nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prepossessing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prepossess + -ing. Attested in 1610s with the meaning of "getting possession of (ground or land) beforehand". The meaning "to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc." developed in 1630s, acquiring by the 40s of the same century the meaning of "to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something, preoccupy the mind or heart of". 1. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive Example: "I am a great advocate for timidity—and I am sure one does not often meet with it.—But in those who are at all inferior, it is extremely prepossessing." Example: Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love. 2. Causing prejudice. Labels: archaic
Word: prepossessing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prepossess + -ing. Attested in 1610s with the meaning of "getting possession of (ground or land) beforehand". The meaning "to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc." developed in 1630s, acquiring by the 40s of the same century the meaning of "to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something, preoccupy the mind or heart of". 1. present participle and gerund of prepossess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prepossession 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 possession English prepossession From pre- + possession. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛʃn̩/, /ˌpɹipəˈzɛʃən/ 1. A preoccupation; having possession beforehand. Labels: uncountable Example: I am fully sensible to the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished and dignified station in which you stand, and the almost general prejudice and prepossession, which is so prevalent in the world against those of my complexion. Example: It opens his designs to his family, it introduces you among them, it diffuses through the party those pleasantest feelings of our nature, eager curiosity and warm prepossession. 2. A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice. Labels: countable Example: The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions.
Word: prepossessor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who possesses, or occupies, previously.
Word: agathodemon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of agathodaemon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prepotency 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 potency English prepotency From pre- + potency. 1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prepotent 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- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Proto-Italic *potēō Proto-Italic *potēnts Latin potēns Latin praepotensbor. English prepotent Borrowed from Latin praepotens. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpoʊtənt/ 1. Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant. Example: To ordre his subiectes after true iustice / As a prepotent prince Example: […] Jeff’s eyes were dry, though his face was discharged of all its prepotent impudence. 2. Characterized by prepotency. Example: When one parent alone displays some of the newly-acquired and generally inheritable character, and the offspring do not inherit it, the cause may lie in the other parent having the power of prepotent transmission. Example: […] the mother strain, if not prepotent in the sense of science, seems to me to have outweighed that of any other relative of whom we have record.
Word: preprovide Part of Speech: verb 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 provide English preprovide From pre- + provide. 1. To provide beforehand. Labels: transitive
Word: prepubis 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 pubis English prepubis From pre- + pubis. 1. A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.
Word: preputial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English preput(ium) Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English preputial From preput(ium) + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to the prepuce. Labels: not-comparable Example: If removing the preputial tissue curbs sexuality of both sexes and if, on the basis of curbing female sexuality, the removal of the female prepuce is misogynistic, then the removal of the male foreskin should be viewed as misandristic.
Word: preraphaelism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + Raphael + -ism. 1. The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject. Labels: uncountable
Word: preraphaelite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + Raphael + -ite. 1. Alternative form of Pre-Raphaelite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: preraphaelite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + Raphael + -ite. 1. Alternative form of Pre-Raphaelite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: preregnant 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 regnant English preregnant From pre- + regnant. 1. One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor.
Word: preremote 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 remote English preremote From pre- + remote. 1. More remote in previous time or prior order.
Word: prerequire Part of Speech: verb 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 require English prerequire From pre- + require. 1. To require beforehand.
Word: preresolve Part of Speech: verb 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 resolve English preresolve From pre- + resolve. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiː.ɹɪˈzɒlv/, /ˌpɹi.ɹɪˈzɑlv/, /-ˈzɔlv/ 1. To resolve beforehand; to predetermine.
Word: prerogatived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prerogative + -ed. 1. Having a prerogative, or exclusive privilege.
Word: prerogatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English prerogative Middle English -ly English -ly English prerogatively From prerogative + -ly. 1. By prerogative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: presageful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From presage + -ful. 1. Full of presages; ominous.
Word: presagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English presage Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English presagement From presage + -ment. 1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The falling of Salt is an authenticke preſagement of ill lucke, nor can every temper contemne it, from whence notwithſtanding nothing can be naturally feared: […] 2. That which is presaged, or foretold. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: presager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From presage + -er. 1. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Example: O let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast […]
Word: presagious Part of Speech: adj 1. Foreboding; ominous.
Word: presbyope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). 1. One who has presbyopia: a farsighted person
Word: presbyopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English presbyopia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English presbyopic From presbyopia + -ic. Pronunciation: /pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/, /pɹɛsbiˈɒpɪk/ 1. Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia. Example: the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out […]
Word: presbyopic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English presbyopia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English presbyopic From presbyopia + -ic. Pronunciation: /pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/, /pɹɛsbiˈɒpɪk/ 1. A person who has presbyopia. Example: These experiments prove that some alteration has taken place in the eye equivalent to a lengthening of the eye, or a shortening of the principal focus, which enables presbyopics to read without glasses.
Word: presbyteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From presbyter + -al. Piecewise doublet of priestal. 1. Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
Word: presbyterate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it). 1. presbytership, eldership 2. The order of presbyters. 3. A body of presbyters or elders of the Church.
Word: presbyterate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English presbyter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English presbyterate From presbyter + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines. Labels: rare Example: Discipline..was not to bee exercised by the minister alone and his people, but by a united power of ministers presbyterated (or their delegates, prudent chosen men for such an affaire).
Word: presbyterate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English presbyter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English presbyterate From presbyter + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Constituted of presbyters or elders. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Word: presbyteress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin presbyterissa. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ess. Piecewise doublet of priestess. 1. A presbyter or priest's wife. Labels: historical Example: Even a special blessing was included within the liturgy for the wives of married men on the day of their husband's ordination in the sixth century. These women were called presbyteresses (presbyterissae) and were entitled to wear special dress. 2. A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity). Labels: obsolete Example: Age was doubtless a requisite in presbyters, as it is here stated to have been in presbyteresses, with a view to their influence on the younger persons of their sex. They were supported by the Church, but not the only widows so supported.
Word: presbyterial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin presbyterium + -al. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ial or presbytery + -al. 1. Presbyterian.
Word: presbyterial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin presbyterium + -al. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ial or presbytery + -al. 1. A presbytery run by the Women's Missionary Society.
Word: presbyterian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin presbyterium + -an. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ian or presbytery + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
Word: presbyterianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English presbyterian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English presbyterianism From presbyterian + -ism. 1. That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: presbytership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From presbyter + -ship. Piecewise doublet of priestship. 1. The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.
Word: presbytia Part of Speech: noun 1. Presbyopia. Labels: uncountable
Word: presbytism Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of presbyopia. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: prescapula 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 scapula English prescapula From pre- + scapula. 1. The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
Word: prescapular 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 scapular English prescapular From pre- + scapular. 1. Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyrethrine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pyrethrin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pyretology Part of Speech: noun 1. A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers. Example: Therefore, if the pyretology of Europe includes some five or six fevers, it is not improbable that the pyretology of the tropics includes as many, if not more.
Word: agathodaimon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of agathodaemon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agathodaemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγαθοδαίμων (agathodaímōn). 1. A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
Word: pyrophane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “I show or shine”). 1. A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piccanin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of pickaninny. 1. Alternative form of pickaninny. Labels: Australia, South-Africa, alt-of, alternative Example: ‘He was only a piccanin then.’ Example: 1964. Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa: Indaba, My Children. This edition 1999. Grove Press →ISBN Page 667. The piccanin stands at the gate. There are tears in his eyes and hunger in his belly. He is puzzled and scared by what he saw happening the previous night in the place he knows as home. His mother and father had quarreled and he had been awakened by the noise.
Word: adductive Part of Speech: adj 1. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
Word: adducible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adduce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English adducible From adduce + -ible. 1. Capable of being adduced.
Word: addle-patedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of addlepatedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tidivate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of titivate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: addible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English add Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English addible From add + -ible. 1. Capable of being added; thus: 2. Capable of being added; thus:
Word: gold-bearing Part of Speech: adj 1. containing or producing gold
Word: chloraurate Part of Speech: noun 1. An aurochloride.
Word: cyanaurate Part of Speech: noun 1. An aurocyanide.
Word: tittivate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of titivate; to spruce up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: "Didn't you see how Joe had been tittivating […] ?"
Word: beat the crap out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To beat really badly. Labels: mildly, slang, vulgar Example: If you ever call my husband again, I'll beat the crap out of you!
Word: beat the shit out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To beat (someone) severely. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar Example: He had beat the shit out of her. Almost broke her jaw. Example: “Just a bunch of scumbags out to wreck Dublin city. The gardaí [police]^([sic]) should have free rein to beat the shit out of them.” 2. To defeat (someone) decisively in a fight or a competition. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar Example: I think if it was one game, winner take all, and everyone was in shape... I would have to go with Dream Team I. To tell you the truth, I think they would beat the shit out of us.
Word: bakkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, and then either: * from Northern Dutch bakkie (informal), from Dutch bakje (“container; drinking vessel; (archaic) carriage for passengers”), from bak (“container; drinking vessel; vehicle; part of a vehicle for carrying loads; part of a carriage for carrying passengers”) (see further at that entry) + -je (diminutive suffix); or * from Afrikaans bak (“container; part of a vehicle for carrying loads”) (from Dutch bak; see above) + -ie (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbæki/, /ˈbʌ-/ 1. A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container. Labels: Namibia, South-Africa Example: The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet. Example: [S]he passed around a bakkie of home-made chocolate biscuits to all the girls. 2. A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck. Labels: Namibia, South-Africa
Word: nationalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nationalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pocketful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pocket + -ful. 1. The amount that a pocket would hold. Example: White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets. 2. A small or moderate amount. Labels: figuratively Example: This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make. Example: Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems!
Word: emotionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English emotionally From emotional + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, /ɪˈməʊʃənli/, /ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/, /iˈmoʊʃənəli/ 1. In an emotional manner; displaying emotion. Example: "For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf." Example: Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept? 2. Regarding emotions. Example: Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Word: like shit Part of Speech: adv 1. Very badly. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: to hurt like shit Example: to treat someone like shit
Word: one o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the second hour of the day; 1:00 a.m. (01:00). Example: The bar closes at one o'clock (= "The bar closes at 1:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the fourteenth hour of the day; 1:00 p.m. (13:00). Example: The next train comes at one o'clock (= "The next train comes at 13:00"). 3. A position ahead and slightly rightward (horizontal clock orientation) or almost directly above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 1 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal Example: We've got a bogey at one o'clock. 4. A dandelion. Labels: informal
Word: two o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the third hour of the day; 2:00 a.m. (02:00). Example: The bar closes at two o'clock (= "The bar closes at 2:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the fifteenth hour of the day; 2:00 p.m. (14:00). Example: The next train comes at two o'clock (= "The next train comes at 14:00"). 3. A position ahead and rightward (horizontal clock orientation) or above and rightward (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 2 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal Example: We've got a bogey at two o'clock.
Word: three o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the fourth hour of the day; 3:00 a.m. (03:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The front desk closes at three o'clock (= "The front desk closes at 3:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the sixteenth hour of the day; 3:00 p.m. (15:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The next train comes at three o'clock (= "The next train comes at 15:00"). 3. To the right (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 3 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal, uncountable Example: We've got a bogey at three o'clock.
Word: five o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The breakfast buffet opens at five o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 5:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the eighteenth hour of the day; 5:00 p.m. (17:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The next train comes at five o'clock (= "The next train comes at 17:00"). 3. A position behind and slightly to the right (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 5 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal, uncountable Example: We've got a bogey at five o'clock.
Word: four o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The breakfast buffet opens at four o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 4:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the seventeenth hour of the day; 4:00 p.m. (16:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The next train comes at four o'clock (= "The next train comes at 16:00"). 3. A position to the right and slightly behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 4 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal, uncountable Example: We've got a bogey at four o'clock. 4. Any of several plants, of the genus Mirabilis, whose funnel-shaped flowers open in late afternoon. Labels: uncountable 5. The friarbirds (Philemon spp.); so called from its cry, which resembles these words. Labels: uncountable
Word: hurry up Part of Speech: verb 1. To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something. Labels: ambitransitive, emphatic Example: "Oh, I think I'll just give a look to see if Geoffrey is in sight yet and hurry him up if he is," she called back.
Word: posthumously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English posthumous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English posthumously From posthumous + -ly. 1. After death. Labels: not-comparable Example: In his boyhood that posthumously libelled sovereign lady, Anne, had terribly prevailed among the dwellings on this highway; […] Example: Yet while Gauguin went native, taking teenage mistresses, wearing local costumes and building his own wooden hut, his ultimate purpose was to impress the art world back home. And he did, although posthumously.
Word: golden boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A young man who has become unusually successful at an early age. Example: Bill Gates was the golden boy of the software industry in the early 1980s. Example: On Friday, November 17, 2023, around noon Pacific time, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Silicon Valley’s golden boy, avatar of the generative AI revolution, logged on to a Google Meet to see four of his five board members staring at him. 2. A favored youth, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes. Example: He was the golden boy of Montana politics.
Word: six o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00). Example: The breakfast buffet opens at six o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 6:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the nineteenth hour of the day; 6:00 p.m. (18:00). Example: The next train comes at six o'clock (= "The next train comes at 18:00"). 3. A position behind (horizontal clock orientation) or below (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 6 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal Example: We've got some bogeys at six o'clock. Example: You've got a bogey on your six o'clock. 4. A pose in which the lower leg and raised upper leg form a vertical line.
Word: six o'clock Part of Speech: adj 1. Straight up and down, without curves, like the hands of a clock. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: She had the straight, flat figure which Bianca would have described as "a six-o'clock girl, straight up and straight down", and I thought how clever it was of Mascarenhas to have picked her to be in attendance, […] Example: His shoulders were no wider than his hips; he had what is called a six o'clock figure, straight up and straight down, a skimped and scanty physique, as though the fairy of miserliness had presided over his conception.
Word: seven o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the eighth hour of the day; 7:00 a.m. (07:00). Example: The breakfast buffet opens at seven o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 7:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the twentieth hour of the day; 7:00 p.m. (19:00). Example: Supper was served at seven o'clock (= "Supper was served at 7:00 p.m."). 3. A position behind and slightly to the left (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 7 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal Example: We've got a bogey at seven o'clock.
Word: eight o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00). Example: The breakfast buffet opens at eight o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 8:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the twenty-first hour of the day; 8:00 p.m. (20:00). Example: Supper was served at eight o'clock (= "Supper was served at 8:00 p.m."). 3. A position to the left and behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 8 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal Example: We've got a bogey at eight o'clock.
Word: ten o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the eleventh hour of the day; 10:00 a.m. (10:00). Labels: uncountable Example: The morning coffee break starts at ten o'clock (= "The morning coffee break starts at 10:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the twenty-third hour of the day; 10:00 p.m. (22:00). Labels: uncountable Example: Supper service ends at ten o'clock (= "Supper service ends at 10:00 p.m."). 3. A position to the left and slightly ahead (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 10 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal, uncountable Example: We've got a bogey at ten o'clock.
Word: eleven o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00). Labels: uncountable Example: Breakfast service ends at eleven o'clock (= "Breakfast service ends at 11:00 a.m."). 2. The start of the twenty-fourth hour of the day; 11:00 p.m. (23:00). Labels: uncountable Example: Supper service ends at eleven o'clock (= "Supper service ends at 11:00 p.m."). 3. A position ahead and slightly to the left (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 11 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal, uncountable Example: We've got a bogey at eleven o'clock. 4. Moss-rose purslane, a flowering plant of species Portulaca grandiflora Labels: uncountable
Word: twelve o'clock Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The next train comes at twelve o'clock (= "The next train comes at noon"). 2. The start of the first hour of the day; midnight; 12:00 a.m. (00:00). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The bar closes at twelve o'clock (= "The bar closes at midnight"). 3. A position straight ahead (horizontal clock orientation) or above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 12 mark on a clock face) Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: We've got a bogey at twelve o'clock (= "We've got a bogey straight in front of us").
Word: Advaitism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अद्बैत (adbaita, literally “not two”) and -ism. 1. The "non-dualist" school of Vedanta founded by the 8th-century Indian philosopher Sankaracharya.
Word: Mitte Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Mitte (“middle”). 1. The most central borough of Berlin.
Word: undecillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From undecillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number undecillion Labels: not-comparable
Word: undecillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undecillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the undecillionth position. 2. One of an undecillion equal parts of a whole.
Word: duodecillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From duodecillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number duodecillion Labels: not-comparable
Word: duodecillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duodecillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the duodecillionth position. 2. One of a duodecillion equal parts of a whole.
Word: stib- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin stibium, from στίβι (stíbi). 1. antimony Labels: morpheme
Word: stibio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian sdmder. Ancient Greek στίμμῐ (stímmĭ) Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)der. Latin stibiumder. English stibi(um) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English stibio- From stibi(um) + -o-. 1. antimony Labels: morpheme
Word: vigintillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vigintillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number vigintillion Labels: not-comparable Example: What is called the proper understanding of human life is the realization that we are merely acting out the vigintillionth act...
Word: vigintillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vigintillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the vigintillionth position. 2. One of a vigintillion equal parts of a whole. Example: 1892 June–November, Stone, An Illustrated Magazine, volume v […] it seems to show that the trend of mechanical thought is toward simplicity of design rather than complexity, and that the sober second thought of the power user has rather discredited the profits to be made by saving the “vigintillionth” of a pound of coal per horse power per hour by an outlay of several thousand dollars. Example: But on some real choice property the matter of any ownership at all was so valuable that bidders bid one-millionth, one-billionth, one-trillionth, etc., even up to one-vigintillionth! ...some courts held that one-vigintillionth was a legally recognizable incumbrance.
Word: antimonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antimony Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antimonic From antimony + -ic. 1. Of or containing antimony. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing pentavalent antimony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimonious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antimony Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English antimonious From antimony + -ous. 1. Of or containing antimony. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing trivalent antimony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimonous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of antimonious. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mathematicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mathematician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfathomably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unfathomable Middle English -ly English -ly English unfathomably From unfathomable + -ly. 1. In an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding. Example: As it turns out, $1 trillion is such a large number and so far beyond the human imagination that we can’t wrap our minds around it. A trillion is a thousand times more than a billion, but let’s be honest: I could have told you it was a million times more and you probably would have believed me. Not long ago, the word trillionaire only appeared in The Wall Street Journal as hyperbole. It was an obviously exaggerated way of describing an inconceivable fortune—like calling someone a bazillionaire. But now that SpaceX is going public, it might just be something we call Elon Musk. In a way, it’s fitting that the world’s first trillionaire [of a nonhyperinflated currency] could be minted by a company with hopes of sending people to destinations unfathomably far away, since the sheer magnitude of a trillion is also impossible for us to fathom. So let’s make it possible. A million seconds ago was about two weeks ago. A billion seconds ago was in 1994, when “Pulp Fiction” was about to open in theaters. What about a trillion seconds? Whatever number is in your head, you might want to add some millennia—because a trillion seconds ago was back in the Ice Age.
Word: spectators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spectator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shock site Part of Speech: noun 1. A website intended to offend or shock, containing frightening and/or distasteful content of a pornographic, scatological, or grotesquely violent nature. In most cases, it displays a particular picture most prominently; some shock sites also show animations or image galleries.
Word: Feucht Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Feucht. 1. A market town and municipality of Bavaria, Germany. 2. A surname from German.
Word: chick lit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the English slang words chick (“girl, woman”) and lit (“literature”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪk ˌlɪt/ 1. Literature perceived to appeal to, or be marketed at, young women, typically concerning romantic dilemmas. Labels: derogatory, often, uncountable Example: Hello, my name is Michele and I'm proud to be a chick-lit author. I write the kind of novel that gets spattered with margarita and suncream rather than soaked in Booker-type praise. You know the books I mean. You need only look for their pastel covers, or follow the trail that leads to one of their many detractors – for they make some women spit with gender-bashing venom.
Word: hydrogenetted Part of Speech: adj 1. hydrogenated; hydrogenized Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: hydrogen gas Part of Speech: noun 1. hydrogen Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: hydrogeniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydro- French -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen English -i- English -ferous English hydrogeniferous From hydrogen + -i- + -ferous. 1. Containing or producing hydrogen Labels: obsolete
Word: baulk end Part of Speech: noun 1. The end of a snooker table where the green, brown and yellow balls are initially placed
Word: baulk line Part of Speech: noun 1. The line at the baulk end of a snooker table, upon which the green, yellow and brown balls are initially placed. 2. Any of a number of similar lines in certain carom billiards games.
Word: cue ball Part of Speech: noun 1. The white ball which, after being struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game. 2. A bald person. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: solen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊlən/ 1. A cradle, as for a broken limb. 2. Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to the genus Solen; a razor clam.
Word: epexegesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπεξήγησις (epexḗgēsis), from ἐπεξηγέομαι (epexēgéomai, “I explain in detail”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I narrate, describe”). Pronunciation: /ɛpˌɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/ 1. An additional explanation or explanatory material. Labels: rhetoric
Word: ladylove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lady + love. 1. A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire. Labels: poetic Example: The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove. Example: the picture of halcyon days where a young gentleman in the costume they used to wear then with a threecornered hat was offering a bunch of flowers to his ladylove with oldtime chivalry through her lattice window
Word: ladyship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ladyschipe, ladyshipe; equivalent to lady + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di.ʃɪp/ 1. Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title. Example: "Her ladyship will be unable to attend tonight," he said, with a wink because he hadn't said why. Example: York got down and said very respectfully, "I beg your pardon, my lady, but these horses have not been reined up for three years, and my lord said it would be safer to bring them to it by degrees; but if your ladyship pleases, I can take them up a little more." 2. Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge"). Labels: Commonwealth, England
Word: la-di-da Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of lah-di-dah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: la-di-da Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of lah-di-dah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vellie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of veldskoen + -ie. 1. Veldskoen. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: In the cool of evening I noticed Army officers were wearing slacks and vellies but no socks.
Word: MST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mountain Standard Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of minimum spanning tree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MST Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the sci-fi comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, commonly known as MST3K, which features an audience of fictional characters (a man stranded in space and his robot companions) riffing real B movies. Pronunciation: /ˌɛm ˌɛs ˈtiː/ 1. To mock a work (typically a fanfic) by inserting satirical commentary. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: But you can't quote large chunks, and MSTing a story would seem to me to be across the line into infringement. Example: Maybe that's why its^([sic]) considered bad etiquette to MST without permission.
Word: MST Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the sci-fi comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, commonly known as MST3K, which features an audience of fictional characters (a man stranded in space and his robot companions) riffing real B movies. Pronunciation: /ˌɛm ˌɛs ˈtiː/ 1. A parody fanfic created in this manner. Labels: slang Example: The commentary in the MSTs may have been nasty and uncalled for; but it was not plagiarism. Example: The only MSTs I've seen (on alt.drwho.creative) have been of perfectly good fan fiction, deliberately cut about to make it look silly (truncating a character's words in the middle to create an^([sic]) non-existent innuendo, for example) - and those were *with* the authors' permission.
Word: MDT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multidrug therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of model-driven testing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of multidisciplinary team. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of mobile data terminal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of mode deactivation therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MDT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mountain Daylight Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Mutual Defense Treaty (United States-Philippines). Labels: Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: verbal diarrhea Part of Speech: noun 1. logorrhea Labels: slang, uncountable Example: When greeting foreign leaders he prefers the pomp and circumstance / Then vomits verbal diarrhea to satisfy his sycophants.
Word: my eye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Apparently a shortening of all my eye. Compare French mon œil. 1. Expression of disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust, or disbelief. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Liesegang ring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Raphael Eduard Liesegang (1869-1947), researcher. 1. Any of the secondary rings or bands resulting from rhythmic precipitation in a gel, or within a fluid-saturated rock.
Word: buka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Javanese [Term?]. 1. The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
Word: buka Part of Speech: noun 1. A kangaroo-skin cloak traditionally worn by the Noongar people of southwestern Australia.
Word: buka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba búkà or Hausa búkkàa. 1. an inexpensive, quick, road-side restaurant serving Nigerian food. Labels: Nigeria Example: I made a noncommittal noise and looked round the buka. It was a Saturday afternoon. The place was empty, with the bare plastic tables showing oil and grease stains.
Word: kapal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kappal (“ship”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪə/, /ˈkɑjə/ 1. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree. 2. Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.
Word: kaya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay kaya, from kaya (“rich”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑjɑ/, /-ə/, [ˈkʰ-], [ˈk-], /ˈkaɪə/ 1. A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia. Labels: uncountable Example: So they ate sliced Chinese white bread […] spread thickly with sweet brown kaya.
Word: scientific notation Part of Speech: noun 1. a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10 Labels: uncountable 2. an alternative format of such a decimal number immediately followed by E and an integer Labels: uncountable Example: The number 0.00236 is written in scientific notation as 2.36×10⁻³ or as 2.36E-3.
Word: religiose Part of Speech: adj 1. Superficially religious, especially in an affected or sentimental way. Example: Verdi's Mass seems more religiose than religious.
Word: higab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic حِجَاب (higāb). 1. Alternative form of hijab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: capillary action Part of Speech: noun 1. The drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension Labels: uncountable
Word: put the cat among the pigeons Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause alarm, fuss, or agitation. Labels: figuratively Example: Professor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way. Example: In any event, this professorial detonation, especially coming as it does from hardline Federalist Society constitutional originalists, has set the cat among the Republican pigeons.
Word: syncline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- + -cline. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.klaɪn/, [ˈsɪŋˌklaɪn] 1. A concave-upward fold in rock strata Example: Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.
Word: monocline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -cline. 1. A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline 2. A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata
Word: flutter in the dovecote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from flutter the dovecote, possibly from Coriolanus (written c. 1608–1609; published 1623) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Act V, scene vi (spelling modernized): “[L]ike an eagle in a dovecote, I / Fluttered your Volcians in Corioles.” Pronunciation: /ˌflʌtə ɪn‿ðə ˈdʌvkɒt/, /ˌflʌtɚ ɪn‿ðə ˈdʌvkɑt/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. A disturbance, usually one caused within a group of people who are generally placid and unexcited. Labels: idiomatic Example: I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote.
Word: oras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osmotic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɒzˈmɒtɪk/, /ɒsˈmɒtɪk/, /ɑzˈmɑtɪk/, /ɑsˈmɑtɪk/ 1. Relating to, or powered by, osmosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: We saw them waking, we heard them sleeping, we sensed them dreaming, we were permeated completely with the strange Gray Myth of the West and the weird dark Myth of the East when morning came. All my actions since then have been dictated automatically to my subconscious by this horrible osmotic experience.