nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: footstep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtstɛp/ 1. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track. Example: The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves. 2. The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken. Labels: broadly, figuratively, sometimes Example: To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair. Example: follow in someone's footsteps 3. The sound made by walking, running etc. Example: The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall. Example: Hear footsteps creak the floor / The shadows give away / Someone outside the door / Won't let 'em in 4. A step, as in a stair. Example: The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway. 5. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace. Example: Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon. 6. The act of taking a step. Example: Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry! Example: God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm. 7. An inclined plane under a hand printing press. Labels: obsolete
Word: footsteps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtstɛps/ 1. plural of footstep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desex 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 sex English desex From de- + sex. 1. To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization. Labels: transitive 2. To desexualize. Labels: transitive Example: The Bronski Beat doesn't hint and flirt; it delivers. There's no artsy and safe vagueness behind "Need a Man Blues": […] The group hasn't desexed itself even to make a video.
Word: destitute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English destitute, destitut, from Latin dēstitūtus. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/, /ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/, /ˈdɛstɪtuːt/ 1. Lacking something; devoid. Example: Now, though this region may scarcely be said to be wedded to science, being to all intents a virgin territory as respects the enquirer into natural history, still it is greatly destitute of the treasures of the vegetable kingdom. Example: In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. 2. Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so. Example: Near-synonym: penniless Example: ‘Do you know how pinched and destitute I am?’ she retorted. ‘I do not think you do, or can. If you had eyes, and could look around you on this poor place, you would have pity on me.[…]’ In 1907 he moved from St. Louis to New York City, arriving as a famous composer. But he died a decade later at the age of 49, destitute in an asylum on Wards Island as ragtime was fading in popularity.
Word: destitute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English destituten, from the adjective (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/, /ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/, /ˈdɛstɪtuːt/ 1. To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc. Labels: transitive
Word: cacique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”). Pronunciation: /kəˈsiːk/ 1. A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies. Labels: historical Example: Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged. 2. A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines. 3. Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
Word: limeade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lime + -ade. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪmeɪd/ 1. A (variety of) citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A serving of this drink. Labels: countable
Word: pick corners Part of Speech: verb 1. To choose a preference (as in predicting which boxer will win a match). Labels: idiomatic
Word: corner tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.
Word: haidingerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Haidinger + -ite, named in honor of Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger. 1. A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime, its formula is Ca(AsO₃OH)·H₂O Labels: uncountable
Word: haiduck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hajduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hayduck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hajduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heiduc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hajduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heiduck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hajduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heyduk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hajduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hail-fellow Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of hail-fellow-well-met. Labels: not-comparable Example: And there were ministers of many creeds,—pastors of great, gilt-edged congregations, at the seaside for a rest, with shepherds of the regular work,—from the priests of the Church on the Hill to bush-bearded ex-sailor Lutherans, hail-fellow with the men of a score of boats.
Word: hail-fellow Part of Speech: noun 1. A close acquaintance. Labels: dated Example: that being forbidden to be bold thou shouldst grow impudent, or being suffered to be familiar thou shouldst wax hail-fellow?. Example: Losing money every time he sold a beast, wasting stamps galore on letters to endless auctioneers, frequently remaining in town half a week at a stretch, and being hail-fellow to all the spongers to be found on the trail of such as he, quickly left him on the verge of bankruptcy. Some of his contemporaries say it was grog that did it all.
Word: hailfellow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hail-fellow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: drop a bollock Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a mistake. Labels: UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar
Word: Hudson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hudd + -son. Doublet of Hutson. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌd.sən/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hudson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hudd + -son. Doublet of Hutson. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌd.sən/ 1. An automobile manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company. 2. A steam locomotive of the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement. Labels: Canada, US Example: The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!
Word: Liffey Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Life. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪfi/ 1. A river in Ireland that flows from the Wicklow Mountains for around 75 miles (125 km) through Dublin to the Irish Sea. Example: That there, that's not me I go where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey 2. A town in Meander Valley council area and the Northern Midlands council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: Mersey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English mæres ēa (“boundary river”). Pronunciation: /ˈməːzi/, /ˈmɜː-/, /ˈmɚzi/, /ˈmɝ-/, /ˈmɛrze/ 1. A river in England that flows for about 113 km (70 mi) to the Irish Sea at Liverpool.
Word: Meuse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Meuse. Pronunciation: /mjuːz/ 1. A major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea. 2. A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Bar-le-Duc (INSEE code 55).
Word: Oder Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Oder. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊ.dɚ/ 1. A river in central Europe, that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea. Example: From Pardubitz he passed on to Glatz, reached Breslau and went down the Oder to Stettin.
Word: luke Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English leuȝke, leuk, leuke, lewk, lewke, louk, luk, luke, lheuc, probably from Old English *hlēoc beside hlēow- (whence lew); compare rēoc and rēow, slēac and unslēaw, etc. Alternatively, perhaps from a verb, Old English *hlēowcian, *hlīewcian (“to make tepid or lukewarm”), whence possibly Middle English leuken (“to make lukewarm”). Compare also Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), West Frisian lûk (“sly, clever”), Low German luuk (“lively, cheerful", also "lukewarm, dull, indifferent”). Pronunciation: /l(j)uːk/, /lɪu̯k/ 1. lukewarm Labels: not-comparable Example: Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss? Example: Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill, cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself in the luke water, and turned from his companions; but he died as soon as he touched the water, and the warmness was turned into death to him […]
Word: catte Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cat. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: tendril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/ 1. A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support. Example: The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […] 2. A hair-like tentacle. 3. Anything shaped like a tendril or coil. Labels: broadly Example: Her blond hair was tied into a half up, half down style with face-framing tendrils.
Word: tendril Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/ 1. Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining. Labels: not-comparable Example: Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.
Word: spirally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spiral Middle English -ly English -ly English spirally From spiral + -ly. 1. In a spiral fashion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The bees always alighten at the bottom of the spike, and, crawling spirally up it, sucked one flower after the other. Example: a spirally grooved surface
Word: silesia Part of Speech: noun 1. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.
Word: Frankfurt-am-Main Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Frankfurt am Main. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Frankfurt-an-der-Oder Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Frankfurt an der Oder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ostia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parking ticket Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ˈtɪk.ɪt/, /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ ˈtɪk.ɪt/ 1. A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for. Example: It must be recognised that the decriminalised parking ticket system is heavily weighted against the motorist. Just one example should suffice. When a parking ticket is issued, a motorist who believes the ticket was issued incorrectly appeals to the very local authority which issued the parking ticket. Moreover, the local authority and the contractor to whom the local authority sub-contracted the enforcement both have financial interests in the outcome of the appeal. Example: During Fiscal year 2005, New York City issued nearly 10 million parking tickets, for an estimated value of $800 million (nearly a billion dollars). This incredible amount makes New York City the parking ticket capital of the nation, if not the world. 2. A small ticket issued as proof of payment for the right to park a motor vehicle. Example: Guests staying at least one night at an on-airport hotel are offered free or reduced-rate parking for multiple days. This offer is in addition to the validated parking typically offered guests for each night they stay at the hotel. Typically, hotel staff at the front desk or a concierge will validate a guest's parking ticket. Example: The man parked in the supermarket's new car park and bought a ticket at the 'Pay and Display' machine. He then displayed the ticket on the dashboard and went into the shop. However, it turned out that what he believed to be a parking ticket was in fact a voucher for the store. The new parking machines were handing out receipts, tickets and store vouchers whenever someone bought a parking ticket. Others were also left confused by the system.
Word: Spey Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /speɪ/ 1. A major river in Highland council area and Moray council area, Scotland, that flows to the Moray Firth.
Word: Rhone Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodănós)bor. Latin Rhodanus French Rhônebor. English Rhone Borrowed from French Rhône. 1. A major river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.
Word: Yangtze Part of Speech: name Etymology: An irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ) and 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), a former name for the lower stretches of the Yangtze derived from 揚子津 (Yángzǐjīn)(zh-wikipedia), a former ferry crossing near Yangzhou, applied by foreign visitors to the entire length of the river. The folk etymology that it means "Son of the Ocean" derives from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江 which was apparently given to Matteo Ricci, whose posthumously published journals popularized the river in Europe as Latin Iansu and Iansuchian. Pronunciation: /ˈjæŋtsi/, /ˈjæŋzi/, /ˈjɑŋzi/, /ˈjɑŋtsə/ 1. The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km. Example: That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to another Riuer, called the Yellow Riuer, ſuch being the colour of that troubled water. This is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it. Example: You will perceive that the British and French commissioners ascend the Yangtze at pleasure, and have the steamers of their respective countries at their disposal. I was compelled, for the want of other conveyance, to come hither in a little British steamer which plies between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Word: trig Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful. Labels: dialectal 2. Safe; secure. Labels: dialectal 3. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health. Labels: dialectal Example: Aye, the Chicopee, a fine-un, she were. Clean-built and trig-lookin’! None more fleet in ‘64 than she... 4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart. Labels: dialectal Example: we possess of pig's skin and stirrups to keep them square and trig Example: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…]. 5. Active; clever. Labels: dialectal
Word: trig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. A dandy; coxcomb. Labels: dialectal
Word: trig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of trigonometry. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. Trigonometry. Labels: dialectal, informal, uncountable 2. A trig point. Labels: countable, dialectal, informal
Word: trig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See trigger. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: You might as well smite that saw with your fist ; you might as well put a trig under the dam and stop it, as to practise on him 2. The mark for players at skittles, etc. Labels: dialectal
Word: trig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See trigger. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: trig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Danish trykke (“to press”). Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. To fill; to stuff; to cram. Labels: dialectal Example: By how much more a mans skin is full treg'd with flesh, blood and natural Spirits.
Word: trig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. Triglyceride. Labels: dialectal, informal
Word: trig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] 1. A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae. Labels: dialectal
Word: tribute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/ 1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks. Example: the passing tribute of a sigh 2. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show? 3. A payment made by one nation to another in submission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute. 4. Extortion; protection money. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable Example: 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […] 7. Ellipsis of cum tribute. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable, vulgar
Word: tribute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/ 1. To pay as tribute. Labels: transitive Example: Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.
Word: achromatopia Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of achromatopsia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: third degree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from 1900. The phrase, meaning "intense interrogation by police," likely refers to the Third Degree of Master Mason in Freemasonry, the ceremony for which included an interrogation. Alternatively, it reflects the practice of interrogation under torture, where three degrees of torture were recognized, of increasing intensity. In other contexts, three degrees of interrogation were recognised, with torture being the third degree. 1. Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession Labels: informal Example: When I came home at 4 a.m., my dad really gave me the third degree. Example: In the book I use the terms "third degree" and "torture" interchangeably because "third degree" has become synonymous with torture and the interviewees often used them interchangeably.
Word: 11th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of eleventh. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Final data for the year shows that suicide was the 11th leading cause of death nationwide, with more than 14 deaths for every 100,000 people.
Word: 12th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of twelfth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: MDPE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of medium-density polyethylene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: extensification Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of making something (more) extensive. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The geographic spread and distribution of any technology, especially agriculture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ROV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of remotely operated vehicle (“remote control robot submarine etc”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: ‘So ROVs are great for shallower areas, but not so great on a trip like this.’ 2. Initialism of recreational off-road vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: INTERCAL Part of Speech: name 1. A parody programming language created in 1972.
Word: action group Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of people who come together temporarily to accomplish some task or take part in some organised collective action. 2. A component of a naval task force. Labels: US
Word: converter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert 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 converter From convert + -er. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːtə/, /kənˈvɜɹtɜɹ/, [-ɾɜɹ] 1. A person or thing that converts. Example: The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration. 2. A person or thing that converts. 3. A person or thing that converts. 4. A person or thing that converts. 5. A person or thing that converts. 6. A person or thing that converts. 7. A person or thing that converts. 8. A person or thing that converts. Labels: Ontario, Southern, slang
Word: come home to roost Part of Speech: verb 1. To have negative consequences (of an action in the past). Labels: idiomatic Example: At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would threaten to throw the economy's expansion into reverse. "Will those risks ever come home to roost? One can't predict with great confidence," said Summers.
Word: crosswise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise. 1. crossing; lying across Labels: not-comparable
Word: crosswise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise. 1. transversely; so as to lie across Labels: not-comparable Example: Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves.
Word: New Year's Eve Part of Speech: name 1. The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, celebrated on December 31st in cultures following the Gregorian calendar; this entire 24-hour calendar day or (often) specifically its evening. Example: Holonym: New Year's (holiday-time sense) Example: Near-synonym: watchnight (a precise differentiation is explained there)
Word: ringpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + piece. 1. The anal sphincter Labels: UK, slang
Word: Erik Part of Speech: name Etymology: A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik. 1. A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric. Example: David Baszucki created it ten years ago along with his cofounder Erik Cassel, and it’s gradually snowballed in popularity, particularly among kids and teenagers. Example: Republican Erik Yassenoff, 38, was born in Upper Arlington, went to school there, served on city council, and, if elected, would bring to the Statehouse a breadth of knowledge about policy and state government rarely seen from a freshman member.
Word: scrofulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scrofulous Middle English -ly English -ly English scrofulously From scrofulous + -ly. 1. morally degenerate; corrupt
Word: scrofulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scrofulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English scrofulousness From scrofulous + -ness. 1. state of being morally degenerate or corrupt Labels: uncountable
Word: gawky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gawk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gawky From gawk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːki/ 1. Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement. Example: The “gawky” illustrations look as though they may have been done by Belva Jean herself (Bulletin, Mar. 1989). Example: The woman had barely come up to Seth's shoulder. Petite with curly blonde hair and a dimpled smile. Nothing at all like Francine with her plain brown hair and hazel eyes. Just looking at the woman's picture had made her feel tall and gawky. 2. Left-handed. Labels: Yorkshire
Word: gawky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gawk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gawky From gawk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːki/ 1. An awkward, ungainly person. Example: "[…] Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child's party. Don't you remember the catastrophe, Ma'am, seven years ago?" "Over Mrs. Flamingo's crimson silk gown," said good-natured Mrs. Sedley. "What a gawky it was! And his sisters are not much more graceful. Lady Dobbin was at Highbury last night with three of them. Such figures! my dears." Example: Let not the inconveniently tall, the gawkies, the Maypoles, despair.
Word: coitus interruptus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”). 1. Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation. Labels: uncountable Example: Yet in the event, population continued to grow – even though signs began to appear that coitus interruptus was beginning to be used systematically to reduce family size. Example: We have come some way since sheep's bladder condoms but male contraceptive options are still pretty basic. Not counting one Chinese invention - a small electronic device worn in the underpants, which causes infertility for a month after a current is switched on briefly - it is still down to the old favourites: abstinence, coitus interruptus, condoms or vasectomy.
Word: DW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Deutsche Welle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Doctor Who. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of data warehouse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of draw-well. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DW Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of diagonally to the wall. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: DW Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of don't worry. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Shak Part of Speech: name 1. Shakespeare. Labels: abbreviation
Word: Shak. Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Shak (“abbreviation of Shakespeare”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: merm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of man + perm. 1. A permanent for a man. Labels: informal
Word: merm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of male + herm (“hermaphrodite”). 1. A pseudohermaphrodite. Labels: offensive, slang
Word: commit to memory Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪts tu ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/ 1. To learn by heart, to memorize. Example: The poems in this collection are those that children love. With the exception of seven, they are short enough for children to commit to memory without wearying themselves or losing interest in the poem.
Word: commit a bill Part of Speech: verb 1. To refer or entrust a piece of legislation to a committee (or others) to be considered and reported.
Word: intrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English trust English intrust From in- + trust. 1. Archaic form of entrust. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For reasons of her own, Pitanè had intrusted Æpytus, an Arcadian prince, with the charge of the maiden Evadne.
Word: entrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trust English entrust From en- + trust. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹʌst/ 1. To trust to the care of. Labels: transitive Example: Can I entrust you with a secret? Example: He entrusted me his daughter.
Word: consign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French consigner or directly from Latin cōnsignō (“furnish with a seal”), from con- + signō (“mark, sign”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsaɪn/ 1. To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. Labels: transitive 2. To entrust to the care of another. Labels: transitive Example: For virtue’s image yet poſſeſt her mind, / Taught by a maſter of the tuneful kind : / Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Conſign’d the youthful conſort to his care. 3. To send to a final destination. Labels: transitive Example: to consign the body to the grave Example: And this remarkable Property of Love will ſuggeſt to us one Reaſon, why Acts of Charity ſhall be enquir’d after ſo particularly, at the Day of general Account ; becauſe Good Men are then to be conſign’d over to another State, a State of everlaſting Love and Charity[…] 4. To assign; to devote; to set apart. Example: The French commander, charmed with the greatneſs of your ſoul, accordingly conſign’d it [a donation] to the uſe for which it was intended by the donor[…] 5. To stamp or impress; to affect. Example: Ennoble my ſoul with great degrees of love to thee, and conſign my ſpirit with great fear, religion and veneration of thy holy name and laws[…]
Word: esp Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of esp.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cascade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-. Pronunciation: /kæsˈkeɪd/ 1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Example: Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Example: The silver brook […] pours the white cascade. 2. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. Labels: figuratively Example: 2001, Richard Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press The rise in serotonin levels sets off a cascade of chemical events Example: Provision was made for this cascade of units when TfL [Transport for London] exercised an option in its order for Class 710s from Bombardier for an extra 6x5-car units and 3x4-car units: these would be used on the North London line and release '378s' for the East London line. 3. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next. 4. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand. 5. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation). Labels: Internet Example: Don't you hate cascades? I hate cascades! Example: Spark a usenet cascade of no less than 300 replies. 6. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair. Example: A cascade can be added to one or both sides of the band to work well with longer hair. 7. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
Word: cascade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-. Pronunciation: /kæsˈkeɪd/ 1. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Labels: intransitive Example: Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link. 2. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall. Labels: transitive Example: No matter how you tile or cascade the windows, each window's Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons work as usual. 3. To occur as a causal sequence. Labels: intransitive Example: Child folders inherit the configuration of their parent folder, meaning that configuration settings cascade down through an application's virtual folder hierarchy. 4. To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements. Labels: transitive Example: Relief arrived at Cardiff Canton depot on 1 September in the shape of the first of 12 Class 170 units cascaded from Greater Anglia. Example: The railways have long cascaded stock from flagship routes to less prestigious services, and then eventually the backwaters of the network. In the past, they may even have passed into storage, ready to be dispatched to bolster routes to the coast, such as on summer Saturdays. 5. To vomit. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Then he began to choke. The next thing I knew, he cascaded onto my new carpet.
Word: extractive principle Part of Speech: noun 1. a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts
Word: traits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹeɪts/ 1. plural of trait Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for permanent. Pronunciation: /pɝm/, /pɜːm/ 1. Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: perm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for permanent. Pronunciation: /pɝm/, /pɜːm/ 1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
Word: perm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for permutation. Pronunciation: /pɝm/, /pɜːm/ 1. A permutation. Labels: informal 2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
Word: perm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for permission. Pronunciation: /pɝm/, /pɜːm/ 1. Permission
Word: red-backed shrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.
Word: black-crested antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A South American passerine bird in the antbird family, living in undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water, Sakesphorus canadensis.
Word: antshrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + shrike. Pronunciation: /ˈæntˌʃɹaɪk/ 1. Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
Word: barred antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, of species Thamnophilus doliatus.
Word: great antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family (Taraba major, syn. Thamnophilus major).
Word: fasciated antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, in species Cymbilaimus lineatus (formerly Lanius lineatus).
Word: black-throated antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Frederickena viridis.
Word: black-backed antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus melanonotus.
Word: Acre antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus divisorius.
Word: bamboo antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the species Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae, in the antbird family.
Word: spot-backed antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Hypoedaleus guttatus.
Word: tufted antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Mackenziaena severa.
Word: large-tailed antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Mackenziaena leachii, syn. Thamnophilus leachii
Word: undulated antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Frederickena unduligera.
Word: collared antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus bernardi, syn. Sakesphorus bernardi)
Word: silvery-cheeked antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus cristatus, Thamnophilus cristatus
Word: black-hooded antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus bridgesi
Word: lined antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus palliatus
Word: chestnut-backed antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus palliatus, syn. Lanius palliatus)
Word: bar-crested antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of species Thamnophilus multistriatus, in the antbird family.
Word: Chapman's antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus zarumae).
Word: white-bearded antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird (Biatas nigropectus) of the antbird family.
Word: glossy antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family (Sakesphorus luctuosus).
Word: band-tailed antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus melanothorax.
Word: black antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus nigriceps.
Word: Cocha antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus praecox.
Word: blackish-gray antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus nigrocinereus.
Word: Castelnau's antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus cryptoleucus.
Word: white-shouldered antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus aethiops).
Word: uniform antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus unicolor,
Word: upland antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus aroyae.
Word: plain-winged antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus schistaceus
Word: mouse-colored antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. Thamnophilus murinus, a passerine bird of the antbird family, native to South America.
Word: western slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus atrinucha.
Word: Guianan slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus punctatus, (syn. Lanius punctatus).
Word: Peruvian slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus caerulescens.
Word: Natterer's slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Johann Natterer (1787–1843), Austrian naturalist and explorer. 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus stictocephalus.
Word: Bolivian slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus sticturus
Word: Planalto slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus pelzelni (syn. Thamnophilus punctatus pelzelni)
Word: Sooretama slaty antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus ambiguus (syn. Thamnophilus naevius ambiguus). Example: The Planalto Slaty-antshrike (Thamnophilus pelzelni) and the Sooretama Slaty-antshrike (T. ambiguus) are most easily distinguished by subtle and localized changes in plumage colors of males and females.
Word: streak-backed antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus insignis.
Word: Amazonian antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus amazonicus.
Word: variable antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of the antbird family, in species Thamnophilus caerulescens.
Word: rufous-winged antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus torquatus.
Word: rufous-capped antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus ruficapillus.
Word: spot-winged antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. a passerine bird of the antbird family (Pygiptila stellaris, syn Thamnophilus stellaris).
Word: pearly antshrike Part of Speech: noun 1. Megastictus margaritatus, a passerine bird of the antbird family, native to South America.
Word: phagocytize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English phagocyte 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 phagocytize From phagocyte + -ize. 1. To ingest (something) by phagocytosis. Labels: US
Word: Maske Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin mascara Latin *mascra Proto-Indo-European *mesgʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *mosgo-der. Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ Proto-West Germanic *maskābor. Latin masca Italian mascherabor. French masquebor. German Maskebor. English Maske Borrowed from German Maske. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Bart Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɑɹt/, /bɑːt/ 1. Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith Bart.). Labels: UK Example: The First Lord's daughter proud, Snubbed earls and viscounts nightly— She sneered at barts aloud. And spurned poor Joe Golightly.
Word: Bart Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɑɹt/, /bɑːt/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
Word: Mantel Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: dunkel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German dunkel (“dark”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌŋ.k(ə)l/ 1. A type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese; Example: Recently, for instance, he brewed all dunkels for a period, only with different yeast strains.
Word: fahl Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of faal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad (“river gravel”) stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæd/, /t͡ʃad/, /t͡ʃɛd/ 1. Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: The keypunch wasn't named after a Mr. Chadless; it was so named because, as expected, it punched tape while producing little or no chad. 2. One of these pieces of paper. Labels: countable Example: Prior devices of the type according to the present invention have been arranged to cut out the perforations completely at a single movement, thereby producing chads or waste material which often present difficult problems of disposal. Example: The small hinged discs of paper, called ‘chad’, remain attached to the body of the tape.
Word: chad Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From ch- + had, from ich + had. 1. I had Labels: West-Country, contraction, obsolete Example: Chad et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.
Word: chad Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male; a virile man”). Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative
Word: capstern Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of capstan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete