nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unmuddied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English muddied English unmuddied From un- + muddied. 1. Not muddied; clear of sediment etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unreflecting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reflecting. 1. Not giving reflection or thought to one's actions, words, conclusions, etc.; (of an action, statement, conclusion, etc.) done without reflection or thought. (of a person) Example: Now what Discourse can be more suited to the Principles of these young Cubs of the Leviathan, than not to punish credulous and unreflecting People for being cheated and abused? Example: When culprit reason truant plays, And wanders forth in fancy’s maze, Thy random shafts may please a-while, And raise the unreflecting smile, But soon as absent sense returns, Our cheek with indignation burns, 2. That does not reflect light or sound. Example: […] a mirror may have picturesque beauty; but it is only from it's reflections. In an unreflecting state, it is insipid. Example: A star-ship—as the mirrors told— Put forth its great and lonely light To the unreflecting Ocean, Night.
Word: unrepatriable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English repatriable English unrepatriable From un- + repatriable. 1. not able to be repatriated Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsubtle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English subtle English unsubtle From un- + subtle. 1. Not subtle; obvious. Example: The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.
Word: unthinking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English thinking English unthinking From un- + thinking. 1. Without proper thought; thoughtless. 2. Showing no regard; careless or unconcerned.
Word: unthinking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English thinking English unthinking From un- + thinking. 1. present participle and gerund of unthink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: timber line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of timberline. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.
Word: uprearing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uprear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upthrust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + thrust. 1. An upward thrust. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Buoyancy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: upthrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + thrust. 1. To thrust something upwards. Labels: transitive 2. To be thrust upwards. Labels: intransitive
Word: steamboating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steamboat + -ing. 1. steamboat traffic Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vacantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vacant Middle English -ly English -ly English vacantly From vacant + -ly. 1. In a vacant manner; inanely or foolishly. Example: Mao gave no indication that he had heard or understood Jakob; his clouded eyes were fixed vacantly on one of the long windows of the old Ming dwelling beyond which the waters of Chung Nan Hai — the Central and South lakes — sparkled in the afternoon sunshine.
Word: vanity table Part of Speech: noun 1. a dressing table
Word: voicegram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōcem Anglo-Norman voizbor. Middle English voys English voice Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English voicegram From voice + -gram. 1. a spectrogram of a person's voice
Word: voiceprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōcem Anglo-Norman voizbor. Middle English voys English voice English print English voiceprint From voice + print, analogous to fingerprint. 1. A digitally recorded sample of a person's voice to be used as a means of identification.
Word: steamboatman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steamboat + -man. 1. A person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat. Example: When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman.
Word: voidage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English void Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English voidage From void + -age. 1. The relative amount of space left between objects that are packed together; gap. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Institutt for fysikk of teknologi Experimental values for the voidage fraction of binary mixtures of differently shaped particles have been extracted from literature.
Word: porte-cochère Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of porte cochère. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Vaugirard Cemetery was an exception among the cemeteries of Paris. It had its peculiar usages, so far that it had its porte-cochère, and its small door which, in the quarter, old people, tenacious of old words, called the cavalier door, and the pedestrian door. Example: [T]he feature of the large porte-cochère or carriage doorway is certainly sufficient in itself, were there no other dissimilarities, to attract even the most unobservant eye. […] The fact, however, of the porte-cochère taking up so much of the ground-floor is often most ingeniously compensated by making the space to the right or left of the doorway, as the case may be, into an excellent shop. […] [T]he yard at the back into which the porte-cochère opens has planned around it the stables and coach-house, an admirable arrangement of which we have more than once spoken in these columns.
Word: porte cochère Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French porte cochère (literally “coach gateway”): porte (“door; gateway”) (ultimately from Latin porta (“door; entrance; gate; passage”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + cochère (from coche (“stagecoach”) + -ière (feminine form of -ier (suffix forming the names of occupations, etc.)). Coche is ultimately from Hungarian kocsi (“cart; horse carriage”), from Kocs, a village in Hungary known for making carriages. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔːt kə(ʊ)ˈʃɛə/, /ˌpɔɹt koʊˈʃɛɚ/ 1. A gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard. Labels: historical Example: We had admirable Noſes to ſmell out proper Places, and your Houſes with Porte-Cocheres were ſure to have enough of our Company. Example: [M]oſt of the Houſes having Porte-Cocheres, and Court-yards, for the Conveniency and the Uſe of the Families. 2. A porch, or roof without walls over a driveway, next to the entrance of a building which a vehicle can stop in or under to allow passengers to embark or disembark without being affected by bad weather. Example: This killing of two birds with one stone, making a porte-cochère and a second-story balcony at the same time, was so attractive to Mrs. Smith that it turned the scale in favour of a change. Her stable and carriage-drive were removed to the other side of the house, and Mrs. John rejoiced as an apparent joint-proprietor of the admired summer-house. Example: But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, […] By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochère to welcome her.
Word: VOS Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of verb–object–subject: a language is VOS if a typical sentence starts with the verb, followed by the object, followed by the subject. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: VOS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Virtual Object System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: vote bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A section of an electorate that will vote for a particular party or formation, come what may. Labels: India
Word: voxelate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English voxel Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English voxelate From voxel + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To represent something as an array of voxels.
Word: Vunjo Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Tanzania
Word: one-trick pony Part of Speech: noun 1. A performing animal (especially a pony) that knows only one trick. 2. A person or group noteworthy for only a single achievement, skill, or characteristic. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: He's a one-trick pony / One trick is all that horse can do / He does one trick only / It's the principal source of his revenue
Word: work in progress Part of Speech: noun 1. Work that has been started, but is not complete. Labels: uncountable Example: All the efforts to make a New Man are still work in progress. Example: A group of seven close friends and lovers happened to be gay and writers with books either recently published or about to be published, and who lived in Manhattan, decided it might be fun and useful to have get-togethers to read work-in-progress to each other for feedback. 2. A project that has been started but is not complete. Labels: countable Example: Reorganizing my office is a work in progress. Example: Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically sound under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring. 3. Something that is in the process of improving. Labels: countable Example: They remain a work in progress but in a match many felt would see the new Arsenal's flaws exposed, Emery and his players can regard this as a highly satisfactory result and performance. 4. A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw materials, but not yet salable as finished goods, work in process. Labels: uncountable Example: Work in progress has dramatically declined due to reduced production cycle times.
Word: wheeler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4). Piecewise doublet of cycler. 1. A wheelwright, a wheelmaker. Labels: obsolete 2. Someone who operates a wheel. 3. A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage). Labels: archaic Example: How proud felt Pierre: In fancy’s eye, he saw the horse-ghosts a-tandem in the van; “These are but wheelers”—cried young Pierre—“the leaders are the generations.” 4. A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels. Labels: in-compounds Example: "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once." 5. A sett in a stoneway. Labels: UK, historical Example: These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]
Word: semi-trailer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English trailer English semi-trailer From semi- + trailer. 1. A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight. 2. Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: 18-wheeler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the total number of wheels: two front steering wheels on the tractor, plus dual wheels on each end of two axles (total of 8) at the rear of the tractor and supporting the front of the trailer, plus dual wheels on two axles at the rear of the trailer. 1. A big rig truck: a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it. Example: On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs.
Word: articulated lorry Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of tractor-trailer. Labels: UK
Word: wagonload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wagon + load. 1. The amount that can be loaded onto a wagon. Example: Then they piled up the forests they had cut down into a vast pyre in circuit equal to a city, and having let a lake into the caldron that was to seethe it, and carried for eight months in succession a hundred daily wagons[-]load of salt to season the pot, they kindled the crackling mass, and as it flamed up five galleys, every one of which carried its five banks of rowers complete, cruised round the margin of the caldron sea, and as it bubbled up from below, issued prompt directions to the crowd not to overboil the contents. Example: The countryside through which the line passes grows some beet, too. Ten wagonloads a day are despatched from Fethard and smaller quantities from Farranaleen, Laffan's Bridge and Horse & Jockey. 2. The load of a wagon. 3. A type of freight train service in which individual wagons have separate destinations and/or cargos. Example: This firm regularly consigns margarine in palletised wagon-loads to a wide variety of destinations. Example: Tinsley Yard in Sheffield was once one of the largest and most advanced 'hump' marshalling yards in the world. But a decline in wagonload freight led to its swift demise and much of the site has lain derelict since the 1980s. MICHAEL RHODES examines this rise and fall in Tinsley's fortunes, and the new lease of life it has been offered by rising container traffic 4. A very large amount. Labels: informal
Word: water-shed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of watershed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: washed-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of washed up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wattled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a wattle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Az., on a fesse, embattled, counterembattled, arg., between three cocks' heads, erased, of the last, beaked, combed, and wattled, gu., two roses, also gu.
Word: wattled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wattle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: waza-ari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 技有り (waza-ari). 1. a throw in which the opponent is thrown with control and accuracy, but not to the extent of an ippon, or held on the back for between 20 and 25 seconds on the mat; the score of half a point awarded for this throw
Word: ippon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 一本 (“one full point”). 1. The highest score in judo, awarded for a throw that places the opponent on their back with impetus or for holding the opponent on their back for a number of seconds.
Word: weazened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of wizened. 1. Withered and wrinkled. Example: Yet his time came, in the end, in the form of a little weazened man who spat broken English and many strange and uncouth exclamations which Buck could not understand. Example: You are very friendly with these barbarians. Perhaps that is why I was not to be permitted to attend your conversation. Perhaps your little weazened soul is plotting to turn against my father.
Word: weekender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weekend + -er. 1. Someone who visits a place for a weekend break. 2. Someone who takes part in a sport or similar event at weekends. Example: There are the regulars who come five or six nights a week; they become bored or impatient with the same sounds night after night. Then there are the weekenders who like the familiar sounds and become quickly impatient with the unfamiliar, newest releases. 3. Ellipsis of weekender bag. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A place used primarily for weekends away. Example: We have a nice little weekender up in the mountains. 5. An event that takes place over a weekend. Example: I can't remember who else played – it was a weekender and all sorts of local bands were on – but we were the only 'punk' band […] 6. A small liveaboard boat, suitable for short-term accommodation but not a permanent residence. 7. A person who serves jailtime or other criminal penalties only on the weekend, as part of a special program.
Word: well-rounded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌwɛlˈɹaʊndɪd/ 1. Of a person's development or education, having a balanced variety of attributes. Example: A well-rounded life is a good life, and while its hard to live as well-rounded as we should sometimes, it's still good to try. Example: “It’s a problem if anyone isn’t taking advantage of an incredible artistic medium,” he said. “It’s hurtful not to be well-rounded.” 2. Of a person's body shape, being plump, shapely or curvaceous. Example: In this meditative walk his foot met the floor with heel and toe simultaneously, and his fine, reddish-fleshed face was bent downwards just enough to render obscure the still mouth and the well-rounded though rather prominent and broad chin. 3. Of language, using words which have been carefully chosen. Example: Afterward, in his small room, Nikky composed a neat, well-rounded speech, in which he expressed his loyalty, gratitude, and undying devotion to the Crown Prince. It was an elegant little speech. Unluckily, the occasion for it had gone by two hours.
Word: Wembawemba Part of Speech: noun 1. An aboriginal people of New South Wales. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Wembawemba Part of Speech: name 1. The language of this people.
Word: whereat Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English where- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at English whereat From where- + at. Pronunciation: /wɛəɹˈæt/ 1. At which, or toward which. Labels: archaic Example: But as ſome of the Oxen in driving, miſſed their fellovvs behind and honing after them, bellovved as their nature is: Hercules chanced to heare them lovv again, and anſvver from out of the cave vvherein they had been beſtovved: vvhereat he turned back, and made haſte thither. Example: Again she saw that bosom old, / Again she felt that bosom cold, / And drew in her breath with a hissing sound: / Whereat the Knight turn'd wildly round, / And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid / With eyes uprais'd, as one that pray'd. 2. Because of which; whereupon. Labels: archaic Example: […] we were driven a little to the Eaſt of the Molucca Iſlands, and about three Degrees Northward of the Line, as our Captain found by an Obſervation he took the 2d of May, at which time the Wind ceaſed, and it was a perfect Calm, whereat I was not a little rejoyced. Example: "[…] In going to Mr Carlyle you have done the best thing possible; you have put your sister into the care of the shrewdest man in London." Whereat the object of this quite unexpected eulogy found himself becoming covered with modest confusion.
Word: whipsawed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whipsaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whipsaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whip + saw. 1. A rip saw often operated by two people.
Word: whipsaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whip + saw. 1. To operate a whipsaw. 2. To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises. Labels: transitive 3. To defeat someone in two different ways at once. Labels: transitive Example: Whipsawed by events and facing another midterm electoral defeat, President Obama has directed his team to forge a policy agenda to regain momentum for his final two years in office even as some advisers urge that he rethink the way he governs. 4. Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so. 5. To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them. Labels: US
Word: whipsaw Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whip + saw. 1. Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once. Labels: not-comparable Example: During the Porter crisis, Kelly found himself under intense scrutiny for the veracity of his whipsaw statements. He publicly praised Porter and privately urged him to stay.
Word: whistle-blowing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of a whistleblower.
Word: whorled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English whorl Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English whorled From whorl + -ed. Pronunciation: /wɜːld/, /ʍɜːld/, /woɹld/, /wɝld/ 1. Formed from whorls; having whorls. Example: [A]cross the gannet’s bath, over the broad sea, whorled prows will bring presents and tokens.
Word: wifelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wife + -let (diminutive suffix). Sense 3 (“long-term girlfriend; mistress”) is said to have been coined in the 1960s by Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (1932–2020) in reference to his numerous mistresses. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪflət/, /-lɪt/ 1. A wife. Labels: colloquial, endearing Example: Annie, wifelet, let me tell you of one of my foreign flirtations—one that I have never yet even hinted to you. Example: The third of veils again,— / So telleth Little Love,— / Is private in its skein, / For her exactest fane, / And for her special dove. / [...] / ’Tis made of wax of bees, / Of fairy wax, fay bees, / And in its charmful frieze, / Letteth no public breeze / Canvass the wifelet’s glees. 2. A wife who is of small stature. Labels: broadly, informal Example: In stature the Manlet was dwarfish— / No burly big Blunderbore he: / And he wearily gazed on the crawfish / His Wifelet had dressed for his tea. Example: Old Kit is a painter, and so is his wife, or rather his wifelet, for "wife" always sounds too sober and matronly a word for so dainty a pocket Venus. 3. A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship). Labels: broadly, informal Example: The Marquess [Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath], now 74, who is best known for his remarkably unorthodox dress sense, his pornographic murals and his series of wifelets, is fixing me with a priapic eye while slurping wine from a beer glass. "I need some more," he declares loudly. "Wine?" I inquire. "No, wifelets, of course." Example: The multi-millionaire [Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath] named his numerous girlfriends wifelets when he embarked on his "polyamorous" lifestyle shortly after marrying in 1969. [...] The trouble between two of the women erupted on Sunday night as a fight broke out in his Wiltshire stately home, Longleat – famed for its safari park lions. As the wifelets fought for his affections Lord Bath retired to his bedroom, which is decorated with murals inspired by the Kama Sutra, the Indian sex manual.
Word: Wik-Mungkan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wɪk-ˈmʊŋkən/ 1. A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in Aurukun, Queensland.
Word: Wild West Part of Speech: name 1. The western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement, commonly believed to be lawless and unruly. Labels: historical
Word: Wild West Part of Speech: noun 1. A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: There were earlier Wild Wests too, of course, before the one that gave up gunplay for legal finagling. Example: But apart from the Irish appreciation of creative criminality and outlawry's close association with wild wests, simply read again the title of Patrick Ford's newspaper: the Irish World and American Industrial Liberator.
Word: Winnebago Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe wiinibiigoo (“Winnebago person”), from wiinibiig (“murky water”) (of Lake Winnipeg), from wiini’ (“to make someone dirty”), wiinad (“it is dirty”), plus nibi (“water”), plural nibig (“waters”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪˌbeɪ.ɡəʊ/, /ˈwɪnəˌbeɪ.ɡoʊ/ 1. Any of a Native American people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, now called Ho-Chunk. Example: “That is, we were buddies until those asshole Winnebagos started spreading rumors about me.” 2. Alternative letter-case form of winnebago (“recreational vehicle”). Labels: alt-of
Word: Winnebago Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ojibwe wiinibiigoo (“Winnebago person”), from wiinibiig (“murky water”) (of Lake Winnipeg), from wiini’ (“to make someone dirty”), wiinad (“it is dirty”), plus nibi (“water”), plural nibig (“waters”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪˌbeɪ.ɡəʊ/, /ˈwɪnəˌbeɪ.ɡoʊ/ 1. The Siouan language of this people. 2. A placename: 3. A placename: 4. A placename: 5. A placename:
Word: Vaughn Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”). Pronunciation: /vɔːn/ 1. A surname from Welsh. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A female given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 4. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: panch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pæntʃ/, /pɑːntʃ/ 1. Alternative form of paunch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Māori kāredup. Māori kākābor. English kaka Borrowed from Māori kākā. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkə/ 1. Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
Word: Kabel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kabel, metonymic occupational surname for a rope maker. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Socratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós)bor. Latin Sōcratic(us)bor. English Socratic Borrowed from Latin Sōcratic(us). By surface analysis, Socrat(es) + -ic. Pronunciation: /səˈkɹatɪk/, /səˈkɹætɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophy or methods. Labels: not-comparable Example: His closest companions were handsome young boys who worshipped him and his game, whom Bill sought to remake in his own image. He had no family, no real heirs, and so his boys were his spiritual sons as well as his heirs in tennis. They were his lovers as well. Theirs was a relationship of a Socratic sort, a pedagogical eroticism between an adolescent protege which ingaged them in a mutual project of spiritual and physical development. 2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophy or methods. Labels: not-comparable, specifically Example: a Socratic question
Word: Socratic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós)bor. Latin Sōcratic(us)bor. English Socratic Borrowed from Latin Sōcratic(us). By surface analysis, Socrat(es) + -ic. Pronunciation: /səˈkɹatɪk/, /səˈkɹætɪk/ 1. A proponent of the philosophy or methods of Socrates.
Word: Kakadu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gaagudju. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Kakadu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gaagudju. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wirra Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Irish a Mhuire (“oh Mary”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɹə/ 1. Exclamation of dismay. Labels: Ireland
Word: Presocratic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Socratic English Presocratic From pre- + Socratic. 1. Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato. Example: The Great Mother is no simple notion from primitive religion, but an idea in a complex mythology that became demythologized and secularized by the Presocratics, but not changed.
Word: Presocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Socratic English Presocratic From pre- + Socratic. 1. of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.
Word: four-wheeler Part of Speech: noun 1. A horse-drawn hackney cab with four wheels, as opposed to a hansom or dogcart . Example: The local doctor was often seen passing by in a four-wheeler on his way to a house call. Example: At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris. And down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. Morris paid the cabman, who touched his hat and drove away. 2. A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work. Example: The ranchhands use four-wheelers to move about the ranch, ferrying supplies and patrolling distant fields and pastures. Example: Reid pressured the teen to ride with him on the four-wheeler, but the teen said no "several times" because he saw Reid drinking liquor beforehand, and the ATV had bad brakes, documents state. 3. Any vehicle with four wheels. Example: Many of the earliest locomotives in the 1830s were four-wheelers; larger models with more axles would come later. Example: The cars, of which there were five, were four-wheelers seating 32, and had wrought-iron railings round the end platforms.
Word: windbitten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wind + bitten. 1. blown out of shape by the prevailing winds
Word: windflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + flower. 1. Synonym of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa). Example: Herba venti, Anemone. Wind flower, the juyce snuffed up the nose purgeth the head, it cleanseth filthy ulcers, encreaseth milk in nurses, and outwardly by ointment helps Leprosyes. Example: “When windflowers blossom on the sea And fishes skim along the plain, Then we who part this weary day, Then you and I shall meet again.”
Word: wonted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone. Pronunciation: /ˈwəʊntɪd/, /ˈwɔntɪd/, /ˈwɑntɪd/, /ˈwoʊntɪd/ 1. Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed. Example: They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill. Example: Rose Villa has once again resumed its wonted appearance; the dining-room furniture has been replaced; the tables are as nicely polished as formerly; the horsehair chairs are ranged against the wall, as regularly as ever [...]
Word: wood mice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wood mouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood mouse Part of Speech: noun 1. A European rodent, Apodemus sylvaticus, that tends to live in hedgerows. 2. The white-footed mouse of America. Labels: US
Word: worshipful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English worshipful; equivalent to worship + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːʃɪpfl̩/, /ˈwɔː-/, /ˈwɝʃɪpfl̩/, /ˈwɔɹ-/ 1. Tending to worship; showing reverence. Example: We do want to worship in a worshipful way, not just going through the motions, being entertained, or catching up with friends, but "in spirit and in truth, lost in wonder, love and praise." And then when we're not in church, we really long to live a worshipful life, to discover the comforts and challenges of God out in the real world, […] 2. Entitled to dignity or respect; distinguished, respected, illustrious. Labels: archaic Example: [H]owe Dorbell comes to bee doctour none aſks, but doctour hee muſt bee to make him right worſhipfull. Example: Now for a sealing and making fast of this solemn covenant between you I see no likelier rede than that ye all join with me here this day in good friendship to forget your quarrels in drinking of the arvale of King Gorice XI., than whom hath reigned none mightier nor more worshipful in all this world, and thereafter depart in peace to your native lands. 3. Used as respectful form of address or honorific title for a person or body of persons, now especially in the name of a livery company. Labels: UK Example: To my most dredfull and Sovereigne lige Lord, I youre humble lige beseche to yowre Hyness to have in remembrance my comyng to yowre worshipful presence into York of my free will, […] Example: At a Common Council, held in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the city of London, on Friday the 15th day of December, 1769, it was ordered, that the thanks of this Court be given to the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers for their generosity in giving up part of their ground on Snow Hill for the benefit of the public highway. 4. Worthy of worship. Example: But the Stoics and the poet Virgil came near to the Christian belief that God is light, and everlasting light. And is not light also ‘mystery’? Yes, unfathomable, worshipful! Lumen adorabile! Example: The worshipful, then, whatever else it may be, is something mysterious and supernatural. But of course the converse is not true. What is mysterious or supernatural need not be worshipful.
Word: worshipful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English worshipful; equivalent to worship + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːʃɪpfl̩/, /ˈwɔː-/, /ˈwɝʃɪpfl̩/, /ˈwɔɹ-/ 1. One who is respected or distinguished. Labels: obsolete Example: I was attended to the Guild-hall by the mayor, the chamberlain and ſome more worſhipfuls; but when I entered the grand magazine of imposition, I was prejudiced in favour of their modeſty in concealing of it—the floor being ſtrewed with fragments of obſolete records, cobwebs and ſpiders in all quarters, […] Example: Damn the worshipful lady, and all other worshipfuls! There’ll be no more worshipfuls here! I’ll give way to no one before my own shop! 2. A magistrate (specifically). Labels: obsolete
Word: livery companies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of livery company Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rescinded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rescind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wrong-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of wrongfooted. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: wrong-footed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wrong-foot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wrongfooted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wrongfoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wrongfoot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of wrong-foot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: subproject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin prōiciō Latin prōiectusbor. English project English subproject From sub- + project. 1. A project within a larger project. Example: Holonym: project
Word: Aberystwyth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Welsh aber (“mouth”) + Ystwyth (“Ystwyth”). Pronunciation: /ˌæbəˈɹɪstwɪθ/ 1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881). Example: In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed.
Word: first chair Part of Speech: noun 1. The premier of several musicians playing a particular instrument in an orchestra: seated closest to the audience, taking the lead for that instrument's movements, and playing any solos.
Word: footsore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foot + sore. 1. Having sore feet, but perhaps also a certain sense of satisfaction, after walking or hiking too much. Example: One yoke of cattle became so foot sore that they were unserviceable, and we were obliged to drive them behind the wagon. Example: A quarrelsome band of footsore sulky niggers trod on the heels of the donkey.
Word: apparate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin apparātus. 1. apparatus Labels: obsolete
Word: apparate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin apparēre (“to appear”), as of a servant who appears on being summoned. A back-formation from apparition. 1. To appear magically; to teleport to or from a place. Labels: intransitive Example: "Reivers!" he bellowed. His valet appeared — or really, it seemed rather more like he apparated — in the doorway. Example: What had silenced her, however, was the enormous demonic object that had apparated in the air beyond the tunnel's exit.
Word: awaked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈweɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of awake Labels: US, form-of, participle, past, rare Example: Just what awaked me I cannot yet say, but that I did indeed awake at this given point I feel very certain.
Word: gazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gaze 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 gazer From gaze + -er. 1. One who gazes. Example: I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; / I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; Example: Like lightening flash, that hath the gazer burned, / So did the sight thereof their sense dismay, / That backe againe upon themselves they turned, / And with their ryder ranne perforce away:
Word: winepress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine + press. 1. A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking. Example: Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepreſſes, and ſuffer thirſt. Example: And the Angel thruſt in his ſickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God.
Word: rock on Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of celebration. Labels: informal Example: The circus is coming to town? Rock on, dude!
Word: rock on Part of Speech: verb 1. To party to music, especially rock, or to continue to perform any such music; to maintain a lifestyle in keeping with, or inspired by, youth rock culture. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive
Word: headgate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + gate. 1. An upstream gate to an aqueduct, canal, river channel, or irrigation system that can be opened or closed to regulate the flow of water entering a downstream portion of the system. 2. A moveable framework designed to hold still the heads of cattle for various procedures.
Word: that's life Part of Speech: phrase 1. Expressing an acceptance of misfortune. Example: [T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?"
Word: so what Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement. Labels: impolite, informal, rhetoric Example: I lost my red shoes. – So what? Get a new pair. Example: So what if you never win at anything. You can have a great time enjoying, at your own level, the physical activity, the movement, the sensual feeling of the cold, the water, the air, the sun.
Word: walk the walk Part of Speech: verb 1. To act consistently in line with one's claims; to follow through. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, he talks the talk, but it remains to be seen if he can walk the walk. Example: "The SNP like to talk the talk about net zero targets, but they can't walk the walk. We need a fares freeze for everyone if we want to get serious about greening the economy and a public railway run in the public interest."
Word: boatload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + load. The figurative sense is extended from the literal sense. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊtˌləʊd/, /ˈboʊtˌloʊd/ 1. Cargo or passengers that fill a boat. Example: a boatload of ferry passengers Example: Just then two boats[-]load of natives appeared, and our owner having agreed with them to tow us into harbour, they tried to do so, assisted by our own boat, but could make no way. […] Those who live on the coast have plenty of fish; but when inland, as we are here, they only go to the sea occasionally, and then bring home cockles and other shell-fish by the boatload. 2. A large quantity. Labels: slang Example: He showed up an hour later with a whole boatload of hamburgers, chips, cookies, and assorted other munchies, not to mention sodas and beer, and we all fell in and stuffed ourselves silly. Example: What's a fair price to pay for video perfection, or even something that looks a lot like it? In the case of high-definition movie discs, the answer may not just be "a boatload of money," but having to keep two incompatible players under the TV set.
Word: dig deep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Evoking such imagery as digging in one's pockets for money or digging in the ground for resources (water from a well, ore from the ground). 1. To make a lot of effort with all one's resources. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you want to join the marines, there's no room for laziness. You really have to dig deep. Example: We're taking up a collection to help the Johnson family, who were burned out by a fire last week. Please dig deep and give whatever you can.
Word: deathless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English death Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English deathless From death + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθləs/ 1. Undying or immortal. Example: Athena For mighty is the potency of the revered Erinyes both with the deathless high gods and with the powers of the world below; […] Example: Like the deathless vampire who must repeat its stalk-and-kill cycle in order to satisfy a recurring blood hunger, the earliest film horrors cannibalized its literary ancestry again and again. 2. Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence. Labels: usually Example: Her novels are filled with unforgettable characters and deathless prose. Example: "We cannot do less than call it Ixodes Maloni. The very small inconvenience of being bitten, my young friend, cannot, I am sure, weigh with you as against the glorious privilege of having your name inscribed in the deathless roll of zoology."
Word: kylix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪlɪks/ 1. An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body. Example: The dig team unearthed a kylix at the site in Bergama.
Word: cylix Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saɪlɪks/ 1. Alternative form of kylix. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: place names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of place name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: units of measure Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unit of measure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moonbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + bow, by analogy with rainbow. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnbəʊ/ 1. A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours. Example: Often rainbows by night or moonbows span the lake. Example: Among the rarer optical effects associated with the moon are also moonbows or lunar rainbows.
Word: successively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English successive Middle English -ly English -ly English successively From successive + -ly. 1. In a serial or successive manner; one following another. Labels: not-comparable Example: My last to you was of Oct. 8 by the Count de Moustier. Yours of July 18. Sep. 6. & Oct. 24. have been successively received, yesterday, the day before & three or four days before that. Example: Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway.
Word: crippled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪpəld/ 1. Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility. Labels: offensive, usually Example: A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on? Example: So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia. The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla. 2. Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury. Labels: informal Example: a crippled version of the software, lacking many features
Word: crippled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪpəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of cripple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: symphysis pubis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. The midline cartilaginous joint uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones (pubis), also known as the pubic symphysis. In men, it supports the suspensory ligament; in women, it loosens and flexes to aid childbirth. Example: The head was above the symphysis pubis, but she could not feel anything else definitive.
Word: Maastricht Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Maastricht, ultimately from Latin Mosae Trāiectum. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstrɪkt/ 1. A city and capital of Limburg province, Netherlands. Example: “A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper. 2. A municipality in Limburg, Netherlands.