nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mirrour Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪɹə/, /ˈmɪɹɚ/ 1. Archaic spelling of mirror. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: This skeleton was deposited a little to the south of the center of the tumulus; and about 20 feet to the north of it was another, with which were-- 5th. A large mirrour about 3 feet in breadth and 1-1/2 inches in thickness. Example: RIGHT Honourable, It was my good happe not longe since, in a Friends House, to light vpon a briefe History of the Life, Arraignement, and Death of that Mirrour of all true Honour, and Vertue Syr Thomas More, who by his Wisdome, Learning, & Santity, hath eternized his Name, Coutrey, & Profession, throughout the Christian World, with immortall Glory, and Renowne.
Word: mirrour Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪɹə/, /ˈmɪɹɚ/ 1. Archaic spelling of mirror. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: central vacuum Part of Speech: noun 1. a vacuum cleaner built into the fabric of a building, with a central motor and dirt bag and distributed points where a hose and appliances may be plugged in
Word: remarriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English marriage English remarriage From re- + marriage. 1. a second or subsequent marriage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Chinese dragon Part of Speech: noun 1. A legendary creature, usually depicted as long and snake-like, with many claws, common in several East Asian cultures. 2. A large snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag, and the claws of a tiger; known for its benevolent behavior in ancient Oriental mythology.
Word: pows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: POWs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of POW Labels: form-of, plural
Word: captain's servant Part of Speech: noun 1. Before 1796, the rating of a boy entering the Royal Navy at about the age of twelve before becoming a midshipman. Labels: historical Example: "When one reads of a distinguished naval officer having been "a captain's servant," it does not mean that he blacked the captain's boots, mixed his grog, and emptied his slops, but that he entered the service under a captain's protection."
Word: careenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin carīna Italian carenabor. French carènebor. English careen 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 careenage From careen + -age. 1. A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The expense of careening a ship. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cargo jack Part of Speech: noun 1. A large screw jack used to stow a cargo (such as hides or cotton) by compressing them into a smaller volume. Labels: obsolete
Word: cargo net Part of Speech: noun 1. a large square net, made of rope, used to sling cargo into and out of a ship's hold
Word: shapeshifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shape + shifter. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪpʃɪftə/, /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tɚ/ 1. A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. Example: The shapeshifter Lisa Bowalk, unable to shed the guise of a black panther, had gone onto the plain as a prisoner but was not now to be found among the dead above or the Captured down below. Example: Like the teller of shapeshifter stories—who conjures a shifting world of perceptions and expectations for his or her audience that is strikingly similar to the worlds created by the shapeshifter for its victims—the cultural practice of imagination...is an inherently shifty enterprise.... 2. A person who is inconsistent and elusive. Labels: figuratively Example: She was an alcoholic, very chageable, very deceptive. A shapeshifter. You never knew where you stood with her, […]
Word: Asperger syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Asperger's syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: H2 Part of Speech: noun 1. The second half of a calendar year (July to December). 2. The second half of a financial year.
Word: N2 Part of Speech: noun 1. The rotational speed of the high-pressure spool of a two-spool gas turbine engine or the intermediate-pressure spool of a three-spool gas turbine engine, often expressed as a percentage of a certain reference rotational speed. Example: The inputs into the computerized JT9D condition monitoring program for this engine from September 10 through 16 likewise reflected adverse changes in trends of vital operating parameters which were indicative of the possibility of a serious engine malfunction. These data points showed a progressive increase of EGT and fuel flow while N2 showed a progressive decrease over the same period of time. Example: A test to evaluate the slight increases (25 to 30 pounds per square inch gauge [psig]) in core-driven hydraulic pump pressure indications showed that hydraulic pump pressure would begin to indicate on the FDR with about 35 rpm of core rotation. Another test showed that N2 signals would begin to indicate on the FDR and in the cockpit with about 70 rpm of core rotation. 2. Alternative form of N₂. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monopolise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of monopolize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Lord Norbourne wished to stay with the party till his nephew arrived, fully intending then to monopolise Lord Marchmont, and thus to leave Ethel to Courtenaye.
Word: SO2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of oxygen saturation (blood oxygenation). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: chums Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌmz/ 1. plural of chum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chums Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chumming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of chum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chumming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌmɪŋ/ 1. The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: chummed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of chum Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gangbangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gangbanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desitive Part of Speech: adj 1. Final or conclusive. Labels: obsolete Example: desitive propositions
Word: desitive Part of Speech: noun 1. An argument that leads to a conclusion. Labels: obsolete
Word: five W's Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initial letters. 1. The questions who, what, when, where and why, useful in gathering information and solving problems. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: deeks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deek Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deekin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of deek Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: deeked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: carline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹlɪn/, /ˈkɛɹlɪn/, /ˈkɑːlɪn/ 1. A woman; also, a hag or witch. Labels: Scotland Example: He taks a ſvvirlie, auld moſs-oak, / For ſome black, grouſome Carlin; […] Example: While honest men slept in their beds, the auld rudas carlines took their pleasure.
Word: carline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From car + line. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹˌlaɪn/ 1. A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.
Word: carline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French carline, from Medieval Latin carlina, probably from cardina, a diminutive of Latin carduus (“thistle”), with influence from Carolus Magnus due to an association with Charlemagne. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹlɪn/, /ˈkɑːlɪn/ 1. Carline thistle (Carlina spp.).
Word: carline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of caroline (“an old silver Italian coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carling (“deck planking”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See carline. 1. Alternative form of carline (“old woman”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French carlingue, which may be from the English. 1. A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
Word: carling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From care + -ling (synchronically), being connected to the custom of serving these peas to the poor on Care Sunday, called also Carling Sunday after the peas. 1. A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
Word: carosse Part of Speech: noun 1. A European state coach. Labels: obsolete 2. The open space underneath the poop deck of a galley where the captain had his bed; it evolved into the cabin. Labels: obsolete
Word: carous Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of gallery or bridge, pivoted in the middle, fitted to ancient ships as a means of boarding an enemy vessel. Labels: obsolete
Word: naa Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of knaa. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: past participles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of past participle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caerphilly Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh Caerffili (literally “Ffili’s fort”). Pronunciation: /kəɹˈfɪli/ 1. A town in Caerphilly borough, in the old county of Glamorgan, South Wales. 2. A county borough in Wales formed in 1996.
Word: wake up and smell the coffee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a humorous elaboration of wake up (“to become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand”), alluding to the fact that coffee is often consumed at breakfast time after waking up in the morning. The term was popularized by the American writer Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer (1918–2002), who used the pen name Ann Landers, in the syndicated newspaper advice column Ask Ann Landers. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪk ʌp n̩ ˈsmɛl ðə ˈkɒfi/, /ˈweɪk ˌʌp n̩ ˈsmɛl ðə ˈkɔfi/ 1. Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself. Labels: Philippines, US, idiomatic, informal Example: Your paper gains "notice" as an example of the use of English as it should not be written nor spoken. Wake up and smell the coffee. Example: A few years back, when a wife told her husband to "wake up and smell the coffee," it usually was said in utter derision. Now, when there is coffee to smell, she shouts it to him in supreme delight.
Word: kayaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kayak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tetroxides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetroxide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetrodotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetr- + translingual -odon) + toxin. 1. A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Both creatures belong to a large pan-tropical order of fish, many of which have tetrodotoxin in their skin, liver, ovaries, and intestines. Example: The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.
Word: bays Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /beɪz/ 1. plural of bay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bays Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /beɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bays Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French baies, feminine plural form of bai (“reddish-brown”). Pronunciation: /beɪz/ 1. Baize. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: carrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr). Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹək/, /-ɪk/ 1. A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. Labels: historical Example: They [the English] are all on fire / To purchaſe from the Spaniard. If their Carracks / Come deeply laden, vvee ſhall tugge vvith them / For golden ſpoile. Example: Faith, he to night hath boarded a Land Carract, / If it proue lawfull prize, he's made for euer.
Word: nutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorites Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin sōrītēs, from the Ancient Greek σωρῑ́της (sōrī́tēs, “fallacy of the heap”), from σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪtiːz/ 1. A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next. Labels: rhetoric Example: Why?—he would ask, making use of the sorites or syllogism of Zeno and Chrysippus without knowing it belonged to them.—Why? why are we a ruined people?—Because we are corrupted.——Whence is it, dear Sir, that we are corrupted?—Because we are needy […] ——And wherefore, he would add,—are we needy?——From the neglect, he would answer
Word: sorites Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin sōrītēs, from the Ancient Greek σωρῑ́της (sōrī́tēs, “fallacy of the heap”), from σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪtiːz/ 1. plural of sorite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: APIX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronyms. Pronunciation: /ˈæpɪks/ 1. Aggregate path index. 2. Automotive pixel link.
Word: cafone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cafone. 1. A boorish, uneducated Italian-American. Labels: US, slang
Word: calice Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of chalice. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dei ex machinis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deus ex machina Labels: form-of, plural Example: Is our salvation to be dependent upon machines; are we to become dei ex machinis? Example: The dei ex machinis and the bug-eyed monsters are both products of man’s imagination — extensions and projections of his own desires, fears and hopes about himself, often revealing more about the sorts of things he believes in — or unconsciously wants to believe in — than he himself recognises.
Word: mini-moto Part of Speech: noun 1. A miniature motorcycle, with a wheelbase in the range of 1000 mm and an engine displacing as little as 40cc.
Word: white coat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌwaɪt ˈkoʊt/ 1. A white, knee-length coat worn by laboratory workers etc. as protection.
Word: minimoto Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mini-moto. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pocket bike Part of Speech: noun 1. A miniature motorcycle, with a wheelbase in the range of 1000 mm and an engine displacing as little as 40cc.
Word: camion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.? Proto-Celtic *kengeti? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥der. Proto-Celtic *-sman Proto-Celtic *kanxsman Gaulish *kammanbor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Early Medieval Latin cammīnus Old French chemin Middle French chemin French cheminder.? Ancient Greek χαμουλκός (khamoulkós)bor. Latin chamūlcusder.? French camionbor. English camion Borrowed from French camion. Pronunciation: /ˈkamɪən/ 1. A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance. Example: There were small gray motor cars that passed going very fast; usually there was an officer on the seat with the driver and more officers in the back seat. They splashed more mud than the camions even […]
Word: carrick bend Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong bend knot commonly used to join two lines, ropes, and hawsers when required. A reliable safe knot if tied correctly, but unsafe if tied incorrectly, which is easily done. It is a basic knot which forms part of many other knots, hitches, bends, etc.
Word: carry away Part of Speech: verb 1. To steal; to take away. Labels: transitive Example: to carry away a child 2. To be so excited that one is no longer in control of one's actions or behavior. Labels: idiomatic, informal 3. To move away, as physically or emotionally. Labels: transitive 4. To take possession of the mind of; to charm, transport, or delude. Labels: transitive Example: to be carried away by music, or by temptation 5. To break under sudden pressure of violent wind. Labels: transitive
Word: carvel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English carvel, carvelle, carvile, kervel (“small ship; caravel”), from Old French caruelle, carvelle, kirvelle, see further at caravel. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch karveel. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːvɪl/, /-əl/, /ˈkɑɹvɪl/ 1. Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”). Labels: historical 2. A jellyfish (e.g. Medusozoa). Labels: obsolete
Word: carvel-built Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a wooden vessel: having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clinker-built Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clinker + built. Clinker is derived from clink (“to clench or fasten with nails or rivets”) + -er (suffix attached to verbs forming agent nouns indicating persons or things that do actions indicated by the verbs), and clink is a northern English variant of clench (“to secure (something) with bolts, nails, etc.; (specifically) to bend the point of a nail after it has been hammered through something so that the nail cannot be removed; to clinch”), from Middle English clinken, clenchen (“to fasten, specifically with nails or rivets; to enclose; to lock up; to clench (the fingers)”) [and other forms], from Old English clenċan (“to clinch, hold fast”), a variant of clenġan (“to adhere; to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *klangijaną (“to make cling or stick”), the causative of *klinganą (“to adhere to, cling to”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to glue, stick; to smear”). Pronunciation: /ˌklɪŋkəˈbɪlt/, /ˌklɪŋkɚˈbɪlt/ 1. Of a boat or ship: where the hull planks overlap each other edge-to-edge, similar to shingles on a roof, and are secured by clenched nails or rivets for a strong, watertight seal. Labels: not-comparable Example: The British portion of the expedition were ordered to leave Kingston, in Canada West, as early in the year as possible, in a beautiful clinker-built boat for Toronto. Example: The herring fishery in Scotland (undoubtedly the greatest fishery of the kind) is carried on from the shore. The larger number of the boats in use for many years past are open clinker-built boats, costing, with their suite of nets, about 200l.
Word: sea blubber Part of Speech: noun 1. A jellyfish; a medusa. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: GENUS Cyanea / C. arctica, the sun-jelly or sea-blubber. This is the largest jellyfish known. Some individuals measure seven and a half feet across the disk and have tentacles more than one hundred feet long. Example: No less remarkable for its beauty is Cyanea fulva. This species may well be termed the "little brown brother" of the more widely known C. arctica, or sea blubber, the largest jellyfish in existence.
Word: case-shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of stones and old iron, put into a wooden case and fired from a cannon as an anti-personnel weapon. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: cast off Part of Speech: verb 1. To discard or reject something. Labels: transitive Example: However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence. Example: Mr. Christie, who as a presidential candidate has frequently suppressed his most pugilistic instincts, cast off any restraint and did what he does best: slice and slash. 2. To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way. Labels: ambitransitive 3. To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle. Labels: intransitive 4. To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy. Labels: historical Example: To conserve type, copy was "cast off"; that is, type needed for the initial pages was estimated so that the pages need not be composed in the same sequence as the copy.
Word: cephalothorax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cephalo- + thorax. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛfələˈθɔɹæks/, /ˌsɛfələˈθɑɹæks/ 1. The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans. Example: "Come in!" says the gray spider to the house-fly; "I have entertained a great many flies. I have plenty of room, fine meals and a gay life. [...] Philosophers have written volumes about my antennae and cephalothorax."
Word: cast on Part of Speech: verb 1. To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Cast on 100 stitches; knit back plain. Example: With two wooden needles, No. 7 and 4 ply fleecy, cast on twenty-nine stitches for the middle of the sole, and for six rows increase one at the beginning and end of each needle, to slightly shape both the toe and heel end.
Word: cast on Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cast-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cathead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from cat + head. Sense 1.1 (“heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured”) is from the fact that such a timber traditionally had a cat or lion’s head carved on its end. Sense 4 (“ellipsis of cathead biscuit”) is apparently from the fact that the biscuit is similar in size to a cat’s head. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkæthɛd/, /ˈkætˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end. Example: "Hurrah, for the last time," said the mate; and the anchor came to the cat-head to the tune of "Time for us to go," with a loud chorus. Everything was done quick, as though it were for the last time. Example: The cat-heads had burned away, and the two red-hot anchors had gone to the bottom, tearing out after them two hundred fathom of red-hot chain. 2. A decorative element at the end of such a timber that often depicts a cat's head. 3. A (small) capstan (“vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.”) or windlass (“type of winch”) forming part of hoisting machinery. 4. A nodule of ironstone containing fossil remains. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: A piece of a ferruginous ſtoney Nodule having in it 3 Leaves of a capillary Plant […] Theſe Nodules, vvith Leaves in them, are called Catheads, and ſeem to conſiſt of a ſort of Iron-Stone, not unlike that vvhich is found very plentifully at Robinshood's-Bay in Yorkſhire, and in the Rocks near VVhitehaven in Cumberland: vvhere they there call 'em Cat-Scaups, and are frequently melted vvith the ſofter Iron-Ores. 5. Ellipsis of cathead biscuit (“a large fluffy biscuit, typically served with gravy”). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. When, unluckily, they were allowed to get cold, they tended to a gooeyness, not unlike a wad of tired gum.
Word: cathead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from cat + head. Sense 1.1 (“heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured”) is from the fact that such a timber traditionally had a cat or lion’s head carved on its end. Sense 4 (“ellipsis of cathead biscuit”) is apparently from the fact that the biscuit is similar in size to a cat’s head. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkæthɛd/, /ˈkætˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. Synonym of cat (“to hoist (an anchor) so that it hangs at the cathead (noun sense 1.1)”) Labels: transitive Example: [T]he whole canvass of the ship was loosed, and with the greatest rapidity possible, everything was sheeted home and hoisted up, the anchor tripped and catheaded, and the ship under headway.
Word: catharping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkætˌhɑː(ɹ)pɪŋ/ 1. any of the short ropes under the tops at the lower end of the futtock shrouds of a square-rigged vessel used to secure other ropes in place
Word: cathole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + hole. 1. A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc. in order to bury feces. Example: It is still generally best to deposit feces in catholes, but the slow decomposition rate emphasizes the need to disperse catholes widely and far from water, campsites and other frequently used places. 2. Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.
Word: caulk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicāre (“to fill in with limestone, caulk”), derived from calx (“limestone, chalk”). Related to calx, cauk, chalk, and calculus. Pronunciation: /kɔːk/, /kɔk/, /kɑk/, /kælk/ 1. Caulking. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 4. A short sleep; a nap. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: […] & we went for a long walk & fatigued ourselves so that I, for one, took a caulk in the afternoon.
Word: caulk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicāre (“to fill in with limestone, caulk”), derived from calx (“limestone, chalk”). Related to calx, cauk, chalk, and calculus. Pronunciation: /kɔːk/, /kɔk/, /kɑk/, /kælk/ 1. To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. Example: [W]e might be disturbed during the night by an order being given to "go about," and by hearing in the quiet hours of the morning the familiar inquiry of "How's her head?" Mine often ached with the din of the men caulking all day long! 2. To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials. 3. To copulate. Labels: slang 4. To take a short sleep; to nap. Labels: slang Example: There was the goggle-eyed daughter a blowing the Grampus [throwing a bucket of water upon a person] with the platter-faced planter, whenever he caulked upon deck; […] Example: […] and as sleep is about the only thing there is for a sailor at sea to get in the way of recreation, he prizes it accordingly and gets all he can. It is technically called "caulking," and a man will brag of having "caulked" the whole four hours of his watch on deck […]
Word: caulking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of caulk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: caulking Part of Speech: noun 1. A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships. Example: Marina's bedroom was a small charming room with small charming windows of aged glass, dating to the mid-1800s, windowpanes badly in need of caulking, overlooking St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church with its heraldic spire floating on the night sky, and its ancient bumpy churchyard. 2. An act/process of sealing using this material. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: caulking iron Part of Speech: noun 1. a tool, rather like a chisel, used to caulk a ship, tighten seams in ironwork and other things
Word: centre of buoyancy Part of Speech: noun 1. The point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: centre of effort Part of Speech: noun 1. The point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: Scientologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scientia + -ologist. 1. A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone. Example: I felt great and I got rid of some stuff that I didn't realize that I was dragging around. And I said, 'Whoa, I think I've become a Scientologist.' -- Isaac Hayes Example: Tory Bezazian was a veteran Scientologist who loved going after church critics. Until she met the darkest detractor of all.
Word: Scientologist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scientia + -ologist. 1. Of or relating to Scientology or Scientologists. Example: Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki, but then neither of them had heard of Horace, Alexander Pope, [Blaise] Pascal, [Denis] Diderot, [Werner] Heisenberg’s law or entropy. Their lives were spent, successfully, repelling information. They were perfect “clears,” to use Scientologist jargon. Example: He [Robert de Grimston] graduated from a Scientology unit, and within fourteen weeks became a Scientologist “therapist.”
Word: chaun Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɔːn/ 1. A gap or rift. Labels: obsolete
Word: chaun Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɔːn/ 1. To open, or yo to yawn. Labels: obsolete Example: O, chaun thy breast.
Word: get one's panties in a bunch Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, informal Example: "I understand what you're trying to say, but the fact that it IS crowded will mean you'll stand out less. So try not to get your panties in a bunch."
Word: corydoras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Corydoras of small freshwater tropical catfish often kept in aquariums.
Word: Sangu Part of Speech: noun 1. An ethnic group based in the Usangu Plain of Chunya District of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Sangu Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania. 2. A language of Gabon.
Word: savagery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English savage Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English savagery From savage + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/ 1. Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity. Labels: uncountable Example: “For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.” 2. A violent act of cruelty. Labels: countable 3. Savages collectively; the world of savages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery. 4. Wild growth of plants. Labels: uncountable Example: […] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.
Word: scalene muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.
Word: latinoamericano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish latinoamericano. 1. A Latin American. Example: The strongest link I felt with gay and straight Nicas was as a latinoamericano, not as a gay man.
Word: thangka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ཐང་ཀ (thang ka, literally “painting”). 1. A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag. Example: When the talks by Lama Thubten Yeshe on Buddhist and Christian meditation were published, the text included a reproduction of a Christian icon and a Tibetan thangka. Example: Like so many things in Nepal, thangka—Tibetan ritual paintings—are now cranked out for the tourist market, yet the best ones remain undiminished by commercialization, and even the cheapest can't hide the dense Buddhist symbolism inherent in the form.
Word: croton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊtən/, /ˈkɹoʊt(ə)n/, [ˈkɹoʊ̯ʔn̩] 1. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil. 2. A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant. Example: The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.
Word: rhason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥάσον (rháson), compare Greek ράσο (ráso). 1. The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. Example: The inner rhason corresponds to the cassock and, like it, is used by the secular clergy. The outer rhason, a wide-sleeved garment, is black in the Greek Church but variable in colour in the Russian Church among the secular clergy (i.e., those who minister in parishes).
Word: scampish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scamp Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English scampish From scamp + -ish. 1. Resembling a scamp; knavish.
Word: scapulimancy Part of Speech: noun 1. divination using shoulder bones Labels: uncountable
Word: scapulomancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scapulimancy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: scatter rug Part of Speech: noun 1. A small rug, especially one of several used as a floor covering.
Word: scenarist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der. Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor. Latin scēnabor. Italian scena Italian -ario Italian scenariobor. English scenar(io) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English scenarist From scenar(io) + -ist. 1. A writer of screenplays; a screenwriter. Example: What was acted out in the American and French Revolutions had been thought out beforehand in the writings of Locke and Rousseau, the scenarists for the drama of modern politics.
Word: schizogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schizo- + -genic. 1. Relating to schizogony. Labels: not-comparable 2. Causing schizophrenia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scholiastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scholiast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English scholiastic From scholiast + -ic. 1. of or relating to a scholiast
Word: scholiast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion). Pronunciation: /ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/ 1. A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors. Example: [N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses. Example: [L]ike it or not, I was caught up once more in the scholiast’s game, paring popular notions of the ‘queer’ and ‘unearthly’ from notions of the ‘monstrous’.
Word: scoreless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score 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 scoreless From score + -less. 1. With no points or goals etc having been scored. Labels: not-comparable
Word: goalless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English goal 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 goalless From goal + -less. 1. Devoid of goals; ambitionless. Labels: not-comparable Example: Except for those who directly benefit from the system, life becomes a goalless existence, in which the worst human aberrations start germinating. 2. Without goals; in which no goals have been scored; having scored no goals. Labels: not-comparable Example: Stevenage and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.
Word: Scotch tape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Scotch Tape. Reportedly a reference to the stereotypical tendency of the Scottish towards thrift, due to cutting of corners with the product initially produced. Compare Dutch oven for similar sense of origin. 1. Transparent or translucent pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, used for sealing items together, especially paper. Labels: Canada, Philippines, Singapore, US, uncountable
Word: gals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡælz/ 1. plural of gal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haversacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haversack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screen test Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screen, test; a test of, or involving, a screen. 2. A filmed audition to test (and demonstrate) an actor's screen-acting ability and/or suitability for a particular role. Example: Alan Ladd's wife spotted the budding beauty and suggested that Julie attend a screen test for a bit part in something called The Girl and the Gorilla. 3. A test for the presence of a particular substance; such a test that by extension tests for a particular organism or medical condition. 4. Synonym of rough ride. Labels: slang Example: One of the reasons for the charges was knowledge of a tradition among some police of what they called in Baltimore "a rough ride" (Fernandez, 2015). The practice is to place a handcuffed prisoner face-down in the back of a police van without securing him to the seat, and then intentionally driving in a reckless manner to throw the suspect around without any way of protecting himself from injury. When David was in police work, officers used to talk about the old-fashioned "screen test" which used a similar technique. The officer would put the prisoner in the back seat of a patrol car in handcuffs, but not in a seat belt. Then the officer would slam on the brakes of the patrol car so that the prisoner would lunge forward, face first into the screen separating the prisoner from the police officer in the front seat.
Word: screen test Part of Speech: verb 1. To audition via a screen test. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: According to Garrett, "1,400 candidates were interviewed, 90 were screen tested, 149,000 feet of black and white film and 13,000 feet of Technicolor was shot in those tests." Example: Also considered was Carroll Baker. Baker screen tested, but failed to win the part. 2. To test for a particular substance, organism or medical condition by means of a screen test. Example: He testified Moses' that^([sic – meaning that Moses']) blood screen tested positive for cocaine metabolites and Moses' urine screen tested positive for cocaine. 3. To subject (someone) to a screen test. Labels: slang
Word: scuffling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scuffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scuffling Part of Speech: noun 1. a confused struggle
Word: scurrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scurry + -er. 1. One who scurries.
Word: scurries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scurry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seastained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sea + stained. 1. stained by contact with seawater
Word: seamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seam + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmi/ 1. Sordid, squalid or corrupt. Example: Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation has died at the age of 71. Example: 1987, David Brin, The Uplift War, Phantasia Press She just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up. 2. Having or showing a seam. Example: 1964, Philip Larkin, ”The Whitsun Weddings”, Faber & Faber The fathers with broad belts under their suits And seamy foreheads; mothers loud and fat;
Word: sea wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of seawall. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Walk along the beach to where the rock armour begins, then join the sea wall[.] Example: As this issue of RAIL went to press, preparations were under way at Dawlish for the first pre-cast units to be installed as part of the programme to protect the sea wall.
Word: seawall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall. 1. A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
Word: hyphenated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hyphenate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.
Word: hyphenated Part of Speech: adj 1. Written with a hyphen. Example: Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation. 2. Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.). Example: [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.
Word: speeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speed Labels: form-of, plural Example: This bike has twelve speeds.
Word: speeds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of speed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: That boy is going to lose his license because he speeds like a demon.
Word: spinels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cincinnus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cincinnus (“a lock of hair”). 1. A type of monochasium on which the successive axes arise alternately in respect to the preceding one; a scorpioid cyme.
Word: platypodes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /plæˈtɪpədiːz/, /pləˈtɪpədiːz/, /ˈplætɪpoʊdz/ 1. plural of platypus Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: At first I thought it was the same theme, beavers and platypodes being related (catoonishly, if not biologically). Example: Anyway, kangaroos evolved here, as did platypodes and a whole bunch of other birds and animals and fish and plants. Murray Cod. Emu. Macadamias.
Word: paring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paring Part of Speech: noun 1. A fragment or shaving that has been pared. 2. The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage.
Word: dicastery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δικαστήριον (dikastḗrion, “court, tribunal”), from δίκη (díkē, “right, custom, judgement”). 1. A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical. Example: The dicastery will continue to oversee the appointment of bishops in the mission territories. … There is no longer a distinction between congregations and pontifical councils because all the Vatican’s main departments are now defined as dicasteries. Example: The Argentine pontiff summoned him to Rome in 2023 to head the powerful dicastery for bishop appointments—a job that allowed him to build networks across the Catholic leadership. 2. A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts. Example: The better cause has conquered; and there is at least this advantage to the Athenian legal system, there will be no appeal nor tedious technicalities before a "higher court." The verdict of the dicastery is final.
Word: sandpit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit. Pronunciation: /ˈsænd.pɪt/ 1. A place or pit from which sand is excavated. 2. A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand. 3. A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East. Example: Originally designed to illustrate Kuwait and the oil pipelines, the 'sandpit', based on maps and photographs to a scale of 1:1,000,000, was extended to include other countries. Example: […] the commentaries on the battle given by Peter Snow with the aid of a model of the theatre of war, known as the 'Sandpit'.
Word: whitehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + head. 1. A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium. Example: Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom. Example: Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin. 2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla). 3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens. 4. The surf scoter duck. 5. A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
Word: whiteheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whitehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whittler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whittle + -er. 1. One who whittles. Example: Avery was an avid whittler, and had a collection of intricately carved walking-sticks that few could match. 2. A compact folding knife with two small blades at one end and a single larger blade at the other that folds between them and is sprung by the other ends of both springs.
Word: whittlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whittler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whiskers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whisker Labels: form-of, plural 2. Faded creases around the crotch of blue jeans. Can be added artificially or created by daily wear over the lifetime of a garment.
Word: whiskered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whisker + -ed. 1. Possessed of whiskers; covered in bristles. Example: Michael's heavily whiskered face hadn't seen a razor in some days. Example: Their attention was, however, too much taken up with their fellow-passengers: a whiskered, cloaked, and cigared youth, with every thing military about him but the air:...
Word: whiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whine + -er. 1. One who whines about perceived problems; a complainer. Labels: derogatory Example: I never realized that he was such a whiner, but he complained steadily about various minor discomforts for the entire road trip.
Word: dinner jacket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is worn by men to formal dinners. 1. A jacket, often white, corresponding to a tuxedo jacket. Labels: US, especially Example: Constant was fully dressed in blue-green evening shorts and a dinner jacket of gold brocade. Example: He was dressed in a gray dinner jacket and matching trousers. 2. The formal suit, typically black, that includes this type of jacket. Labels: UK Example: [They] sat in a pen in the corner, smoking cigarettes and reading magazines; four or five girls in black silk dresses and the same number of slight effeminate young men in dinner-jackets. Example: Mr Lackersteen was even wearing a dinner-jacket—white, because of the season—and was completely sober. The boiled shirt and piqué waistcoat seemed to hold him upright and stiffen his moral fibre like a breastplate.
Word: whiners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whiner Labels: form-of, plural