nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scurry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌ.ɹi/, /ˈskɜɹ.i/, /ˈskʊ.ɹi/ 1. To run with quick light steps, to scamper. Example: Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack. Example: Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
Word: scurry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌ.ɹi/, /ˈskɜɹ.i/, /ˈskʊ.ɹi/ 1. A dash. Example: Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […] 2. Bustle. Example: "It is very pleasant here," replied Carrados tranquilly. "Very cool and restful with this armoured steel between us and the dust and scurry of the hot July afternoon above. I propose remaining here for a few minutes longer."
Word: ketene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Ketonbor. English ketone English keto- English -ene English ketene From keto- + -ene. 1. any of a class of unsaturated ketones, having a general formula R₁R₂C=C=O, that react as if they were inner acid anhydrides 2. the parent compound of this class, CH₂=C=O, an unstable, reactive colourless gas
Word: kimberlite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kimberley + -ite, from the name of the South African town of Kimberley where the mineral was first found. 1. A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some researchers think that the warming was caused as kimberlite pipes (volcanic vents originating deep in the Earth’s mantle) reached the surface near Lac de Gras in northern Canada and released huge amounts of carbon.
Word: pointe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto. Pronunciation: /pwæ̃t/, /pwɑnt/, /pɔɪnt/ 1. The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2007: Classical dance manages to get along without too many momentous events shuddering beneath its pointe work. — The Guardian 5th Jan 2007, p. 3
Word: Kirchhoff's circuit laws Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist. 1. A pair of fundamental natural laws dealing with the relations of currents at a junction and the voltages around a loop. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: postage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English post Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English postage From post + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊstɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpoʊstɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The system of transporting letters, and parcels. Labels: uncountable 2. The charge for posting an item. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nuthouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nut + house. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/ 1. A hospital for the mentally ill. Labels: informal, offensive Example: That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.
Word: midlife Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English life English midlife From mid- + life. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdlaɪf/ 1. Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midlife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English life English midlife From mid- + life. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdlaɪf/ 1. The middle period of one's life. Example: Twins from all the patterns of twinship experienced this emotional disaster as young adults or in their midlives. Example: Now we were writing, talking, sharing bits of our lives again, glad that both of us were able to talk about our midlives (which we realized could very well have been our late lives).
Word: Kirchhoff's current law Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist. 1. A law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit:- At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point.
Word: Kirchhoff's voltage law Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist. 1. A law showing that energy is conserved around an electrical circuit: the directed sum of the electrical potential differences around a circuit must be zero.
Word: gutless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gut Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English gutless From gut + -less. 1. Without a gut. Labels: not-comparable Example: This approach was firstly used in a metagenomic context to study the microbial community associated with the gutless worm Olavius algarvensis. 2. Cowardly; lacking courage or morals. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: No, you lied to me. You lied to me because you're gutless. You're a gutless drunken loser.
Word: predominant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. By surface analysis, pre- + dominant. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/ 1. Common or widespread; prevalent. 2. Significant or important; dominant. Example: On Lord Marchmont's return, he, too, was struck with the unusual appearance of confusion in his hall; but anger was his predominant sensation when he heard that Henrietta had actually set off without waiting one moment.
Word: predominant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. By surface analysis, pre- + dominant. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/ 1. A subdominant.
Word: klystron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλύδων (klúdōn, “surf”) + -τρον (-tron). 1. an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation. Example: Then, he must misphase two klystrons, adjusting by equal and opposite amounts until the beam energy is correct.
Word: foggiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of foggy: most foggy Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Moscow is the foggiest city I've ever been to. 2. Slightest, faintest, least. Example: I don't have the foggiest idea how to get to Piccadilly Circus on the Tube. Example: She wasn't going to get the foggiest notion about modern writing from those old books.
Word: have the foggiest Part of Speech: verb 1. To know, understand or have a clue. Labels: informal Example: I'm sorry, I haven't the foggiest. You should ask someone else.
Word: I don't know Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: [ɑ̈ɪ̯(ɾ)oʊ̯̃(ʔ)(t̚)noʊ̯] 1. Used in response to a question or command in which the target person does not know the answer to or how to respond. Example: Mr. Schidtler: Does anybody here have any idea why "Inestine" was regarded as a great scientist? Kevin? Kevin: Oh, uh, I don't know. 2. Used to indicate that one is speculating (often used sarcastically when stating the obvious). Example: Maybe you could, I don't know, directly talk to her about it instead of complaining to me for once? 3. Used to express exasperation or incredulity about a given situation or person. Labels: UK Example: The audacity of that lad... I don't know. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, don't, know. Example: I don't know why Blip just shuts off the power and then blames it on the weather.
Word: diff Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪf/ 1. Clipping of difference Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable Example: A peach and an apricot? What's the diff? Example: MrX provided close to 100 diffs presented in a lengthy brief divided into sections. 2. Clipping of differential Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: This function takes that diff and plugs it into the larger structure. Example: [Pogo:] A woman outthunk is a woman scorned and you know what's got no fury like that! [...] Mus' I tell you? It's Sunday. [Albert:] What's the diff? Tell away. [Pogo, whispering:] Hell. 3. Used to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the other team. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: tank diff (i.e., the deciding factor in the game was the difference in skill between the teams' tank players) 4. Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The output of a diff program, a diff file. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: edit diff Example: I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs. 6. Abbreviation of differential: the differential gear in an automobile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: This diff is capable of locking up when wheel slip occurs. Example: Many operators cursed the early diff and driveline set-ups[.] 7. Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: CBC with diff Example: Hemoccult emesis and stool, CBC with diff, PT/PTT, type and cross for PRBCs. 8. A difficult route. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Clipping of difficulty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: diff Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪf/ 1. To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file. Labels: transitive Example: As we move through this chapter, you will quickly see the benefits of diffing code changes to drivers, libraries, and applications. 2. To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise. Labels: transitive 3. To win (or to be able to win) a fight against another, with a defined level of difficulty. Usually used when power scaling fictional characters. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: diff Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪf/ 1. Abbreviation of different. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: I don't think it's any diff then in grade school when someone said "come on take a drag it will make you look cool" Example: Is there a way to tell it to pick a diff one by default?
Word: diff Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /dɪf/ 1. A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
Word: darkroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dark + room. 1. A dark room, where photographs are developed. 2. A darkened room where sexual activity can take place, especially one in a gay club.
Word: wittol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English witewold; likely a blend of witen (“to know”) + cockewold (“cuckold”), equivalent to wit + cuckold. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtəl/ 1. A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant. Labels: archaic Example: To see […] a wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs […] Example: So the Ifrit cried at her, "Thou whorest and makest me a wittol with thine eyes;" and struck her so that her head went flying. 2. A bird, the wheatear. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: dabble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæb.əl/, [ˈdæb.l̩], [ˈdɛəb.l̩] 1. To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble. Labels: transitive Example: The Itelians […] reſpectleſſe of gentry, of few words, for they barrell up commonly more then they can broach, and ſo may be ſaid to be like a great bottle with a narrow necke; yet they are moſt cunning and circumſpect in negotiating, ſpecially when they have bin tampering with the Vine or the hop, and are dabbled a little with their liquor. Example: If ſhe [the nurse] obſerves that the ſkin ſeems any where to be chafed, after dabbling the part very well with cold water, and drying it gently with a fine cloth, let her apply ſome common powder to it, by means of a ſoft puff. 2. To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle. Labels: transitive Example: The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water. Example: The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. 3. To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water. Labels: intransitive Example: When a duck dabbles its bill in mud, it is using the lamellae (transverse plates) on the inner edges of its bill as a highly efficient filter. As the duck dabbles, its tongue acts as a piston, sucking water or mud into the mouth and driving it out again. Only the edible particles are left behind on the lamellae. 4. To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry. Example: And now that I have finiſhed all the parts, which I propoſed to diſcourſe of; I will conclude all with a ſhort application to the Atheiſts. And I would adviſe them as a Friend, to leave off this dabbling and ſmattering in Philoſophy, this ſhuffling and cutting with Atoms. 5. To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: [A fellow of a college in Cambridge] freely confeſs'd, that he had for many Years been ranſacking Antiquity, in order to be the Author of ſome new Heresy or Opinion; and that after all his Searches, he cou'd think or fix upon nothing, but what on Fool or another had been meddling and dabbling with.
Word: dabble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”); cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæb.əl/, [ˈdæb.l̩], [ˈdɛəb.l̩] 1. A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid. Example: Sir W. Rose has works that bear painful evidence of failing health; indeed, his group of the Duc et Duchesse d'Aumale (705), with the Prince de Condé and the Duc de Guise, is quite unfinished and even blotted. The face of the Duke is refined, but weak; the colour is pale, and the background only a dabble of unarranged and undrilled touches. Example: And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […] And I woke up with my hair all in a dabble with the night-dews, with my Grandmother's voice ringing in my ears, "Remember the Thirtieth of January!" 2. An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc. Example: Happily, however, he [the gnat] is born a swimmer and can take his pleasure in his native element, poising himself near its surface head downwards, tail upwards. Why chooses he this strange position? Just for the same reason that we rather prefer, when taking a dabble in the waves, to have our heads above water, for the convenience, namely, of receiving a due supply of air, which the little swimmer in question sucks in through a sort of tube in his tail. Example: After a dabble in a teaspoonful of water, and a scrape with a bit of an old sack, in a box, which is dignified with the title of "wash room"—for the American cars are, as it were, moveable hotels, with every accommodation complete (including what, I think, from a sanitary point of view, had very much better not be there), I took a walk up and down the train, with the rest of my fellow-passengers, and thereby improved my appetite for the breakfast which we were to take at a station down the road. 3. An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way. Example: […] I was induced to quit Leeds ſooner than uſual, as the concourſe of company which would aſſemble on that occaſion was expected to be very numerous and productive, and of courſe I could not idly let ſlip ſuch a lucrative proſpect but muſt have a dabble for the loaves and fiſhes. Example: From the separate little tracts and fragments which we have last noticed, (as well as the greater works, which contain a fuller development of his views on this subject,) it appears he slighted what has been termed Natural Theology. He was content with the Bible, without which Natural Theology is a dabble of inconclusive presumptions, and in connexion with which, however pleasing as a speculative inquiry, useless as a canon of faith, or a rule of life.
Word: shore up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shore (“to provide with support”) + up. Shore is derived from Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); while shore (noun) is from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /ʃɔːˈɹ‿ʌp/, /ʃɔˈɹ‿ʌp/, /ʃoːˈɹ‿ɐp/ 1. To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure). Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence. Example: He needed something bold and dramatic to shore up his failing candidacy.
Word: pull over Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Can you pull over just after the post office? My house is next door. 2. To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop. Labels: transitive Example: The cops pulled me over for speeding. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, over.
Word: hard shoulder Part of Speech: noun 1. A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway) Example: As he neared a bridge over the East Coast Main Line near Great Heck, he lost control. His Land Rover left the carriageway and veered onto the hard shoulder before biting into the grass verge.
Word: pull away Part of Speech: verb 1. To move ahead. Labels: idiomatic Example: Schumacher is beginning to pull away from the rest of the racers. Example: As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net. 2. To move oneself further from a target, either literally or figuratively Labels: transitive Example: She pulled away from me when I approached her. Example: We used to be close, but Paul has been pulling away from me for years.
Word: columnist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From column + -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/, /ˈkɒ.ləm.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.lə.mɪst/ 1. A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper. Example: a sports columnist Example: a news columnist
Word: equilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English lateral English equilateral From equi- + lateral. 1. Having all the sides equal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Kissinger had wanted to keep an “equilateral” distance between the US, USSR and China. Under Carter, they became de facto partners. 2. Having all the faces equal. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: equilateral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English lateral English equilateral From equi- + lateral. 1. A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others. 2. A figure having all its sides equal.
Word: equiangular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English angular English equiangular From equi- + angular. 1. Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square. Labels: not-comparable
Word: solarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sōlārium (“sundial, place for enjoying sunlight”), from sōl (“sun”) + -ārium (“-arium: indicating related places or devices”). Pronunciation: /səˈlɛəɹ.i.əm/ 1. A room, rooftop, balcony, or terrace, used for its abundant sunlight, especially when used as a medical treatment. Labels: Canada, US Example: My brother kept a health-lift a few years ago... and then he had a blue-glass solarium. Example: The solariums on the roofs of the houses of the ancient Greeks and Romans testify to the benefits obtained by them from sun baths. 2. Synonym of tanning salon, a room or business used for its sunlamps or tanning beds. Labels: UK 3. An earthen structure constructed by certain ants for the purpose of brood incubation. 4. Synonym of sundial. Labels: archaic Example: […] this solarium being made for a different meridian […] Example: […] lifting his eyes from the solarium set under the aplustre for reference in keeping the course...
Word: regular polygon Part of Speech: noun 1. A polygon which is both equiangular and equilateral (i.e. having all sides the same length and all interior angles the same).
Word: reactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reactive From react + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈæktɪv/, /ɹiˈæktɪv/, /ɹiːˈɛktəv/ 1. That reacts or responds to a stimulus. 2. That readily takes part in reactions. Example: francium is the most reactive of the alkali metals. 3. Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance. 4. Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.
Word: limelight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lime + light. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪm.laɪt/ 1. The intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame; spotlight. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: steal the limelight Example: Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
Word: limelight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lime + light. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪm.laɪt/ 1. to illuminate with limelight
Word: in the limelight Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From the use of limelight for theatre lighting, in particular, for powering the spotlights which are used to put the focus on individual actors on stage. 1. In the focus of attention, especially from the media. Labels: idiomatic Example: The politician was in the limelight from the moment the scandal became public.
Word: lapel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ləˈpɛl/, /ləˈpel/ 1. Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. Example: His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Word: homemaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + maker. 1. A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household. Labels: Australia, US Example: Forty-seven-year-old homemaker and volunteer museum guide, holder of a master's degree in English, married twenty-three years to a professor.
Word: hideout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hide + out. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdˌaʊt/ 1. A place to hide. Example: They'll never find us in this makeshift hideout we've got in the woods. 2. A hidden headquarters or place to return to.
Word: greyhound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English grīġhund, from a cognate or borrowing of Old Norse grøy (“bitch”) (whence Icelandic grey, thus not related to the colour grey) plus hund (“hound”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be grey + hound. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪhaʊnd/ 1. A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing. Example: Her young heart was full of love; and a world of kindly feelings were wasted on her delicate greyhound, her bright winged birds, and her favourite flowers. 2. A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice. 3. A swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer. Labels: dated
Word: greyhound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English grīġhund, from a cognate or borrowing of Old Norse grøy (“bitch”) (whence Icelandic grey, thus not related to the colour grey) plus hund (“hound”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be grey + hound. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪhaʊnd/ 1. To leap rapidly across the surface of the water. Labels: transitive
Word: bowing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊɪŋ/, /ˈboʊɪŋ/, /ˈbəʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bow (all senses) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bowing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊɪŋ/, /ˈboʊɪŋ/, /ˈbəʊɪŋ/ 1. The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The courtier had practiced his bowing. Example: But it is not in the appearance of the fields, or of the cities, nor in the cuſtoms or genius of the inhabitants, that the country where you reſide has the great advantage over this land of darkneſs, but in the important article of religion; which here conſiſts almoſt entirely of external ſhow and gewgawry, of bowings, courteſies, and various geſticulations, of fantaſtical dreſſes, proceſſions, and other idle ceremonials, […] 2. A bending. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf. 3. A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bowing arm, the fingers on the strings, and then the violin itself polished brown, and the soloist's chin pillowed on it.
Word: suggestions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɛstjənz/, /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃənz/ 1. plural of suggestion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strikes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɹaɪks/ 1. plural of strike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strikes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹaɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strike Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stationed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɪʃənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of station Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stationed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɪʃənd/ 1. That is or which has been stationed; placed in a particular location in order to perform a task. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roofs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rofes, equivalent to roof + -s without voicing, first appearing in print in the 14th century. Displaced rooves as the standard plural in the early 17th century. Pronunciation: /ɹuːvz/, /ɹuːfs/, /ɹʊfs/, /ɹufs/, /ɹuvz/ 1. plural of roof Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roofs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɹuːfs/, /ɹʊfs/, /ɹufs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roof Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: artists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtɪsts/, /ˈɑɹ.tɪsts/ 1. plural of artist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affidavit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots). Pronunciation: /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/, /-ævɪt/ 1. A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. Example: He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court. Example: Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.
Word: affidavit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots). Pronunciation: /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/, /-ævɪt/ 1. To swear by such a document.
Word: pebbles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛbəlz/ 1. plural of pebble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pebbles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛbəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pebble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: elders Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛldəz/, /ˈɛldɚz/ 1. plural of elder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elders Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛldəz/, /ˈɛldɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of elder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wanderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate with Scots wanderer, wandirer (“wanderer”), Dutch wandelaar (“walker, hiker”), German Wanderer (“wanderer”), Danish vandrer (“wanderer”), Swedish vandrare (“wanderer”), Norwegian vandrer (“wanderer”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑndəɹɚ/, /ˈwɒndəɹə/ 1. One who wanders, who travels aimlessly. Example: The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume. Example: The bibliotaph buries books; not literally, but sometimes with as much effect as if he had put his books underground. There are several varieties of him. The dog-in-the-manger bibliotaph is the worst; he uses his books but little himself, and allows others to use them not at all. On the other hand, a man may be a bibliotaph simply from inability to get at his books. He may be homeless, a bachelor, a denizen of boarding-houses, a wanderer upon the face of the earth. 2. Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus. 3. The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans. Labels: colloquial
Word: APDU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of application protocol data unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: application protocol data unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A packet of data exchanged between two application programs across a network.
Word: p.s. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of PS (post scriptum). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: p.p.s. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of PPS. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: P.P.S. By the way, if, by some chance, you folks do manage to straighten things out and make everything better, I still don't wish to be included.
Word: body image Part of Speech: noun 1. The subjective inner picture of one's outward physical appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body image. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: we found that women are more likely to share facial images while men prefer body images and that women are more likely to share their Instagram accounts than men.
Word: Akkub Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew עַקּוּב (ʿaqūv). 1. Any of several minor characters in the Hebrew Bible.
Word: lash line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lashline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: RAE Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of right (side) above elbow (said of an amputee/amputation). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: umptieth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From umpty + -eth. 1. A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: After he retied the knot for the umptieth time, he finally figured out how to make it stay tied.
Word: anastrophic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to an anastrophe; having an unusual word order. Labels: rhetoric 2. inverted, upside-down; disordered, jumbled.
Word: deaverage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English average English deaverage From de- + average. 1. To apply different prices for a commodity to different customers (especially by location), instead of applying an average price to all. Labels: transitive
Word: dur Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German Dur. Pronunciation: /duːɹ/ 1. Major; in the major mode. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: C dur
Word: dur Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Of imitative/exclamatory origin, similar to der, duh, derp, etc. Pronunciation: /də(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of duh (“indicating stupidity etc.”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: "Well, dur. I'm not that stupid, I knew that."
Word: dur Part of Speech: noun 1. A marijuana dealer. Labels: Belize, obsolete, slang Example: He began to tell me that Marybeth is accused or it is alleged she is one of the dur in Crooked Tree.
Word: mala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.lə/ 1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla. 2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible. 3. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
Word: mala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈmæl.ə/ 1. plural of malum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit माला (mālā, “wreath, garland, crown”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːlɑː/, /ˈmɑlɑ/ 1. A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. Labels: Hinduism, Sikhism Example: His words were like beads on the string of a mala, escaping his lips in small puffs of air.
Word: mala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Western Desert Language, as Pitjantjatjara mala. 1. Synonym of rufous hare-wallaby.
Word: mala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Mandarin 麻 (má) Mandarin 辣 (là) Mandarin 麻辣 (málà)bor. English mala Borrowed from Mandarin 麻辣 (málà). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːlɑː/, /ˈmɑlɑ/ 1. A seasoning made from Sichuan pepper and chilis. Labels: uncountable
Word: tendre Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of tender. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tendre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of tender. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tendre Part of Speech: noun 1. Tender feeling or fondness; affection. Labels: archaic Example: You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre […] Example: So the athletic Magnolia instantly impounded the little lieutenant, and began to rally him, in the sort of slang she delighted in, with plenty of merriment and malice upon his tendre for Miss Chattesworth, and made the gallant young gentleman blush and occasionally smile, and bow a great deal, and take some snuff.
Word: piscina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word. By surface analysis, Latin pisc- + -ina. Pronunciation: /pɪˈsiːnə/ 1. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions. 2. A basin or tank, especially one for holding fishes or for growing aquatic plants.
Word: crisis center Part of Speech: noun 1. a place staffed by volunteers who give help and advice to people experiencing difficulties Labels: US
Word: pagar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay pagar. 1. A fence, in parts of Asia. Labels: obsolete Example: The pagars, or fences, are about six feet high, and the bars about fifteen inches one above the other; […]
Word: nen Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /nɛn/ 1. none Labels: Geordie
Word: lana Part of Speech: noun 1. The tree Genipa americana.
Word: festa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Maltese festa. Doublet of fete, fiesta, feast, and fest. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstə/ 1. A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.
Word: academic freedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German akademische Freiheit. First attested in English in 1901. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk ˈfɹiː.dm̩/, /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk ˈfɹi.dm̩/ 1. The right to teach, learn, and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of celluloid. Pronunciation: /sɛl/ 1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. Example: After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney, then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.
Word: cel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of celibate. Pronunciation: /sɛl/ 1. Clipping of celibacy or celibate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: marine climate Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively mild climate moderated by the presence of a large body of water.
Word: -ac Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From French -acque, from New Latin -acus, from Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós, “-ic”). Related to -ic and -y. Pronunciation: /æk/ 1. One affected with. Labels: morpheme 2. Of, belonging to. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ac Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From acetic acid, which is used in the synthesis of many of these compounds. Pronunciation: /æk/ 1. Used to form the names of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are derivatives of acetic acid. Labels: morpheme Example: ketorolac
Word: dump truck Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpˌtɹʌk/, /ˈdʌmpˌt͡ʃɹʌk/ 1. A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo (e.g., soil, gravel, grain), having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground via dumping. Example: Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs). 2. A large pair of buttocks. Labels: slang
Word: -age Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic. Pronunciation: /ɪd͡ʒ/, /əd͡ʒ/, /eːdʒ/, /ɑː(d)ʒ/ 1. Forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: word + -age → wordage 2. Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: block + -age → blockage Example: marry + -age → marriage 3. Forming nouns of a relationship or state. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: bond + -age → bondage Example: marry + -age → marriage 4. Forming nouns indicating a place. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: orphan + -age → orphanage Example: hermit + -age → hermitage 5. Forming nouns indicating a charge, fee, or toll. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: post + -age → postage Example: broker + -age → brokerage 6. Forming nouns indicating a rate. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: percent + -age → percentage Example: mile + -age → mileage 7. Forming nouns of a unit of measure. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: volt + -age → voltage Example: foot + -age → footage
Word: aerial ping pong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the football going up and down the ground by long high kicks. (Reference: Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University). 1. Australian rules football. Labels: derogatory, humorous, sometimes, uncountable Example: 'Australian Rules draws bigger crowds in Melbourne than Rugby in Sydney.' 'What?' Sydney Sam would say, 'that's not football, mate, it's aerial ping-pong.'
Word: relying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rely Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: historians Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɪˈstɔːɹɪənz/, /hɪˈstɔɹi.ənz/ 1. plural of historian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of base Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: basing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪŋ/ 1. The storage or housing of something within a base. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Incidental revenues from sales and repairs and practically all ground expense were recorded as applicable to a particular station and then prorated to individual routes on the basis of arrivals, departures, and basings of equipment. Example: In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves.
Word: biases Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.ə.sɪz/, /ˈbaɪ.ə.səz/, /ˈbaɪəˌsiːz/ 1. plural of bias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biases Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.ə.sɪz/, /ˈbaɪ.ə.səz/, /ˈbaɪəˌsiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bias Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interlinking Part of Speech: adj 1. Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
Word: interlinking Part of Speech: noun 1. A linking between things or concepts; an interconnection. Example: We here see that the interlinkings between Orthopters and Neuropters began in the Paleozoic. It is probable that such comprehensive or intermediate forms were more numerous in the past than they now are.
Word: experimenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of experiment Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: experimenting Part of Speech: noun 1. experimentation Example: Still others were not especially interested in these experimentings with group exercises and rituals, but saw no problem with Ronnie and others engaging in that work.
Word: deleted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of delete Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deleted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been deleted or eliminated; absent from the final version. Example: the movie's deleted scenes 2. Killed or murdered. Labels: slang
Word: oxbow lake Part of Speech: noun 1. A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated. Example: Near-synonym: billabong (Australia) Example: Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.
Word: diatonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French diatonique or Late Latin diatonicus, ultimately from Ancient Greek διατονικός (diatonikós), in the phrase [γένος (génos, “type, genus”)] διατονικός (diatonikós) (in reference to the diatonic tetrachord, and in contrast to the chromatic and enharmonic tetrachords), from διάτονος (diátonos) (διά (diá) + τόνος (tónos)), of disputed etymology, as both components are ambiguous. Most plausibly, διάτονος (diátonos) refers to “stretched intervals”, as the intervals of the diatonic tetrachord are the most evenly distributed or “stretched out”, compared to the chromatic and enharmonic tetrads, which use smaller, more crowded together intervals. Compare pyknon, from πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compressed”), referring to the lower part of the non-diatonic tetrachords: the diatonic tetrachord has widely spaced notes (“stretched out”), while the other tetrachords have a closely spaced notes (“compressed”). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈtɒnɪk/, /ˌdaɪəˈtɑnɪk/ 1. Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales. Labels: not-comparable
Word: teiid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards. Labels: not-comparable
Word: teiid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any lizard in the family Teiidae. Example: The teiids we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Example: As in our study, he found that taxonomic groups cluster together in morphospace (i.e. iguanians together, teiids and varanids together).
Word: Maritimes Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹɪˌtaɪmz/ 1. Synonym of Maritime provinces: A geographic region of Canada comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There are surprisingly many universities in the Maritimes.
Word: eliminable Part of Speech: adj 1. able to be eliminated.
Word: ineliminable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English eliminable English ineliminable From in- + eliminable. 1. Unable to be eliminated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although ignorance of disability probably exaggerated the physical suffering of most people with disabilities in the minds of people without disabilities, the importance of ineliminable suffering must not be overlooked. Example: In feminist thinking the masculine pronoun carries an ineliminable reference to the male sex, and therefore must be applied only to males.
Word: eliminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of eliminate Labels: form-of, participle, past