935). The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where ivy is planted to honor academic excellence. 1. An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. Labels: US Example: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League. Example: Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.
Word: dry fire Part of Speech: verb 1. To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber. Example: Rob finished cleaning his empty gun then pointed it at an imaginary target and dry fired. 2. To draw and release a bow without an arrow loaded.
Word: black babies Part of Speech: noun 1. Third-world charities, the missions. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Jim met his wife when she was collecting for the black babies.
Word: sweating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending). Pronunciation: /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ 1. The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In its favour may be urged, I. That in healthy persons, in every case of increased action of the heart and arteries, a sweating takes place, and is, seemingly, the means of preventing the bad effects of such increased action. Example: In this early stage there is generally a tendency to constipation of the bowels, and in the intervals between the sweatings the urine remains clear, though not abundant. In the second degree, the emaciation is more noticeable. 2. Mucilage, especially of cocoa. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: sweating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending). Pronunciation: /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sweat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sweating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending). Pronunciation: /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ 1. Giving off sweat. Example: A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.
Word: moaner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English moa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English moan 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 moaner From moan + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ̯nə/, /ˈmɵ̞ʊ̯nə/, /ˈmoʊ̯nɚ/, /ˈmɔʊ̯nɚ/ 1. One who makes a moaning sound. Example: Elena was a moaner. Sex and moaning had become synonymous to Grace. She had no trouble conceptualizing sex between any two creatures capable of moaning. 2. One who complains. Labels: derogatory Example: In any big outfit, including this one, you're going to get some bitchers and some moaners.
Word: moans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: racialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From racial + -ism. Coined in 1882 based on the older use of "race" as a synonym of "nation, tribe, ethnic group", later senses (from 1890) from the use of "race" for racial categories. 1. The belief that humans can be categorized as belonging to distinct races, each race being characterized by fixed and heritable traits. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Racialism is at the heart of nineteenth-century attempts to develop a science of racial difference, but it appears to have been believed by others—like Hegel, before then, and Crummell and many Africans since—who have had no interest in developing scientific theories. Example: Never mentioning Delany by name, Vashon lambastes the “combatants” for their racialism, insisting that a belief in “a natural distinction between the white and colored races” only legitimates the racism of blacks’ oppressors. 2. Racism, the belief in the existence of different races and that some are superior to others; policies or practices which promote the dominance of one or more races over others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is The Lie of North American Superiority — an assumption based mainly on our superior living standard. […] This Lie of Superiority, this ill-disguised racialism in us who are always denouncing racialism in other people, is more than an unpleasant breach of good manners. It has deep and evil effects upon the affairs of the world. Example: Racialism and ultra-nationalism are a major part of the fascist doctrine. We all recall the Hitler emphasis on the Aryan race and I think you can visualize for a moment the Nazi propagandist telling the German people, "You are superior!" Nobody argues with this. If someone confronts you and says, "You know, I am firmly convinced you are the superior type," you don't deny it. […] So the selling of racialism is not nearly as difficult as it might on the surface appear to be. Coupled with this racialism, the ultra-nationalism suggests that if a race is superior why then should it confine itself to the limited territory in which if finds itself. 3. Tribalism, nationalism. Labels: UK, countable, dated, uncountable Example: The modern dogma of nationalism, as maintained by a class of theoretic politicians (and which might more properly be called racialism [italics in original] — leaving nationalism to denote the recent modified application of socialism in pol. econ.)
Word: radiotelegraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph English radiotelegraph From radio- + telegraph. 1. wireless telegraphy
Word: radiotelegraph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph English radiotelegraph From radio- + telegraph. 1. To communicate or transmit by wireless telegraphy.
Word: radiometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -meter. 1. A device that measures radiant energy. Example: The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.
Word: radiographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English radiography English -er English radiographer From radiography + -er. 1. Someone who works with radiography. This term seems to be more common in British English.
Word: ranching Part of Speech: noun 1. The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ranching is his way of life. 2. A ranch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At a later stage we may presume that other plants were found useful, such as the artificial fodder plants which began to be cultivated for cattle when the purely pastoral system of husbandry by nomad tribes came to an end, just as cattle ranchings will do in America at no distant date, it is said. Example: (I am taken to mountains so high you can't breathe; step out of your capsule: zam! you are flat in the aspens. Surrounded in every dimension by solitary ranchings; no sound but the lowing of kine, the flashings of cow-grass.)
Word: ranching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ranch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ratatouille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French ratatouille, from Occitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish originally from Nice, and is also found in Provence), French form from diminutive prefix tat- + touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculō (“grind, mix”), from tudes (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-, from *(s)tewd-. Pronunciation: /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/, /ɹæt.əˈtwiː/ 1. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I expected the open-air markets, but defrosted bouillabaisse and canned ratatouille weren’t what I imagined to be staples of Parisian culinary life. Yet they’ve become mainstays.
Word: ratatouille Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French ratatouille, from Occitan ratatolha (ratatouille is a dish originally from Nice, and is also found in Provence), French form from diminutive prefix tat- + touiller (“to stir”), from Latin tudiculō (“grind, mix”), from tudes (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-, from *(s)tewd-. Pronunciation: /ɹæt.əˈtuː.i/, /ɹæt.əˈtwiː/ 1. To control someone as though they were a puppet. Example: You know that worm in R.F.K. Junior's brain that we all assume has been ratatouilling him around this whole time?
Word: scope creep Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncontrolled growth in the scope or requirements of a project. Labels: uncountable
Word: hurly-burly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hurlyburly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Yaroslav went about his duties with a straight back and a firm, springy step, enjoying it all: the hurly-burly in Smolensk, getting the rustics into uniform, and, better still, the train journey. Example: His uncanny aptitude for math showed itself early. A teacher once sent young Dirac home with a set of problems designed to keep him occupied all evening and was shocked when he had solved them by the afternoon. Even as a boy, he preferred a life of contemplation to the hurly-burly of the schoolyard. When he was nine, his teachers at the Bishop Road School awarded him with a telling prize: a copy of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the fictional autobiography of a castaway marooned for twenty-eight years on a remote island.
Word: hurly-burly Part of Speech: verb 1. To make an uproar or commotion. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon
Word: hurlyburly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely an altered reduplication of hurling (“a tumult”). Compare Swedish huller om buller. 1. A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: ...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived. Example: 1. When ſhall we three meet againe? / In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine? / 2. When the Hurly-burley's done, / When the Battaile's loſt, and wonne.
Word: hurlyburly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Likely an altered reduplication of hurling (“a tumult”). Compare Swedish huller om buller. 1. Full of disorder or noisy confusion. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I understand the circus that it is," Springer says of the hurly-burly mob scene that often overtakes his show.
Word: reality television Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals. Labels: uncountable Example: Live, Reality Television
Word: tablespoonful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tablespoon + -ful. 1. The capacity of a tablespoon (a table implement). 2. A tablespoon (a measure of volume).
Word: killeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch kilbor. English kill English -eth English killeth From kill + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kill Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And he that killeth a beaſt, shall make it good; beaſt for beaſt.
Word: tableland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From table + land. 1. A relatively flat region of elevated terrain, particularly in reference to surrounding terrain. Example: One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away.
Word: meaneth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mean Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Word: openeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of open Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. Example: So she goeth around the hill compassing Time with me goes slow. - So there openeth a door, and thereat goes she in.
Word: possesseth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From possess + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of possess Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Word: tachometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tacho- + -meter. Pronunciation: /təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)/ 1. A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile. 2. A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.
Word: putteth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of put Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Word: rejoiceth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rejoyseth, reioyceth, reioyceþ, reioyseþ, equivalent to rejoice + -eth (the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix). 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rejoice Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Word: Les Bleus Part of Speech: name Etymology: French 1. “The Blues”; nickname for the French national team in various sports. Example: But they ran out of time and inspiration as Les Bleus set up a deserved semi-final clash with Wales.
Word: returneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From return + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of return Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: As a dog returneth to his vomit, a fool returneth to his folly.
Word: tachymeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tachy- + -meter. 1. A surveying instrument for quickly finding distances. 2. A speed indicator; a tachometer.
Word: riseth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rise Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Word: ruleth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rule Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Word: telegraphist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English telegraphist From telegraph + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləɡɹɑːfɪst/, /təˈlɛɡɹɑːfɪst/, /ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/, /təˈlɛɡɹæfɪst/ 1. A telegrapher or telegraph operator. Example: He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a veranda-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day. Example: But the next stations, Wamphray, and Dinwoodie, were small places, very probably with no night telegraphists.
Word: sendeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of send Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Word: telegrapher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph English -er English telegrapher From telegraph + -er. 1. A telegraph operator, one who sent telegrams. Labels: historical
Word: serveth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of serve Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Word: no glove, no love Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Employing glove, US slang for a condom, and love as a euphemism for sex. Used as a safe-sex slogan since at least 1986. Chosen for the rhyme. 1. Without a condom, there will be no sex. Labels: slang
Word: setteth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of set Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: Example: My father he setteth his champions in ring, And in iron arrayeth them he.
Word: shineth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shine Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Word: sleepeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sleep + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Word: soweth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: sow + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sow Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: striketh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From strike + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strike Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sweareth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of swear Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Word: teacheth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of teach Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? Example: Heraclitus, Fragment 40: "The learning of many things teacheth not understanding, else would it have taught Hesiod and Pythagoras, and again Xenophanes and Hekataios." R. P. 31.
Word: telephoto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English telephoto From tele- + photo. 1. Of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object. Labels: not-comparable
Word: telephoto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English telephoto From tele- + photo. 1. A photograph taken through a telephoto lens. 2. A telephoto lens. Labels: colloquial
Word: telephoto Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English telephoto From tele- + photo. 1. Synonym of telephotograph.
Word: Socceroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of soccer + kangaroo. 1. A member of the Australian national soccer team, the Socceroos. Labels: Australia, attributive, sometimes Example: While still playing for Marconi, just prior to joining Lierse, I had debuted as a Socceroo. Example: A sensation as fullback on the tour, Williams remained in the Socceroo squad for the historic 1974 World Cup campaign in West Germany.
Word: tercentennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tricentennial. 1. The three-hundredth anniversary of an event; tricentennial. Example: 2006 was the tercentennial of Benjamin Franklin's birth.
Word: Soca Warriors Part of Speech: name 1. The Trinidad and Tobago national football team.
Word: terraria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terrarium Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: terrarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin terra (“earth”) + -arium, by analogy with aquarium. Pronunciation: /təˈɹɛəɹ.ɪ.əm/, /təˈɹɑɹ.i.əm/, /təˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/, /təˈɹeːɹ.i.əm/, /tɘˈɹiəɹ.i.ɘm/ 1. An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting. 2. A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
Word: terrycloth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of terry cloth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Dundee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Dùn Dè (“good fort”). Pronunciation: /dʌnˈdiː/ 1. A city in Scotland. Example: On Friday, at a former Michelin factory in the north-east of the city, the finishing touches were being put in place for the fifth Dundee design festival, which opens on Monday. 2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996. 3. A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. 4. A town in the Northern Territory, Australia. 5. A community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6. A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 7. A township municipality of Quebec, Canada. 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A coal mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Word: unoriginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English original English unoriginal From un- + original. 1. Lacking originality. Example: 1758, William Hawkins, Tracts in Divinity, Oxford, Volume 2, Letter 12 [on Pope’ translations of Homer], pp. 418-419, Redundancies are as unoriginal as Insipidities, and the Spirit of an Author may be as much overwhelmed in Exuberance on the one Hand, as it evaporates in Frigidity on the other. Example: Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. They cannot see what it is to do for them: how should they? 2. Not being the first or earliest version of something, not original. Labels: rare Example: 1894, Joseph Jacobs (editor), More Celtic Fairy Tales, London: David Nutt, Notes and References, “The Leeching of Kayn’s Leg,” p. 232, [This tale] occurs in an MS. of the fifteenth century in an obviously unoriginal form which shows that the story-teller did not appreciate the significance of many features in the folk-tale he was retelling […] 3. Without an origin or source. Labels: obsolete Example: [I] plung’d in the womb Of unoriginal Night and Chaos wilde,
Word: unoriginal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English original English unoriginal From un- + original. 1. A person or work that does not exhibit originality. Example: Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking. Example: The originals or the creatives were more dominant than the unoriginals or the low creatives.
Word: thalami Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thalamus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thundershower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + shower. 1. A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning. Example: The thundershower poured down on us as we ran home, but returned to a drizzle after several minutes. Example: [S]ometimes, like the priests of Baal in the Bible, he would cut himself with knives till the blood fell upon the ground in great drops suggestive of an oncoming thunder-shower.
Word: tibiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tibia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tibial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tībiālis, equivalent to tibia + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪbi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia. Labels: not-comparable Example: tibial plateau Example: Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone. 2. Of or relating to a pipe or flute. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tibial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tībiālis, equivalent to tibia + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪbi.əl/ 1. A tibial bone.
Word: timberland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *tymbre-lond, from Old English timberland, tymberlond, equivalent to timber + land. 1. Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
Word: tree farm Part of Speech: noun 1. A privately-owned farm where trees, usually softwoods, are grown for eventual harvest.
Word: forestland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forest + land. 1. Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tinny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tin + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪni/ 1. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin. Example: The object had a tinny appearance. 2. Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal. Example: The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws. 3. Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped. Example: The piano was not simply out of tune, but had become downright tinny. Example: You might find yourself listening to the sound your car door makes when it shuts. Is it a cheap tinny sound or a strong clunky sound like the VW?
Word: tinny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tin + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪni/ 1. Alternative form of tinnie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tinniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tinny 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 tinniness From tinny + -ness. 1. The qualities of tin, particularly in the sense of being a cheap, low-quality metal. Labels: uncountable 2. The thin, unpleasant sound of an instrument made of tin, or any tinny object used to make a sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: tintype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tin + type. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪntaɪp/ 1. An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished. Example: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. Example: There were photographs everywhere: photographs framed and unframed; photographs large and photographs small, the fresh and the faded; tintypes, kodaks, “full lengths,” “cabinets,” groups—every type of photograph; […]
Word: tintype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tin + type. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪntaɪp/ 1. To produce a tintype image of. Labels: transitive
Word: toadyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English toady Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English toadyism From toady + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊdi.ɪzəm/, /ˈtoʊdi.ɪzəm/ 1. Sycophancy; fawning, obsequious behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.
Word: tollway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toll + way. 1. A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is charged in order to travel on it; a turnpike.
Word: tonsillectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tonsil Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English tonsillectomy From tonsil + -ectomy. 1. The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.
Word: tonsure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɑn.ʃɚ/ 1. To shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation. Labels: transitive
Word: tonsure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tonsure, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tonsure, from Latin tonsūra (“a clipping, trimming”), from tondeō (“shear, clip, trim”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɒn.ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɑn.ʃɚ/ 1. A ritual shaving of this kind. 2. The hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured.
Word: two-time Part of Speech: adj 1. On two occasions; twice. Labels: not-comparable Example: two-time winners of the World Cup
Word: two-time Part of Speech: verb 1. To be unfaithful to one's (sexual) partner. Labels: transitive 2. To double-cross. Labels: transitive Example: One cowboy two-timed the other in a poker game.
Word: two-timing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of two-time Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: two-timing Part of Speech: adj 1. Sexually or romantically unfaithful. Labels: not-comparable Example: That two-timing SOB really hurt my feelings. Example: The troubles can be endless: a mix-up on meals, a shortage of liquor, engine difficulties, other mechanical quirks, male pinchers, female whiners, vomiting children, two-timing stewardesses who steal your man, and, once in awhile,^([sic]) a plane that takes a good friend to a fiery death.
Word: two-timing Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of being sexually or romantically unfaithful. Labels: uncountable Example: His two-timing wrecked his marriage.
Word: two-timer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From two-time + -er. 1. A person who two-times another. Example: When you know she's no high climber / Then you find your only friend / In a room with your two timer / And you're sure you're near the end Example: So I went out with her for a couple of months but I didn't stop seeing Helen. I thought I was being smart—I had gone from being a total loser to being a two-timer.
Word: quack like a duck Part of Speech: verb 1. To appear to be exactly what one is. Example: If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck. Example: If you quack like a duck, then you must be a duck. If you are functioning like a local body, then you must be one.
Word: sing like a bird Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a beautiful singing voice. Example: When she had gone on a little, she began to sing like a bird, her sweet young voice rising on the air as if it had wings […] 2. To divulge secrets with little coercion. Labels: idiomatic Example: Totila will sing like a bird to the cops once I show the photocopies, […]
Word: float like a butterfly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by US boxer Muhammad Ali. 1. To move effortlessly and in an agile fashion. Labels: colloquial
Word: sting like a bee Part of Speech: verb 1. to deliver a powerful punch Labels: colloquial
Word: eat like a horse Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat large amounts of food. (connoting a large quantity of food, but not one of gluttony or sloppiness) Labels: colloquial
Word: like the wind Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Quickly, at a high speed. Example: At any rate, in my experience, they could run like the wind, but longer and heavier trains slowly but surely became too much for them. Example: Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and the engine blowing off. 2. Changeably, freely and at liberty. 3. Invisibly, mysteriously, unpredictably. Example: The Spirit Of God is like the wind. Note well that his operation is unexpected. The wind bloweth where it listeth, so that thou knowest not what wind to expect.
Word: fuck like rabbits Part of Speech: verb 1. To have copious amounts of coitus. Labels: vulgar Example: man, my girlfriend and I fuck like rabbits. It's great.
Word: eat like a bird Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal. Labels: colloquial
Word: watch like a hawk Part of Speech: verb 1. To observe (someone or something) closely and keenly. Labels: transitive
Word: hung like a horse Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a large penis. Labels: colloquial, usually, vulgar
Word: wiggly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wiggle + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiggelg, wiggelch (“wiggly”), German Low German wiggelig (“wiggly, restless, fidgety”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡl̩i/, /ˈwɪɡ(ə)li/ 1. Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements. Example: It is not easy to get a diaper onto a wiggly little baby. 2. Of a line: made up of many curves.
Word: first footing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots tae first-fit (“to be the first to visit at the new year”, literally “to first-foot”). 1. The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift. Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: volute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Doublet of vault. Pronunciation: /vəˈluːt/ 1. The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. Example: This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […] 2. The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell. 3. Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae. Example: Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long. 4. The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes. 5. A spiral or scroll form. 6. A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.