nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hellfire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlˌfaɪə/, /ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/ 1. Of or relating to a violent, apocalyptic and ultimate day of reckoning and judgment; usually characterizing a form of Christian preaching. Example: The advance of liberalism, so-called, in Christianity, during the past fifty years, may fairly be called a victory of healthy-mindedness within the church over the morbidness with which the old hell-fire theology was more harmoniously related. Example: Sermons such as The Eternity of Hell Torments and The Future Punishment of the Wicked Unavoidable and Intolerable, as well as several manuscript examples, serve to mark the distinction between a true hellfire sermon and the proto-eschatological concerns of Sinners [in the Hands of an Angry God], consumed as it is with the here and now.
Word: hellfire Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlˌfaɪə/, /ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/ 1. hell; damn; blast
Word: ketosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keto- + -osis. Pronunciation: /kiːˈtəʊsɪs/ 1. A metabolic state in which the body produces ketones to be used as fuel by some organs so that glycogen can be reserved for organs that depend on it. This condition occurs during times of fasting, starvation, or while on a ketogenic diet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ketoacidosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Ketonbor. English ketone English keto- English acidosis English ketoacidosis From keto- + acidosis. 1. A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: edit conflict Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of two people trying to edit the same file or document simultaneously.
Word: American Standard Code for Information Interchange Part of Speech: name 1. A 7-bit character set and character encoding. Based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English, the code is employed almost universally on computing machinery, and has been integrated into the newer Unicode standard.
Word: buckyball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of buck(minsterfullerene) + -y + ball. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkiˌbɔːl/ 1. A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C₆₀). Labels: informal 2. The most common types of spheroidal fullerenes, C₆₀ and C₇₀ usually; with C₇₂ and C₇₆ sometimes also included. Labels: broadly, informal 3. Any spheroidal fullerene, from C₂₀ on upwards. Labels: broadly, informal
Word: southward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southward From south + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊθwəd/, /ˈsʌðəd/ 1. The direction or area lying to the south of a place. Labels: no-plural Example: 100 leagues to the southward
Word: southward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southward From south + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊθwəd/, /ˈsʌðəd/ 1. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.
Word: southward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southward From south + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊθwəd/, /ˈsʌðəd/ 1. Towards the south; in a southerly direction. Example: As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.
Word: lemman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lemman, lefmon, leofmon, from Old English lēof + mann, equivalent to lief + man. 1. Alternative form of leman (“lover”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sulfer Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of sulfur. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: lazybones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lazy + bones. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/ 1. A person who is lazy. Labels: slang Example: The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte." Example: His father thought that there was no doubt some more suitable work to be found for him, for he who should watch hares ought to be light and smart, and no lazybones, and when the hares began to run and fly about, there would be quite another dance than hanging about the house all day doing nothing.
Word: legalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English legalistic From legal + -istic. 1. Of a person, following the letter of the law. Example: He's very legalistic, so let's hope the law is just and merciful as well as strict. 2. Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently. Example: His legalistic tendencies irritated his neighbors, especially since they had to defend themselves against his frivolous suits. 3. Practicing or characterized by legalism. Example: She was legalistic in her observation of religious rules and traditions. Example: the European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.
Word: lengthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lengthy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lengthiness From lengthy + -ness. 1. The property of being lengthy, longness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep.
Word: lost-and-found Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lost and found Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: lost and found Part of Speech: noun 1. A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable Example: Well, if you can't find your glasses, then go to lost and found and ask if anyone turned them in. Example: It’s a shame all the pain / That they send you through / When you’re trying to get ahead / But when the gossip starts getting you down / And you feel like your heart is in the lost and found
Word: lookalike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From look + alike. See also look alike. Pronunciation: /ˈlʊkəlaɪk/ 1. Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another. Example: The cousins were such close lookalikes they could impersonate each other, and sometimes did. Example: A Queen Lookalike Fled Thailand of Lese-Majeste […] Mum Dew has been accused of trying to dress like the Queen Mother, Sirikit, wife of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 2. Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another. Labels: Canada, US Example: Among competing products, a generic substitute is one thing, whereas a deceptive lookalike is another. Example: Only a lookalike, not a real hearse, it had just enough room in the trunk for one coffin. The other one would have to sit on the back seat. Pierre got a green canvas tarp and laid it out on the seat. Rico stood by, watching anxiously.
Word: moles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Nicola Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine version of Nicholas, first used in the 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪ.kə.lə/, /nɪˈkoʊlə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Nicola Sturgeon Example: "Come in with me, if you like. You can help me to find the child." She fumbled in her bag and found a slip of paper. "Her name is Nicola Anna Magdalene Elisabeth Stephanie Lenke." Peter laughed. "She ought to be easy to find with that lot. What do they call her for short?"
Word: tocino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tocino (literally “bacon”). 1. sweetened and cured pork belly Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: self-indulgence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English indulgence English self-indulgence From self- + indulgence. 1. Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You might think it sounds like self-indulgence or an excuse to buy the doll you wanted when you were younger, but reparenting is a therapeutic technique that might help you save yourself and future generations from a lot of pain.
Word: thresholds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threshold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: for real Part of Speech: adj 1. Genuine, true; serious, earnest. Labels: informal Example: Are you seriously like actually for real? Example: Nobody is paying $500 for this shit. Be so fucking for real right now.
Word: for real Part of Speech: adv 1. Genuinely, truly. Labels: not-comparable Example: This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!
Word: drunk driving Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of driving under the influence of alcohol. Labels: US, uncountable 2. The act of driving under the influence of alcohol. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: drunk driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who drives under the influence of alcohol. Labels: US Example: If you're on the road on Saturday night, look out for drunk drivers.
Word: self-indulgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English indulgent English self-indulgent From self- + indulgent. 1. Exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence. Example: It is not a refuge for self-indulgent monomaths to channelize their aggressions within a community of colleagues and students. Example: I can assure him and others that I am more than willing to let feminist-separatists, male and/or female go their own gay way. Along with other extraneous and self-indulgent factions, they have been a diversionary and devisive ^([sic]) element.
Word: herbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twenties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twenty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twenties Part of Speech: noun 1. The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: My roommates said they were hosting a party inspired by the twenties which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE. 2. The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The waiter was in his twenties. Example: 1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three. 3. The range between 20 and 29. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains.
Word: twenties Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s). Labels: not-comparable Example: That bob haircut makes you look so twenties. Example: It tells the life of a Sicilian peasant girl, Teresa, who is brought to a village in Provence just after the First World War; is adopted by two very "twenties" lesbian ladies, one American, one English, who rebuild, maintain, and allow to decay, an old house called the Bishop's Palace.
Word: go to the bathroom Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom. Labels: US, euphemistic Example: He had been married to Vi for twenty-one years, and he still found it impossible to go to the bathroom when she was in there with him. Example: Calvin had spilled orange juice on his lap during breakfast and worried that someone might think he had gone to the bathroom in his pants.
Word: thirties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thirty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thirties Part of Speech: noun 1. The fourth decade of a century: the 1830s, 1930s, 2030s, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It says here on your resume that your last job was as a streetcorner apple vendor and that you haven't worked since the thirties. Example: The Road to Glory, while not the best, was likewise not the least of the thirties films which may justly be called "anti-war" in both intent and execution. 2. The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He looked to be in his thirties. 3. The range between 30 and 39. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It's going to be in the low thirties tonight.
Word: thirties Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 31st through 40th years of a century (chiefly the 1930s). Labels: not-comparable Example: Yearslong droughts? How thirties! Example: 'Something light and airy for this last burst of summer, non?' said Madame, and held up a dress in creamy pink crêpe-de-Chine. 'Very thirties, n'est-ce pas? I adore this fabric—so fluid, so graceful.'
Word: forties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forties Part of Speech: noun 1. The fifth decade of a century: the 1840s, 1940s, 2040s, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: My ma was born in the forties and my pa was born in the seventies. 2. The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: They're both in their forties. Example: Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig Antifa was made up of KPD and SPD members in their forties and fifties who had avoided the front, though Catholic workers’ organizations and other forces were also involved. 3. The range between 40 and 49. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking fahrenheit or celsius.
Word: forties Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s). Labels: not-comparable Example: Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens. Example: Like any big modern city, Scott's Los Angeles of 2019 is saturated with technologies; in fact, it is most striking for its layering of technologies, styles, lifestyles and ethnicities, which range from oriental peasant altars and cookfires through forties hats and building facades to off-world colonies and androids.
Word: fifties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪftiz/ 1. plural of fifty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fifties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪftiz/ 1. The sixth decade of a century: the 1850s, 1950s, 2050s, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I will probably be dead by the fifties. Example: The fifties were the heyday of the excursion train, with the 1851 Exhibition naturally giving a great boost to such traffic. 2. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: You don't really start living until you're in your fifties! Example: […] doing variations on Old Devil Moon on trumpet, backed by an aging hippy on drums, a stringbeany, college student type on upright bass, and a balding man in his fifties playing an effectively understated piano. 3. The range between 50 and 59 Fahrenheit. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It can't snow tonight; it's forecast to be in the fifties!
Word: fifties Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɪftiz/ 1. From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s). Labels: not-comparable Example: Don't bring ambrosia, this isn't a fifties potluck. Example: As they inspect the message, "Happy B-day Netta," the bakery clerk places four plastic figures around the edges of the cake. The figures have fifties hairstyles and clothing, and they are in rock 'n roll dancing poses.
Word: sixties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sixty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sixties Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.) Labels: alt-of, plural, plural-only Example: I remember living through the sixties. Example: During the sixties [1860s] the Sabbatarians were particularly active in their attacks on Sunday excursions, and this had an effect both on the companies and the public. 2. The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She retired at some point in her sixties, I don't recall exactly when. 3. The range between 60 and 69 Fahrenheit. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Highs in the mid sixties.
Word: sixties Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s). Labels: not-comparable Example: She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong. Example: Historians do not rely on single bits of evidence, but are always seeking corroboration, qualification, correction. These novels, set in context, are in themselves interesting fragments of sixties culture.
Word: seventies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seventy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seventies Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I'm so bored of this decade, the seventies can't come soon enough. Example: Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest. 2. The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: My grandma met her third wife when they were both in their seventies. 3. The range between 70 and 79. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: You don't need your parka today, it's in the seventies.
Word: seventies Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 71st through 80th years of a century (chiefly the 1970s). Labels: not-comparable Example: I know the theme of the school dance is "The 1970s" but is covering the walls, floor, and ceiling with tie-dye too seventies? Example: Among rock critics and journalists, there is an overwhelming bias to view the late sixties in a positive light and seventies music as an unfortunate decline into commercialism at the expense of musical authenticity.
Word: eighties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eighty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eighties Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Only kids born in the eighties remember this song! Example: Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest. 2. The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Only folks in their eighties remember this song! 3. The range between 80 and 89. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: No wonder I'm sweating, it's in the eighties!
Word: eighties Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s). Labels: not-comparable Example: Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago. Example: These publications can, however, be linked to a very eighties trend initiated among African American women writers like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker whose most distinguished novels deal with previously untold stories set deep in America's imperialist, slave-owning past.
Word: nineties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ninety Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 2. The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. The range between 90 and 99. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: My ideal bracket of temperature ranges from the sixties up to the nineties.
Word: nineties Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc. Example: Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest. Example: 1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172, He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.
Word: nineties Part of Speech: adj 1. From or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s). Labels: not-comparable Example: I found myself attracted to his mullet even though it struck me as needlessly nineties. Example: Nineties kids are honestly "fired up" about their environment. Students are aware and worried that their world is being destroyed, and teachers only need to tap into that hidden stream of interest.
Word: ballplayer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ball player. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [Al] Horvat landed the role of a ballplayer, wielding a huge baseball glove and mugging for the camera.
Word: dog's Part of Speech: noun 1. shortened form of dog's bollocks. Labels: UK, mildly, plural, plural-only, vulgar Example: This room is the dog's.
Word: dry cell battery Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric battery employing a zinc-carbon dry cell.
Word: oh yeah Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /oʊ jæ/, [o(ʊ̯)jɛə̯], [o(ʊ̯)˥˩ jɛə̯˨˩], [o(ʊ̯)˥˩ jɛə˦˥], [o(ʊ̯)˥˩ jɛə̯˥˩] 1. Used to indicate agreement, often sarcastically. Labels: colloquial Example: Are you going to the party? — Oh, yeah! 2. Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically. Labels: colloquial Example: (In a poker game): I raise you twenty. — Oh, yeah? I think you're bluffing. I call. 3. An exclamation of excitement or joy. Labels: colloquial Example: Oh, yeah, I got a new video game! 4. Used when suddenly remembering something. Labels: colloquial Example: Oh, yeah, there was a police car outside the building for some reason.
Word: big-ass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From big + -ass. 1. Very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: A: That's one big-ass sandwich you've got there. Where'd you get that thing? B: From the deli on Main Street. Example: It had two big sliding doors and the whole front was a mirror, one big ass mirror jim.
Word: cool off Part of Speech: verb 1. To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper. Labels: intransitive Example: You are getting a little too angry; you need to cool off. Example: The metal will take about three hours to cool off after the molding. 2. To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper. Labels: transitive Example: At first he was very angry, but his friends managed to cool him off. 3. To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on]. Labels: intransitive Example: While talking about freight, I must express my regret that the Government seem to be cooling off on the Channel Tunnel. Example: The YouGov research – contrary to other polls – also suggested Brits have cooled off on the idea of Thatcher's flagship "right to buy" policy 4. To be imprisoned. Labels: intransitive Example: He's cooling off in the state pen. 5. To kill (someone). Labels: slang, transitive 6. To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: After doing the job, he went to the safehouse to cool off.
Word: botete Part of Speech: noun 1. A pufferfish of the genus Sphoeroides. Example: The spotted botete lay at the bottom of the sea.
Word: atriotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atrio- + -tomy. 1. The surgical opening of an atrium.
Word: infantilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English infantile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English infantilize From infantile + -ize (“make into”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/ 1. To reduce (an adult) to the state or status of an infant. Labels: transitive Example: For too long, many of us have sought unity by binding ourselves together with the umbilical cords of dogma. They have done less and less to nurture us in recent years, and more and more to infantilize us. Example: Once [Chile] began the transition to democracy in the 1990s, two journalists, Álvaro Díaz González and Pedro Peirano, set out to design a children’s show that they themselves would want to watch – steeped in humor and political criticism, and where children wouldn’t be infantilized. 2. To treat (an adult) like a child. Labels: transitive
Word: marginalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle (neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (“on the periphery”), from Latin margō (“border, edge”). By surface analysis, marginal + -ia. Compare margin. Pronunciation: /mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/, /mɑːd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/ 1. Notes in the margin of a document. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript. Example: In so doing, he transforms the Foxian compulsion to distinguish true martyrs from false ones —and thus to differentiate his own saint-making project from medieval hagiography—into a model of textual criticism, directed at detecting and desanctifying the false martyr through the critical medium of marginalia.
Word: find out Part of Speech: verb 1. To discover, as by asking or investigating. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I don't know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy to find out. Example: "Why shouldn't somethin' new and wonderful lie in such a country? And why shouldn't we be the men to find it out?" 2. To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc. Labels: transitive Example: He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out. 3. To uncover a weakness in (someone). Labels: transitive Example: He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out. Example: If you don't try, you do not find it out. 4. To discover (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it. Labels: archaic 5. To receive the consequences of one's actions. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: With the way he behaved, it's no wonder he found out.
Word: exploring Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb explore.
Word: exploring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of explore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Word: craniosophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: cranio- + -sophy + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹeɪ.ni.əˈsɒf.ɪk/, /ˌkɹeɪ.ni.əˈsɑf.ɪk/ 1. Having supposed knowledge or skill at phrenology.
Word: get up on the wrong side of bed Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of get up on the wrong side of the bed.
Word: hold-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deverbal from hold up. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊldˌʌp/ 1. A delay or wait. Labels: colloquial Example: What is the hold-up? Example: The crossing caused serious congestion with long traffic hold-ups, and had been a bone of contention between the local authorities and the railway for over eighty years. It was controlled from Fletton Road Junction Signalbox (removed at the same time) and, until a wheel was installed in 1920, required two gatemen on each turn of duty. 2. A robbery at gunpoint. Labels: slang Example: This is a hold-up! Give us all your money. Example: They didn't get shot to death in hold-ups, strangled to death in rapes, stabbed to death in saloons, bludgeoned to death with axes by parents or children or die summarily by some other act of God. 3. The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later. Example: This was another hand on which a holdup caused declarer to lose control and to go down in a sensational way: […] Example: In a holdup, a player delays taking a trick until opponents' entries are reduced. 4. Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. Labels: in-plural 5. The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant. Example: And to the left is a portable gamma counter that tells us the holdup of plutonium recovery facilities. Example: During process operations and temporary shutdown, the holdup within the facility is also known as the in-process inventory. 6. A traffic jam. Labels: Nigeria
Word: perennibranchiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perennial + branchiate (“having gills”). 1. having gills throughout life Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Latin Americans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Latin American Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela. 1. plain or simple twilled fabric Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a draft garment made of inexpensive cloth for the purposes of fitting and design evaluation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baby machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman, regarded as somebody whose sole purpose is to bear children. Labels: derogatory
Word: rudas Part of Speech: adj 1. bold; masculine; coarse Labels: Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete Example: But what can ail them to bury the auld carlin (a rudas wife she was) in the night time? Example: "And wherefore, sir? Are your discourses only for wrinkled carls and old rudas wives? Is there no place in your kirk for a girl?"
Word: sapor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sapour, sapoure, from Latin sapor. Doublet of savour /savor. 1. A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: But, though the ſavour bee ſo baſe, the ſapor is ſo excellent, that no meat, no ſauce, no veſſell pleaſes the Guzurats pallat, ſave what reliſhes of it.
Word: sede Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siːd/ 1. Obsolete spelling of seed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sella Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sella turcica.
Word: sigillum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sigillum. Doublet of sigil and seal. 1. A seal Labels: historical
Word: semita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin semita (“a path”). 1. A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
Word: complementary medicine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɒm.pləˌmen.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɔːm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɔːm.pləˌmen.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˌkɔm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹi ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/ 1. Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronyms: (it contains these as parts) alternative medicine, functional medicine, folk medicine, traditional medicine, indigenous medicine, herbal medicine
Word: Letzeburgesh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch. 1. Synonym of Luxembourgish.
Word: toa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dieri toa (“sign, mark, stick, messenger”), thoa, thuwa. 1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts. Example: These thirty-four toa constructions, made from urban debris and ceremoniously installed in a circular (or sometimes oval) bed of sand, bring together the multiple themes centred on reclamation that preoccupied his life. Example: It seems that on leaving one place people would place a toa in the ground to show other people where they had gone.
Word: toa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori toa. 1. A brave warrior. Labels: New-Zealand Example: The toa or brave who distinguished himself was thought very highly of. Example: Thus in Polynesia, the toa (warrior) could challenge the ariki (priest/chief).
Word: toa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori toa. Doublet of koa. 1. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It happens that nature has assembled in this spot, not only the wildest profusion of the vegetable kingdom, over which the lofty toa tree stands pre-eminent, but also objects of another description, overhanging rocks, hollow-sounding caverns, and steep precipices, calculated to give an aspect as bold and sublime as the imagination can well conceive, and constituting a species of scenery, which, in proportion as it is more rare, is more admired by the natives. Example: The toa wood of the South Pacific islands is similar to Eastern walnut in color and texture, but is much finer in figure.
Word: Livonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *liiva Estonian liivder. Latin Livoniabor. English Livonia From Latin Livonia, from Estonian liiv (“sand”). Pronunciation: /lɪˈvəʊ.ni.ə/, /lɪˈvoʊ.ni.ə/ 1. A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia. Labels: historical 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Baltic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Balticus, from Latin Balthae (“dwellers near the Baltic sea”); equivalent to Balt + -ic. The ultimate origin of the ethnonym is unknown, but possibilities include: * Related to Lithuanian baltas (“white”) and Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp, bog, mud”), which are likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel(H)- (“white”) via Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtas (“white”). This supposes a semantic shift in Baltic from “white” to something like “marsh” or “sea”, paralleling that in the Slavic cognate. (However, the only such parallels attested from Baltic occur in Lithuanian balà (“swamp, mire, morass; puddle”) and Latvian bala (“loamy valley without trees, swamp, depression”), which are not only semantically more distant but crucially lack the *-t- suffix.) On the other hand, similar words for “swamp, marsh” throughout Europe have been considered substrate words; more at *bolto and baltë. * From a hypothetical derivative of Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (itself borrowed from Latin balteus (“belt”)), originally referring to the Danish straits, "the Belts". This is suggested by Adam of Bremen, who in the 11th century first recorded the name (Balticus, eo quod in modum baltei longo tractu per Scithicas regiones tendatur usque in Greciam). All of these options involve a great deal of speculation, however. More on Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒl.tɪk/, /ˈbɔːl.tɪk/, /ˈbɔl.tɪk/, /ˈbɑl.tɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea. Example: The Teutonic Knights were newly established in the Baltic region, where they owed their first possessions to Mazovian policy. 2. Of or pertaining to any of the Baltic languages. Example: The Baltic division of the group embraces the Lithuanian and Lettic. 3. Of or pertaining to the Balts (the Baltic peoples). 4. Extremely cold. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: It's twenty-three degrees outside, freezing is thirty two and with the wind chill factor it's Baltic out there. Example: Apart from anything else, it's absolutely Baltic outside. In the past 24 hours, a freeze has abruptly descended on the whole of Europe, and here in the northwest corner of France, the cold claws of the Atlantic are particularly sharp.
Word: Baltic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Balticus, from Latin Balthae (“dwellers near the Baltic sea”); equivalent to Balt + -ic. The ultimate origin of the ethnonym is unknown, but possibilities include: * Related to Lithuanian baltas (“white”) and Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp, bog, mud”), which are likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel(H)- (“white”) via Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtas (“white”). This supposes a semantic shift in Baltic from “white” to something like “marsh” or “sea”, paralleling that in the Slavic cognate. (However, the only such parallels attested from Baltic occur in Lithuanian balà (“swamp, mire, morass; puddle”) and Latvian bala (“loamy valley without trees, swamp, depression”), which are not only semantically more distant but crucially lack the *-t- suffix.) On the other hand, similar words for “swamp, marsh” throughout Europe have been considered substrate words; more at *bolto and baltë. * From a hypothetical derivative of Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (itself borrowed from Latin balteus (“belt”)), originally referring to the Danish straits, "the Belts". This is suggested by Adam of Bremen, who in the 11th century first recorded the name (Balticus, eo quod in modum baltei longo tractu per Scithicas regiones tendatur usque in Greciam). All of these options involve a great deal of speculation, however. More on Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒl.tɪk/, /ˈbɔːl.tɪk/, /ˈbɔl.tɪk/, /ˈbɑl.tɪk/ 1. The Baltic Sea. 2. A geographic region of Northern Europe, surrounding the Baltic Sea. Example: Well, you see, I was temporarily in command of the cruiser coming down the Baltic, and passing an island rock a few miles away, I thought it would be a good opportunity to test a new gun that had been put aboard when we left England. 3. A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of the three countries to the east of the Baltic Sea, i.e. Latvia, Lithuanian and Estonia; in full, the Baltics or the Baltic states. Example: It appears from the evidence, that the corn from the Baltic is often very heavily taxed, and that this tax is generally raised in proportion to our necessities. 4. The Baltic language family; the Baltic languages 5. The Baltic Exchange, a membership organisation for the maritime industry. 6. An unincorporated community in Kings County, in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. 7. A village and census-designated place in the center of the town of Sprague, Connecticut. 8. A village in Coshocton County, Holmes County and Tuscarawas County, Ohio. 9. A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Word: venta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish venta. 1. A roadside inn in Spain.
Word: bird dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of bird + dog. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd dɒɡ/ 1. A gun dog used in hunting waterfowl and other birds to flush, point out, and/or retrieve the birds. Example: Tim Johnson was the property of Mr. Harry Johnson who drove the Mobile bus and lived on the southern edge of town. Tim was a liver-colored bird dog, the pet of Maycomb. 2. A tout. 3. A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee. 4. A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps). Example: I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on 5. A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted. 6. A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner Example: Johnny is the joker that's been tryin' to steal my baby He's a bird dog
Word: bird dog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of bird + dog. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd dɒɡ/ 1. To watch closely. Labels: intransitive 2. To seek out. Labels: transitive 3. A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors. Labels: slang
Word: suster Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of sister. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Tigger turns to me and says “Mommy, that was my brudder and suster!”
Word: pleased to meet you Part of Speech: phrase 1. A polite formula used when being introduced to somebody.
Word: vag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of vagina. Pronunciation: /ˈvæd͡ʒ/, [ˈvæd͡ʒ] 1. Vagina (or, by extension, vulva). Labels: US, no-plural, slang, vulgar Example: Out the cab flash the vag / Set the women's movement back Example: My vag squirt aloe vera / Yo' vag look like Tony Danza 2. The Volkswagen group. Labels: no-plural
Word: vag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of vagrant. Pronunciation: /ˈvæɡ/, [ˈvæɡ], /ˈveɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈveɪ̯ɡ] 1. To arrest somebody as a vagrant. Labels: slang, transitive Example: But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.
Word: vag Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvæɡ/, [ˈvæɡ] 1. Turf used as fuel. Labels: Devon, UK, dated, dialectal Example: Localities where vags were cut are sometimes so named: e.g. Vag(s) Hill (Row Brook, Double Dart); Vag Hill (Glaze Brook, Avon). Example: They had not driven their ponies over the Unit Land; she had probably cut a vag from the Unit Land but this was done only in the presence of witnesses to determine whether those objecting were vigilant to stop any exercise of this right, and only on one occasion.
Word: vag Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvæɡ/, [ˈvæɡ] 1. To drag; to trail on the ground. Labels: Devon, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: Düee 'old up yer frock, an' not let 'n vag along like that; tha bottom aw'n 'll be tiffled out, and covered wi' mucks. 2. To bend; to give; to yield. Labels: Devon, UK, archaic, dialectal 3. To flap; to blow in the wind. Labels: Devon, UK, dated, dialectal Example: Smoke immediately vagged about in the parlour chimney.
Word: malva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, or in some Spanish or Portuguese contexts, from the Spanish or Portuguese word. Pronunciation: /ˈmæl.və/ 1. Any plant of the genus Malva, a mallow. Example: Another malva to note is M. moschata Alba, the white form of our native musk mallow. Example: How to prepare: Cook the malvas the same way as amaranth and most other greens in Mexico are prepared[,] that is, briefly cooked with tomatoes or tomatillos and onions ...
Word: antihydrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anti- 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 antihydrogen From anti- + hydrogen. 1. The antimatter equivalent of hydrogen, consisting of an antiproton and a positron (antielectron). Labels: particle, uncountable, usually 2. An atom of the antimatter equivalent of hydrogen. Labels: countable, particle, usually
Word: antielectron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + electron. Coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1928 using the spelling anti-electron. 1. Synonym of positron.
Word: Aurum Part of Speech: name 1. A sweet Italian liqueur, having a golden-yellow colour, manufactured from brandy, oranges and saffron.
Word: antimoniuretted hydrogen Part of Speech: noun 1. stibine. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: stibine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian sdmder. Ancient Greek στίμμῐ (stímmĭ) Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)der. Latin stibiumder. English stibium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English stibine From stibium + -ine. By surface analysis, stib- + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪbaɪn/ 1. stibnite. 2. antimony hydride, SbH₃; a poisonous gas, sometimes used as a fumigant; any organic derivative of this compound.
Word: arseniuretted hydrogen Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound arsine. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: carburetted hydrogen Part of Speech: noun 1. methane Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: ethnomusicology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- English music Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English musicology English ethnomusicology From ethno- + musicology. 1. The study of music and culture; the study of music as it relates to its cultural context. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dihydrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English di- 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- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen English dihydrogen From di- + hydrogen. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒ(ə)n/ 1. The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions. Labels: uncountable 2. Describing a dihydrogen bond. Labels: uncountable Example: The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. 3. The diatomic hydrogen molecule H₂. Labels: uncountable