nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bodyboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bodyboard + -ing. 1. A water sport, similar to surfing, in which one kneels or lies on a bodyboard and is carried by breaking waves. Labels: uncountable
Word: bodyboarding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bodyboard + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of bodyboard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bodyboarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bodyboard + -er or body + boarder. 1. Someone who bodyboards.
Word: aerial runway Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of zipline.
Word: ciguatoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ciguatera + toxin. 1. Any of several closely related toxins, having a complex structure including a row of thirteen connected heterocyclic rings, produced by algae that are eaten by many fish; causes ciguatera poisoning in humans.
Word: pharmacophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pharmaco- + -phore. 1. The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity
Word: BASE jumping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From BASE (“Building, Antenna, Span, Earth”) + jumping, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump. 1. An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute. Labels: uncountable
Word: BASE jumping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From BASE (“Building, Antenna, Span, Earth”) + jumping, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump. 1. present participle and gerund of BASE jump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parapluie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French parapluie. 1. An umbrella. Labels: uncommon Example: It has poured all this Day withᵒᵘᵗ a moment’s interruption or even Abatement, but with yᵉ help of Pattins & Parapluies we got to yᵉ Well. Example: St. Vincent Ferrier, who is ſaying maſs at Vannes, ſearches for his gloves and his parapluie in Rome, without his abſence being obſerved.
Word: parachuter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parachute + -er. 1. One who uses a parachute; a parachutist. Example: If you want to coordinate your bathing, beach walks and concession and boardwalk excursions with the show, keep in mind that the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team is scheduled to come by at 10:28; the Navy Leap Frogs parachuters at 11:16 and a B-1 bomber at 11:48.
Word: bouncy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bounce Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bouncy From bounce + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊnsi/, /ˈbaʊnsɪ/ 1. Easily bounced. Example: You can’t play tennis without a bouncy ball. 2. Lively, exuberant, energetic. Example: bouncy music Example: She’s a very bouncy character.
Word: bouncy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bounce Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bouncy From bounce + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊnsi/, /ˈbaʊnsɪ/ 1. An excessively bouncing pitch in kickball. Labels: childish, informal Example: Hey! We said no bouncies!
Word: bounceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bounce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bounceable From bounce + -able. 1. Able to be bounced. 2. Boastful. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: […] to those who are unacquainted with his writings, and of whom I will not say worse luck, for it might appear bounceable, […] Example: That Boy's a bit too bounceable; he'll find / Swelling brings dizziness.
Word: incubator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incubate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/, [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ], [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)] 1. Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. 2. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby. 3. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs. 4. A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature. 5. A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies. Example: So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant? This gets to the heart of the institutional support problem in Wales. Example: Tech City is very big on "incubators" – places where startups are supposed to grow out of a collection of adjacent desks in a huge barracks of other adjacent desks – and on luring big firms to the East End of London.
Word: homosexuals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homosexual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homeroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + room. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌɹum/ 1. A classroom where school pupils of the same age gather for registration, or for other purposes that are unrelated to class content. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. The collection of pupils who gather in such a room. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: feng Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɛŋ/, [ˈfɛŋ] 1. The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
Word: feng Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɛŋ/, [ˈfɛŋ] 1. Alternative form of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In China, the phoenix is known as the Feng-huang; in its "feng" aspect it is a male, solar sybol, while as "huang", it is a female and lunar, making it an embodiment of the union of yin and yang. Example: One of them would be chosen by the ancient chimera bird, Feng-Huang, which resided atop of the mighty Kunlun mountain range of which Bayan Har Shan formed part. These mountains, which Ji Shi had reportedly sprung from, seemed to be a hotbed of supernatural activity. The legendary bird had a male aspect, Feng, and a female aspect, Huang, and presided over every other bird in the land ... it was known to have the beak of a rooster, the face of a swallow, the forehead of a fowl, the neck of a snake, the breast of a goose, the back of a tortoise, the hindquarters of a stag and the tail of a fish. Feng-Huang would only appear in the most harmonious and joyous of situations. Its coming always heralded the beginning of a new era of imperial rule, and bestowed the perfect balance of yin and yang upon heaven’s mandate.
Word: feng Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɛŋ/, [ˈfɛŋ] 1. A kind of Eurasian curry. Labels: uncountable
Word: contender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contend 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 contender From contend + -er. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/ 1. Someone who competes with one or more other people. 2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition. Example: In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014‑15.
Word: pleasantries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pleasantry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pleasantries Part of Speech: noun 1. A short polite conversation before a serious conversation. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: exchanging pleasantries 2. For bad language as a euphemism. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Signora Caterina thought it could. Weak, yet cunning—vain, yet conscious of having outlived her attractions—with one of those tempers which we conceive to be the true interpretation of the old fairy tale, where out of the mouth of the party proceeded snakes, toads, locusts, and other pleasantries.
Word: centigramme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French centigramme; equivalent to centi- + gramme. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɪˌɡɹæm/ 1. Alternative spelling of centigram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pilgrims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pilgrim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Boise Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French la rivière boisée (“the wooded river”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪsiː/ 1. A river in Idaho; flowing 102 miles from the confluence of the North and Middle forks in the Sawtooth Range into the Snake near Parma. 2. The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river. 3. A ghost town in Texas.
Word: Boise Part of Speech: name 1. An English habitational surname from Old French, a variant of Boyce. 2. A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon; named for American judge Reuben P. Boise.
Word: Denver Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛnvɚ/ 1. A number of places in the United States: Example: (informal) Example: Mrs. Eisenhower said she was not disappointed at the rainy weather in Denver during her visit, and said, in fact, she hoped to return to the Mile High City soon. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 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 community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. 17. A town in the Shire of Hepburn and the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia. 18. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6101). 19. An English surname from Old English. 20. A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
Word: Little Rock Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from a rock formation on the Arkansas River, where the city is located, called the "Little Rock", which was used by early river traffic as a landmark. It is also a calque of French La Petite-Roche, the original name of the rock formation. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəl ˌɹɒk/ 1. The capital city of Arkansas, United States, and county seat of Pulaski County.
Word: Lansing Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlænsɪŋ/ 1. The capital city of Michigan, United States, in Ingham County. 2. Other places in the United States: 3. Other places in the United States: 4. Other places in the United States: 5. Other places in the United States: 6. Other places in the United States: 7. Other places in the United States: 8. Other places in the United States: 9. Other places in the United States: 10. Other places in the United States: 11. Other places in the United States: 12. Other places in the United States: 13. A neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 14. A surname.
Word: Oklahoma City Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Oklahoma, United States, and the county seat of Oklahoma County.
Word: Carson City Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Nevada, United States. It is an independent city, and the former Ormsby County was merged with the city in 1969. 2. A small city in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
Word: flugelhorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flugelhorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Costain gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A gun that fired a small rocket with a line attached, used to rig a breeches buoy.
Word: instead of Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English in stede of, in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), equivalent to in + stead + of (cf. in one's stead). Cognate with Saterland Frisian insteede, ansteede (“instead of”), West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), Dutch instede (“instead of”), German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), Danish i stedet (“instead of”). 1. In lieu of; in place of; rather than. Example: He walked to school instead of taking the car. Example: I wish I were rich instead of poor.
Word: octarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octo- + -archy, on the pattern of heptarchy etc. 1. A group of eight states. 2. A government of eight people.
Word: cow hitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object, comprising a pair of half hitches tied in opposing directions. 2. Any hitch or bend which slips because it is wrongly tied. 3. Any knot which is not a recognised maritime knot as used at sea.
Word: moral order Part of Speech: noun 1. A body of unwritten social mores and conventions which serve to maintain societal order.
Word: space age Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of space + age. 1. The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space. Example: Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age. Example: There are six other Ballard stories and a fragment that deal with space in the early stories, but most of them confirm Ballard's own opinion that the space age is over in the public imagination.
Word: space age Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of space + age. 1. Redolent of the space age; appearing futuristic or modern. Example: A nation on the move needed a space age motif to express its enthusiasm. Example: With its retro 1950s image of Space Age design, Maloof hopes his hotel-casino will become the city's latest hot spot
Word: clever-clever Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reduplication of clever. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛvəklɛvə/, /klɛvəˈklɛvə/ 1. Showily or ostentatiously clever. Labels: derogatory Example: The difference between clever-clever talk and the appearance of a real awareness is desperately fine, and I do not guarantee to be right in my diagnosis every time. Example: You used to know where you stood with musicals. There were the old traditionals with scores by Rodgers and Hammerstein; the clever-clever shows with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; and the bombastic 'supermusicals', with sub-operatic numbers.
Word: walking wounded Part of Speech: noun 1. Those casualties whose wounds do not require them to be moved on a stretcher but that can walk to medical treatment. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: posed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəʊzd/, /poʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pose Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. Alternative spelling of supposed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: posed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pəʊzd/, /poʊzd/ 1. Firm; determined; fixed. Labels: obsolete 2. Holding a certain pose Labels: often
Word: ignomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Syncopic form of ignominy. 1. Obsolete spelling of ignominy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Adieu! and take thy praise with thee to heaven, Thy ignomy sleep with thee in the grave, But not remember’d in thy epitaph!
Word: heteroradical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + radical; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) and Latin radix (“root”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtɜɹəˈɹædɪkəl/ 1. Either of a pair of homonyms that have different roots 2. An organic radical in which the unpaired electron is on an atom other than carbon
Word: caliginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/, /kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/, /-ˈlɪdʒɪ-/ 1. Dark, obscure; murky. Labels: archaic, literary Example: Hierapolis is ſeated over-againſt Laodicea, where are to be ſeen baths of hot waters, and the Plutonium. [...] The Plutonium is under the brow of the hill, the entrance into which is no wider than that a man can thruſt himſelf through; yet it is very deep within, of a quadrangular form, containing about the compaſs of half an acre, and is filled with ſuch a thick and caliginous air, that the ground cannot be ſeen. Example: By the time breakfast was announced, the land had faded into a thin caliginous streak; and, except passing a huge unwieldy Chinese junk, which lay at anchor, though her lateen sails were hoisted, nothing worthy of note occurred during the day.
Word: pademelons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pademelon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excarnation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of removing flesh. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice of laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Vultures seem to have been used for a funeral practice of excarnation: after the flesh had been cleaned from the bones, the bones were interred in the shrines.
Word: excarnate Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɛksˈkɑɹnɪt/ 1. Deprived or stripped of flesh. Labels: not-comparable
Word: excarnate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛksˈkɑɹnɪt/ 1. To deprive or strip of flesh. Labels: transitive
Word: hand job Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + job. 1. The stimulation of another person's penis using the hand as a sexual act. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I tried it once and she knows it ... I was screwing one night and she lay like a log and I said I could do better jerking off ... a hand job, […]
Word: excandescence Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛkskænˈdɛsəns/, /ˌɛkskənˈdɛsəns/ 1. The state of being excandescent, of glowing with heat. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. Heat of passion; violent anger. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: francolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French francolin, from Italian francolino, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkəlɪn/ 1. Any of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.
Word: embattled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From embattle (“to equip as for battle”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/, /ɪm-/, /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/, [-ɾ(ə)ld] 1. Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively). Example: If you knevv hovv ſtrong and full of ſtratagems the diuel vvere, vvith hovve many Legions of luſtfull deſires he commeth embattailed againſt you: vvhat ſecrete ambuſhes of temptations he hath layde to intrappe you, then vvoulde you gather your ſelues into one bodie to reſiſt him: […] Example: O Prince, O Chief of many Throned Powers, / That led th' imbattelld Seraphim to Warr / Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds / Fearleſs, endanger'd Heav'ns perpetual King; […] 2. Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively). Example: The Element euery night vvas embattailed vvith Armed men, skyrmiſhing and conflicting amongſt themeſlues; and the imperiall Eagles of Rome, vvere plainly there diſplayed to all mens ſight. 3. Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified. Example: [N]o ſubject can build a caſtle, or houſe of ſtrength imbatteled, or other fortreſs defenſible, vvithout the licence of the king; for the danger vvhich might enſue, if every man at his pleaſure might do it. 4. Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure. Labels: figuratively Example: Now finding herself under rapid and accurate fire from the Alabama and Washington, Nagato is embattled, whilst Yamato has to switch to partially engage Iowa.
Word: embattled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From embattle (“to equip as for battle”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/, /ɪm-/, /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/, [-ɾ(ə)ld] 1. simple past and past participle of embattle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embattled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/, /ɪm-/, /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/, [-ɾ(ə)ld] 1. Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated. Example: The lofty towers of the Castle overhang the western approach to the Bridge, and the line passes into Conway through an opening pierced in the embattled wall, which entirely surrounds the town. These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the thirteenth century. 2. Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides. Labels: broadly Example: Argent, a Feſs embattled and tvvo Eſtoils in Chief, Sable, is born by the Name of Tvvyne, and vvas atteſted to belong (and vvas confirm'd) to Tvvyne of Preſton in the County of Lancaſter, Eſquire, […] Example: All theſe bearings have different Epithets, ſerving either to expreſs their Poſition, Diſpoſition, or Make, viz. […] Tovvers covered, embattled, &c. […]
Word: embattled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/, /ɪm-/, /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/, [-ɾ(ə)ld] 1. simple past and past participle of embattle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”). Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbæ.təl/, [əmˈbæ.ɾəl], /ɛmˈbæt.əl/, /ɪmˈbæt.əl/ 1. To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle. Labels: transitive 2. To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. Example: In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause — such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy ? 3. To be arrayed for battle. Labels: intransitive
Word: embattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbæ.təl/, [əmˈbæ.ɾəl], /ɛmˈbæt.əl/, /ɪmˈbæt.əl/ 1. To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to. Labels: transitive Example: to embattle a wall
Word: embattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbæ.təl/, [əmˈbæ.ɾəl], /ɛmˈbæt.əl/, /ɪmˈbæt.əl/ 1. A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement. Example: Again, it can be drawn with the angle of the limbs being greater or less than a right angle, but they will appear to conflict with the embattles which have to be rectangular. In some ordinaries such as the fess, there must be an odd number of embattles, otherwise it will start high and end low [...]
Word: sphexide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any wasp of the genus Sphex; the digger wasp
Word: digger wasp Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several solitary, predatory wasps, of the families Sphecidae or Crabronidae, that nest in the soil.
Word: solipsist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English solipsism 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 solipsist From solipsism + -ist. 1. Of, or pertaining to, solipsism.
Word: solipsist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English solipsism 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 solipsist From solipsism + -ist. 1. One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others. Example: Some of this grandiosity is to be expected. Innovators tend to be solipsists. They often want to cram every stray fact and experience into their new model.
Word: courseware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English course Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English courseware From course + -ware. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹswɛɹ/ 1. Educational software or documents in computerized form that facilitate course-based learning and teaching. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To access integrated courseware simply click launch courseware. Clicking launch courseware will take you to the publisher's website via single sign-on or SSO.
Word: sphexish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sphex (“sand wasp of Sphex or an allied genus”) + -ish (suffix meaning ‘being like, similar to, typical of’), coined by the American scientist and scholar of comparative literature Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945) in a September 1982 “Metamagical Themas” column in Scientific American, after a study of the behaviour of sphexide wasps. Sphex is derived from Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”), either from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”) or a Pre-Greek word. Pronunciation: /ˈsfɛksɪʃ/ 1. Of animal behaviour: deterministic, preprogrammed. Example: Is this the top of the pinnacle then? Or is it just the top of our pinnacle, the point at which we reveal our sphexish streak and flounder about foolishly in the face of higher thought? Example: [A] sphexish creature in unusual circumstances may seem to be under the control of a malevolent puppet-master. A reliable sign that behaviour is sphexish is that the creature persists with it in circumstances that render it futile, rather as my first electronic typewriter would go on furiously hammering away with its daisy-wheel after the paper supply had run out.
Word: quarreler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quarrel + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔɹəlɜɹ/, /ˈkwɒɹəlɜɹ/ 1. One who quarrels or is disposed to do so. An arguer or disputer.
Word: quarrelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quarreler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finderlist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finder + list. 1. A list of words in one language together with, for each word, a list of words (or glosses) in the second language that have the same or related meanings.
Word: prodigal son Part of Speech: noun Etymology: With reference to Luke 15:11–32. 1. Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behavior. Example: Here I am, the prodigal son The self proclaimed deprived Spending hours of fighting the peace When I should lay it on the line Example: Don’t look back in anger—Oasis, the prodigal sons of Brit-pop, is returning. After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website. 2. A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).
Word: impennous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin prefix im- (“not”) and penna (“wing, feather”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛnəs/ 1. Lacking wings. Labels: not-comparable Example: an impennous insect
Word: scoriac Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to scoria. Labels: not-comparable Example: She sank beneath the surface, the scoriac waters not splashing, not leaping up, but opening to take her.
Word: corpsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corps + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/, /ˈkɔː(ɹ)zmən/ 1. A hospital corpsman. Labels: US Example: The corpsman prescribed Motrin to the sick marine for his symptoms. Example: “I love talking on the phone!” said Kate, a college student and corpsman in the Navy Reserve. “If someone’s like, ‘Do you want to text?’ ‘No! Call me. I want to hear your voice.’” 2. An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic. Labels: US, obsolete 3. A military medic. Labels: nonstandard
Word: conceptus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”). 1. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
Word: ascot Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of ascot tie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Mr Carlyle listened to the faithful catalogue of his possessions. His fetter-and-link albert of gold and platinum was minutely described. His spotted blue ascot, with its gentlemanly pearl scarfpin, was set forth, and the fact that the buttonhole in the left lapel of his morning coat showed signs of use was duly noted.
Word: ascot tie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Traditionally worn at the Ascot races in Ascot, England. 1. A type of cravat or necktie with a narrow neckband and wide wings laid one across the other. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
Word: mumchance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”), from Old French momen (“mask”) and chance (“game of chance”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.tʃɑːns/, /ˈmʌm.t͡ʃæns/ 1. Mute, or not speaking; silent. Example: There is something exceedingly unpleasant in being obliged to answer "No," to a traveller's "Pray, Sir, were you ever abroad?" and to sit mum-chance all the time that he is running over the "grimoire" of outlandish technicalities. For my own part, I am convinced that man is, par excellence, a travelling animal; [...] Example: I wrote Miss Crane off as mediocre because although she chatted quite pleasantly and intelligently over coffee she was mostly mumpchance at the dinner table. Oh, not mumpchance tout court.
Word: mumchance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”), from Old French momen (“mask”) and chance (“game of chance”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.tʃɑːns/, /ˈmʌm.t͡ʃæns/ 1. An old game of chance played with cards in silence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Taker oꝛ the Verſer is the man muſt play with him, the Cardes are fetch, Mumchance oꝛ Decoy is the game: the firſt wager is Wine, the ſecond two pence in money, from two pence they riſe to a ſhilling, from that to a pound, […] Example: Bear and wolf, look to your prisoner—prance, hobby—hiss, dragon, and halloo, boys—we grow older every moment we stand idle, and life is too short to be spent in playing mumchance. 2. A silent, stupid person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'm not such a mumchance, to be sure, but I've as good a fortune
Word: silly straw Part of Speech: noun 1. A drinking straw with a fixed, amusing shape that includes loops. Example: 2003 March, Jeff Westbrook, "Teenage Mutant Leela Hurdles", episode 63, Futurama Turanga Morris: Now, let's all have some tequila to celebrate! Leela: Dad! I'm underage! Turanga Morris: Ah, right. Here's a silly straw.
Word: gushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gush Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gushy From gush + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌʃi/ 1. Gushing; effusive and often emotional. 2. Tending to gush, to produce a large flow of liquid. Labels: uncommon Example: Spouting water: Early Hawaiians named this l l/2-mile strip of coast Waikiki, or “spouting water,” its inland part a swamp nurtured by descending mountain streams and gushy spring waters. As early as the 1400s, Hawaiians utilized this water ... Example: Off with my beige bikini set, then he parted my legs and went straight for the gushy pussy and gushy it was. I was seeping like a loose faucet.
Word: white tie Part of Speech: noun 1. The most formal kind of eveningwear for men, consisting of an evening tailcoat, trousers with strips of braid down the side seams, white stiff-fronted shirt, white bow tie and waistcoat with or without sash. Labels: uncountable 2. A dress code specifying white tie for men and ball gown or evening dress for women, or, alternatively, full military dress or national costume. Labels: uncountable Example: You are cordially invited to dinner with His Excellency the President. Dress: White Tie.
Word: black tie Part of Speech: noun 1. A black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket. Labels: countable 2. Evening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume. Labels: uncountable Example: You are cordially invited to the Social Club's tenth Anniversary Celebration of its Brick-and-Mortar Building. Dress: Black Tie and White Tie are encouraged, but optional. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, tie. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tailcoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + coat. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪlkoʊt/ 1. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat. 2. Any coat with similar tails.
Word: tokenizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tokenize + -er. 1. A system that parses an input stream into its component tokens.
Word: morning dress Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman's dress designed for informal day wear. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. Clothing to be worn in the morning or daytime, as opposed to the evening; now (specifically), a man's formal suit consisting of a (usually) dark grey morning coat, waistcoat and striped trousers accompanied with a top hat, white shirt and tie or cravat. Labels: uncountable Example: Morning dress can be worn up to 5:00 pm.
Word: canonicalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English canonical 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 canonicalize From canonical + -ize. 1. To convert (data) into canonical form. Labels: transitive
Word: serialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English serial 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 serialize From serial + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹiəlaɪz/, /ˈsɪəɹiəlaɪz/ 1. To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as a sequence of shorter works with a common story. Labels: transitive 2. To publish (a book, play, etc.) in regular instalments, e.g. in a magazine. Labels: transitive 3. To convert an object into a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties. Labels: transitive
Word: bugger off Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”. 1. Go away. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar 2. An expression of disagreement or disbelief. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar Example: Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?
Word: bugger off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”. 1. To leave, go away, disappear. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar Example: We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.
Word: Raghda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic رَغْدَة (raḡda, “pleasant, happy life”). The name is more common in North African countries. 1. A female given name from Arabic.
Word: datary Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəɹi/ 1. an officer in the Roman Catholic Church who dispensed benefices
Word: fast asleep Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The original sense of fast in this term is the "firmly gripped or anchored" sense, thus as if stuck fast (embedded firmly) in sleep, but the homonymy with fast as in "quickly" happens to dovetail with the fact that a very tired person will archetypally fall asleep quickly, which tends to color this term with a connotation of falling asleep both quickly and deeply. 1. Synonym of sound asleep. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: can opener Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to open tin cans, usually by slicing the lid off. 2. A shoulder hit to the chest, usually accomplished while moving from a crouched to a standing position. 3. A tool for safe-cracking. Labels: slang Example: Even the work of opening a safe with nitroglycerine or with a can opener places the criminal in a state of nervous tension. Example: “I wonder why they didn't use 'soup' (nitroglycerine) snuffing the drum (blowing safe) instead of a 'can-opener,” (3 ft. steel rod, pointed one end to punch starting hole in bottom of safe, other end shaped like a can opener to peal^([sic]) the bottom of safe open.) commented McLaughlin? ^([sic]) 4. A ramming maneuver, that opens up the target ship like a tin can. Labels: slang 5. An anti-tank munition or attack vehicle, that opens up armour like a tin can. Labels: slang
Word: Bamako Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bambara Bamakɔ. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑməkoʊ/, /bəˈmɑkoʊ/ 1. The capital city of Mali.
Word: Abuja Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈbuːd͡ʒə/ 1. The capital city of Nigeria; lying in the Federal Capital Territory in the North Central geopolitical zone. Example: Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, rises out of the Sahel like a modernist apparition. The avenues are clean and broad, and the government buildings are imposing, with that soulless and vaguely fascistic air common to capital cities from Washington, D.C., to Brasília. Example: Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.
Word: Apia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Samoan Apia. 1. The capital city of Samoa.
Word: Basseterre Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bæsˈtɛə(ɹ)/ 1. The capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Word: Castries Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkæstɹiːz/ 1. The capital city of Saint Lucia.
Word: Dakar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Wolof daqaar (“tamarind”). Pronunciation: /dæˈkɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈdækɑː(ɹ)/, /dɑˈkɑɚ/ 1. The capital city of Senegal.
Word: Doha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الدَّوْحَة (ad-dawḥa). Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊ.hɑː/, /ˈdoʊ.hɑː/, /ˈdoʊ.ə/ 1. The capital and largest city of Qatar.
Word: Fagatogo Part of Speech: name 1. The capital of American Samoa, United States.
Word: Freetown Part of Speech: name Etymology: From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/ 1. The capital city of Sierra Leone. Example: Nearly 17,000 tons of this were accounted for by the haulage of chrome ore from the mine at Hangha to Freetown, a distance of 187½ miles, for shipment. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 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 village in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. 12. A locality on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
Word: Kingstown Part of Speech: name Etymology: From king's + town, in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton. 1. The capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 2. A rural village in Uralla Shire, New England region, New South Wales, Australia. 3. A townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. 4. The former name of Dún Laoghaire, a suburban coastal town in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, after it was renamed from Dunleary. Labels: historical 5. A census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. 6. A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. 7. A northern suburb of Carlisle, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, partly in Kingmoor parish, and previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3959).
Word: Koror Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from an earlier form of Palauan Oreor (“Koror”), which started with /q/ or /x/ in earlier Palauan (cf. the form Goreor recorded by the 1908-10 Hamburg South Sea Expedition). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːɹə/, /ˈkɔɹɚ/ 1. the former capital and largest city of Palau
Word: Lilongwe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Chichewa Lilongwe. Pronunciation: /lɪˈlɒŋw(e)ɪ/, /ləˈlɑŋwi/, /lɪˈlɔŋweɪ/ 1. A city, the capital city of Malawi.
Word: Lomé Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Lomé, from Ewe alotimé (“in the middle of the alo plants”). Pronunciation: /loʊˈmeɪ/ 1. The capital city of Togo.
Word: Majuro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Marshallese Mājro. Pronunciation: /ˈmæd͡ʒəɹoʊ/, /məˈd͡ʒʊɹoʊ/, /ˈmæd͡ʒəɹəʊ/, /məˈd͡ʒʊəɹəʊ/ 1. An atoll, the capital city of the Marshall Islands.
Word: Managua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Managua. 1. The capital and largest city of Nicaragua. 2. A department of Nicaragua.
Word: tentatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tentative Middle English -ly English -ly English tentatively From tentative + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛntətɪvli/ 1. In a tentative manner. Example: This last activity was studied in the second paper of this series and it was suggested tentatively that the peculiarly adaptive discoördination in this and other reactions might be due to the pull of part upon part, acting through the substrate.
Word: buttoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of button Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: buttoning Part of Speech: noun 1. A fastening with buttons. Example: He threw himself as he spoke upon a chair, and indolently, but gracefully, received the kind offices of Albert, who undid the coarse buttonings of the leathern gamashes which defended his legs[…]
Word: Platte Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Platte. 1. A surname from German.
Word: chinchillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chinchilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TADA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: amorally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English amoral Middle English -ly English -ly English amorally From amoral + -ly. Pronunciation: /eɪˈmɔɹəli/, /æˈmɔɹəli/ 1. In an amoral manner; without morals.
Word: anomalously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English anomalous Middle English -ly English -ly English anomalously From anomalous + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈnɑmələsli/ 1. In an anomalous manner.
Word: angelically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From angelic + -ally or angelical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkli/ 1. In an angelic manner. Example: Yet here was this girl, who called him up to the heights of young life again: and a brave girl; and she bled for the weak, had no shrinking from the women underfoot: for the reason, that she was a girl sovereignly pure, angelically tender. Example: Which would you rather be if you had the choicedivinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?"
Word: animatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English animated Middle English -ly English -ly English animatedly From animated + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈænɪˌmeɪtɪdli/ 1. In an animated manner; with animation.
Word: annoyingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English annoying Middle English -ly English -ly English annoyingly From annoying + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌˈnɔɪjɪŋli/ 1. In an annoying manner. Example: Flies buzzed annoyingly around my head.
Word: antisocially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English antisocial Middle English -ly English -ly English antisocially From antisocial + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌæntaɪˈsoʊʃəli/ 1. In an antisocial manner.
Word: appreciatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English appreciative Middle English -ly English -ly English appreciatively From appreciative + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌˈpɹiʃəˌtɪvli/ 1. In an appreciative manner. Example: Mr Carrados laughed appreciatively as he turned the pages of the book. Example: ESTRAGON: I've forgotten. (Chews.) That's what annoys me. (He looks at the carrot appreciatively, dangles it between finger and thumb.) I'll never forget this carrot. (He sucks the end of it meditatively.) Ah yes, now I remember.
Word: appetizingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English appetizing Middle English -ly English -ly English appetizingly From appetizing + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæpəˌtaɪzɪŋli/ 1. In an appetizing manner.
Word: appallingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English appalling Middle English -ly English -ly English appallingly From appalling + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌˈpɑlɪŋli/ 1. In an appalling manner. Example: She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'.
Word: Kishinyov Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Кишинёв (Kišinjóv). 1. Dated form of Chișinău (“capital city of Moldova”). Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: World War 1 Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of World War I. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Great War Part of Speech: name 1. Epithet for World War I. Example: Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain.
Word: winnows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of winnow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: winnows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winnow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winnowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of winnow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: winnower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From winnow + -er. 1. A person who winnows. 2. A form of fan or basket used for winnowing.
Word: blogs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /blɒɡz/, /blɔɡz/, /blɑɡz/ 1. plural of blog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blogs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blɒɡz/, /blɔɡz/, /blɑɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blog Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: winnowing basket Part of Speech: noun 1. A basket used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.