nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: people Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English peplen, peuplien, partly from Middle French peupler (from peuple (“people”)) and partly from the noun (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈpi.pəl/, [ˈpʰi.pəɫ], [ˈpʰi.pɫ̩], /ˈpiː.pəl/, [ˈpʰiː.pɫ̩] 1. To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate. Labels: transitive Example: He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled Heav'n with Angels, Earth with Man. Example: Scenes, long since forgotten, had been peopling his solitude with one still cherished image paramount over all; one young fair face, whose sweet eyes seemed to look upon him reproachfully:... 2. To become populous or populated. Labels: intransitive 3. To inhabit; to occupy; to populate. Labels: transitive Example: […] / As thick and numberless / As the gay motes that people the Sun Beams, / […]
Word: dictatorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dictator Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English dictatorship From dictator + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪktæɪtəʃɪp/, /ˈdəktæɪtəʃəp/, /ˈdiktetəʃip/, /dɪkˈteɪtə(ɹ)ʃɪp/, /ˈdɪkteɪtəɹʃɪp/ 1. A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique. 2. A government which exercises autocratic rule. Example: There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship. 3. Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
Word: dictator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”). Pronunciation: /dɪkˈteɪtə/, /ˈdɪkˌteɪtəɹ/, [-ɾəɹ], /ˌdɪkˈteɪtəɹ/ 1. An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government. Example: The Dominicans had lived for thirty years under the iron-fisted rule of dictator Leonidas Trujillo. During those years, which ended with Trujillo's assassination in 1961, those who opposed Trujillo had three choices: to go into exile, to go underground, or to remain quiet. Most Dominicans had chosen the third course. Example: Dictator, noun : someone who doesn't let American CEOs dictate how their country is run 2. A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war. 3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure. 4. Misspelling of dictater. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: totalitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌtəʊtalɪˈtɛəɹiən/, /ˌtoʊtəlɪˈtɛɹiən/ 1. Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically. Example: The divine truth is stronger than totalitarian falsehoods. Example: Only history can tell us where China will go from here. The Chinese leadership's brutal crackdown on students seeking fundamental democratic rights makes it difficult to chart the future. Those brave students who laid down their lives against the tanks of Tiananmen Square confirmed what I'd always believed: that no totalitarian society can bottle up the instinctive drive of men and women to be free, and that once you give a captive people a little freedom, they'll demand still more.
Word: totalitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) + -an. Equivalent to totality + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌtəʊtalɪˈtɛəɹiən/, /ˌtoʊtəlɪˈtɛɹiən/ 1. An advocate of totalitarianism.
Word: election Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion. Displaced native Old English cyre (“choice, free will, election”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/, /əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ 1. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March. Example: How did you vote in (UK also: at) the last election? 2. The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal. 3. An option that is selected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: W-4 election 4. Any conscious choice. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election. Example: To use men with much difference and election is good. 5. In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […] 6. Those who are elected. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The election hath obtained it.
Word: vote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow. Pronunciation: /vəʊt/, /voʊt/, /vəʉt/, /(ʋ)oːʈ/ 1. A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute. Example: The city council decided the matter should go to public vote. Example: Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister. 2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot. Example: The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote. Example: There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. 3. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. Labels: obsolete Example: Jol[ante]. In you, Sir, / I live; and when, or by the Courſe of Nature, / Or Violence you muſt fall, the End of my / Devotions is, that one and the ſame Hour / May make us fit for Heaven. // Server. I join with you / In my votes that way: […] 4. A formalized petition or request. Labels: obsolete 5. Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view. Labels: obsolete 6. Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published. Example: dissenting vote (i.e. in particular the differing opinion published with a judicial judgment considered as a source of information)
Word: vote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow. Pronunciation: /vəʊt/, /voʊt/, /vəʉt/, /(ʋ)oːʈ/ 1. To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election. Labels: intransitive Example: Q: Did you vote last month? A: Yes. I voted for John Smith, and it's a shame that he lost; you can't blame me for the mess we're in now. Example: The directors voted on the question of whether to increase the R&D spending. 2. To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent. Labels: transitive Example: The directors voted an increase in R&D spending. Example: The meal was voted a great success. 3. To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock). Labels: transitive Example: vote your ballot Example: vote your shares
Word: communist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun 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 -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.mju.nɪst/, /komˈmju.nɪst/ 1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
Word: communist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun 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 -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.mju.nɪst/, /komˈmju.nɪst/ 1. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism. 2. Any revolutionary or subversive radical. Labels: nonstandard
Word: communism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French communismebor. English communism A borrowing from French communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin commūnis) and the suffix -isme (“-ism”). By surface analysis, commune + -ism. Pronunciation: [ˈkɒm.ju.nɪ.zm̩], [ˈkɑ.mju.nɪ.zm̩], [ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪ.zm̩], [ˈkɔm.jə.nɪ.zm̩] 1. Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I want to gather together about twenty souls and sail away from this world of war and squalor and found a little colony where there shall be no money but a sort of communism as far as necessaries of life go, and some real decency. 2. Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc. Labels: Western, colloquial, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable Example: This tax plan is communism! 5. Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms). Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: A recent survey of 633 South Korean scientists found not only that communism was the Mertonian norm they thought most respected in practice (Kim and Kim 2018, 9), but also that younger scientists’ replies showed evidence of ‘mounting tension between the commercialisation of academic science and the norm of communalism’ (Kim and Kim 2018, 19). Our focus on scientific communism and its relationship to commercial research may thus reflect the concerns of working scientists. 6. communality, sharedness. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Rational expectations econometrics extends a communism of statistical models to include a “sharing with nature” that is an essential input into making maximum likelihood or generalized method of moments be good estimators.
Word: samurai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai). Pronunciation: /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/, /ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/, /ˈsɑː.mʊ.ˈɾɑːj/ 1. In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.
Word: bushido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 武(ぶ)士(し)道(どう) (bushidō), from Middle Chinese 武士 (mju^X dzri^X, “warrior”) + 道 (daw^X, “way”). Cognate with Mandarin 武士 (wǔshì) and Cantonese 武士 (mou⁵ si⁶). Pronunciation: /buˈʃi.doʊ/ 1. An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life. Labels: uncountable
Word: daimyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō), from Middle Chinese 大名 (dajᴴ mjieng, “excellent one”), from 大 (“great”) + 名 (mjieng, “name”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/, /ˈdaɪ.mjoʊ/ 1. A lord during the Japanese feudal period. Labels: historical
Word: katana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, “single-edged sword”). Pronunciation: /kəˈtɑnə/, [kɪ̈ˈtʰɑnə] 1. A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.
Word: longsword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + sword. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋsɔːd/, /ˈlɔŋsɔɹd/ 1. Any type of sword that is comparatively long; depending on context, applied to swords of the Bronze Age, Migration period, Viking Age and Renaissance era. 2. A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.
Word: wakizashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 脇差(わきざし) (wakizashi). Pronunciation: /wækɪˈzæʃi/, /wɑkɪˈzɑʃi/, /wɑkiˈzɑʃi/ 1. A traditional Japanese shortsword, typically 30cm to 60cm (or nearly 12 inches to approx. 23.6 inches) in length, often used as a secondary weapon to a katana. Example: Hiro shoves Reason back into the zodiac, jumps in, and starts the motor. He doesn’t have time to untie the boat from the pontoon, so he snaps through the line with his wakizashi and takes off.
Word: daisho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 大小(だいしょう) (daishō), from 大(だい) (dai, “large”) + 小(しょう) (shō, “small”), in reference to the comparative size of the swords. 1. A traditional Japanese pair of swords, consisting of the katana and wakizashi.
Word: shortsword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + sword. 1. A sword of a class generally shorter than one meter, but longer than a dagger.
Word: tanto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 短刀 (tantō), from Middle Chinese 短刀 (twan^X taw, “dagger”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑntoʊ/, /ˈtæntoʊ/ 1. A traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.
Word: tanto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tanto. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑntoʊ/, /ˈtæntəʊ/ 1. So much; too much. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tsuba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鍔 (つば, tsuba). Pronunciation: /ˈtsubə/, /ˈsubə/ 1. The guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword or bladed weapon.
Word: hilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt). Pronunciation: /hɪlt/ 1. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand. Example: A partial tang does not extend all the way through the hilt and is normally not more than half the width of the blade. The length of the tang and the width, particularly where it narrows before entering the pommel, vary from sword to sword. 2. The base of the penis. Example: he draws it again, and just wetting it with spittle, re-enters, and with ease sheath'd it now up to the hilt Example: Joy saw stars as Malcolm's hard, thick cock pushed to his hilt, the reality shattering every fantasy about him she ever had. She opened her legs wider and bent her knees. As he pulled out, she tilted her pelvis for his next thrust. His cock ran against her clit hood barbell[…]
Word: hilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt). Pronunciation: /hɪlt/ 1. To provide with a hilt. Labels: transitive Example: Being lightly hilted, it was very heavy in the point and was useful only as an unscientific chopper, dangerous if it connected with a vital part of an adversary, ideal for cutting at defenceless infantry, but unsuitable for sabre to sabre action, especially against the French equivalent, a beautifully balanced weapon, which was so functional that it was still used by the French cavalry in 1918, while a copy was used by the Prussians in the war of 1870. Example: She took a ray of light from the moon, the lamp which stands on her adorning table, and fashioned it into a bright dagger. She hilted it with the turquoise of the morning sky, with some of the stars in it for better grip, and gave it to Gulsera, whispering in her ear. 2. To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (e.g. finger until palm, penis until pelvis). Labels: transitive Example: his fingers hilted inside Example: He hilted himself inside her.
Word: handle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English handlen, from Old English handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”), from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, from Proto-Germanic *handulōną (“to take, grip, feel”), equivalent to hand + -le. Cognate with West Frisian handelje, hanneljen, hanljen (“to handle, treat”), Dutch handelen (“to handle, deal, act, negotiate”), German handeln (“to act, trade, negotiate, behave”), Swedish handla (“to buy, trade, deal”), Icelandic höndla (“to handle”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæn.d(ə)l/, /ˈheə̯n.d(ə)l/, /ˈhɛə̯n.d(ə)l/ 1. To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s). Labels: transitive Example: Happy, ye leaves! when as those lilly hands [...] Shall handle you. Example: Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. 2. To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands. Labels: rare, transitive Example: The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts for at least six months every year. 3. To manage, use, or wield with the hands. Labels: transitive Example: That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper Example: Light on his feet for a big man, he handled the rifle like a pistol. 4. To manage, control, or direct. Labels: transitive Example: You shall see how I'll handle her Example: The findings emerged from questionnaires filled in by 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour. 5. To treat, to deal with (in a specified way). Labels: transitive Example: she handled the news with grace Example: the Persians handled the French ambassador shamefully 6. To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art. Labels: transitive Example: We will handle what persons are apt to envy others... Example: If traditional painting handled the same themes again and again, a truth which people are apt to overlook is that we often get startlingly different compositions of the same theme or episode. 7. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell. Labels: transitive Example: a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock 8. To be concerned with; to be an expert in. Labels: rare, transitive Example: They that handle the law knew me not 9. To put up with; to endure (and continue to function). Labels: transitive Example: I can't handle this hot weather. Example: For example, a program that loads data from a file needs to handle the case where that file is not found. 10. To use the hands. Labels: intransitive Example: They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not 11. To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball. Labels: intransitive 12. To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed). Labels: intransitive Example: the car handles well
Word: laissez faire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈleɪseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/, /ˌlɛ(ˌ)seɪ ˈfɛəɹ/, /ˌleɪ-/, /-(ˌ)zeɪ/ 1. A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs. Labels: uncountable Example: In brief, all this Mammon-Gospel of Supply-and-demand, Competition, Laissez-faire, and Devil take the hindmost, begins to be one of the shabbiest Gospels ever preached on Earth; or altogether the shabbiest. Example: While laissez-faire economy was the product of deliberate State action, subsequent restrictions on laissez-faire started in a spontaneous way. Laissez-faire was planned; planning was not. 2. A policy of non-interference by authority in any competitive process. Labels: uncountable
Word: laissez faire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈleɪseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/, /ˌlɛ(ˌ)seɪ ˈfɛəɹ/, /ˌleɪ-/, /-(ˌ)zeɪ/ 1. Practicing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference, especially in economic affairs; pertaining to free-market capitalism. Example: I think the city should take a laissez faire approach to this; getting involved would only make things worse. 2. Advocating such noninterference. Example: The Senator claims to be laissez faire, but he voted in favor of the subsidies. Example: While laissez-faire economy was the product of deliberate State action, subsequent restrictions on laissez-faire started in a spontaneous way. Laissez-faire was planned; planning was not. 3. Resulting from such noninterference. Example: The price ceiling was well below the laissez faire price that demand would have supported, so there were always shortages. 4. Avoiding interference in other people's affairs; choosing to live and let live.
Word: shogun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”), ultimately from Middle Chinese. Doublet of jiangjun. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/ 1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan. Example: The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent, and hath rayſed the perſecution (whereof this booke intreateth) againſt the Chriſtians, and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia.
Word: generalissimo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian generalissimo, superlative of generale. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛnəɹəˈlisimoʊ/, /ˌd͡ʒɛnəɹəˈliːsɪməʊ/, /ˌd͡ʒɛnəɹəˈlɪsɪməʊ/ 1. A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader. Example: Where stands Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in this conflict of opinion concerning the tactics which China should adopt towards the aggressor? Chiang Kai-shek, according to officials who know his mind with whom I have talked, is all for resistance—as soon as he thinks he can win! “It is a fatal mistake for the Japanese to imagine that I will not fight under any circumstances,” he has said. But the Chinese Generalissimo is too well versed in the philosophy of his country not to recollect that it is foolish to fight with the certainty of defeat.
Word: commander in chief Part of Speech: noun 1. Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country. Example: For, [Scipio] being Commaunder in chiefe, ouer an Armie; (Latin original: praeesse autem suo nomine exercitui) Example: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Word: san Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σάν (sán), from a Semitic language. Pronunciation: /ˈsæn/, [ˈseə̯n] ~ [ˈsɛə̯n], /ˈsan/, /ˈsæːn/, [ˈseːn] 1. An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.
Word: san Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of sanatorium. Pronunciation: /ˈsæn/, [ˈseə̯n] ~ [ˈsɛə̯n], /ˈsan/, /ˈsæːn/, [ˈseːn] 1. A sanatorium. Labels: dated, informal Example: "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San." Example: ‘I was in the san for ten months before the war. I know all the gen about being sick.’
Word: chan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of channel. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæn/ 1. An IRC channel. Labels: Internet, informal Example: I tried, but I never get anyone in the chan! I don't know how/where to advertise... maybe we should set up a meeting time or something? Example: If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.
Word: chan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæn/ 1. An imageboard. Labels: Internet, informal Example: more niche chans
Word: rin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run. Pronunciation: /ɹɪn/ 1. To run. Labels: ambitransitive, dialectal Example: "Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it.[…]." Example: O! gin I were where Gadie^([the name of a rivulet]) rins,
Word: rin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin). Pronunciation: /ɹɪn/ 1. A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.
Word: bo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /bəʊ/, /boʊ/ 1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten. Example: We may fairely cry bo-bo-boe; it may well make us hoarse, but it will nothing advaunce it.
Word: bo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a shortening of boy. Pronunciation: /bəʊ/, /boʊ/ 1. Fellow, chap, boy. Labels: US, slang Example: ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’
Word: bo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 棒 (bō), from Middle Chinese 棒 (baewng^X, “staff, club”) (compare modern Chinese 棒 (bàng)). Pronunciation: /bəʊ/, /boʊ/ 1. A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.
Word: bo Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Hokkien 無 /无 (bô). Pronunciation: [boː˨˦], /bəʊ/, /boʊ/ 1. Final interrogative particle, used to invite agreement. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, interrogative Example: Swee bo? 2. Final interrogative particle, forming a yes-no question from a declarative statement. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, interrogative
Word: bo Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Initialism of best of. Pronunciation: /bəʊ/, /boʊ/ 1. Initialism of best of: Often directly precedes an odd number. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Best-of-three (bo3) Group Stage Match Information
Word: -kun Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese くん (kun). 1. Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity. Labels: morpheme
Word: -sama Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese さま (-sama). 1. Appended to a person's name or nickname to convey honour and respect. Labels: morpheme, slang
Word: -san Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese さん (san, “Mr, Ms”). 1. Honorific ending used to indicate that a person is Japanese, talking with a Japanese, or treated like a Japanese. Labels: informal, morpheme
Word: -chan Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the Japanese familiar suffix ちゃん (-chan). 1. Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity. Labels: morpheme Example: Dr. Murdoch and Murdoch-chan form an alliance with a group they refer to as “happas” who are half-white and half-Asian, claiming that they pose no threat to each other, but both stand to lose if ZOG wins.
Word: -chan Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English channel. 1. Used in the names of imageboards, usually ones that try to emulate 4chan. Labels: Internet, morpheme
Word: o- Part of Speech: noun 1. A blood type that has no antigens. It lacks the A, B and Rh factors on the blood cells. It is the universal donor for blood and can give blood to any blood type, but can only receive O- blood.
Word: o- Part of Speech: prefix 1. ortho- Labels: morpheme
Word: b Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /b/, /biː/ 1. The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: b Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /b/, /biː/ 1. The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: b Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of born. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: b Part of Speech: symbol 1. latitude in the galactic coordinate system 2. barn 3. bit 4. bye 5. big
Word: b Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of be. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: ima prolly b at home tn Example: i am looking for any safari i am trying to fill my dex and it would b rly nice :D especially fire,ice, flying, since i don't a lot of those but everyone is welcome to add me :DD
Word: blood type Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblʌd taɪp/ 1. Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells. 2. Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.
Word: dumbwaiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb (“unable to speak”) + waiter, originally separate words and describing the portable table's inability to relate gossip after the meal. By the use of the term to describe small service elevators in American homes in the 1840s, it simply meant dumb as “mechanical”, “unable to speak at all”. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmˌweɪtəɹ/ 1. A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another. Example: When writing he had a copyin machine: while he was a-writin he wouldn't suffer nobody to come in his room: had a dumb-waiter: when he wanted anything he had nothin to do but turn a crank and the dumb-waiter would bring him water or fruit on a plate or anything he wanted. 2. A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food. Labels: obsolete Example: Sauces, wines, all the accessories we wanted, and all of the best, were given out by our host from his dumbwaiter; and when they had made the circuit of the table, he always put them back again. 3. A lazy Susan. Labels: obsolete
Word: display Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of deploy. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpleɪ/, /ˈɖɪsˌple/ 1. A show or spectacle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display. Example: The festival has been popular with locals since it began in 2003. This year, in addition to the skies over the Siying Archway Bridge (西瀛虹橋) near the main town of Makung (馬公市), there will be fireworks displays over the Penghu Sea-Crossing Bridge (跨海大橋) in Paisha Township (白沙鄉) and the Kuanri Recreational Area (觀日遊憩區) in Huhsi Township (湖西鄉). 2. A piece of work to be presented visually. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice. 3. A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An electronic screen that shows graphics or text. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: display Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of deploy. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpleɪ/, /ˈɖɪsˌple/ 1. To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest. Labels: transitive Example: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place. Example: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]. 2. To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Labels: intransitive Example: Being the very fellow which of late / Diſplaid ſo ſawcily againſt your Highneſſe […] 3. To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy. Example: The Englishmen[…]display their ranks and[…]press hard upon their enemies. 4. To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type. Labels: dated 5. To discover; to descry. Labels: obsolete Example: And from his seat took pleasure to display / The city so adorned with towers. 6. To spread out, to unfurl. Labels: obsolete Example: The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thristy heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes display, / Whiles creeping slomber made him to forget / His former paine [...].
Word: attachment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ 1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs. 2. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have such an attachment towards my fiancé! 3. A dependence, especially a strong one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol. 4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […] 5. The means by which something is physically attached. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta. 6. A file sent along with a message, usually an email. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: attachment of earnings 8. The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1
Word: c Part of Speech: character Etymology: Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”). Pronunciation: /siː/, /k/, /s/, /tʃ/ 1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: c Part of Speech: num Etymology: Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”). Pronunciation: /siː/, /k/, /s/, /tʃ/ 1. The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: c Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Alternative form of c.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: c Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Alternative form of c.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: c Part of Speech: noun 1. The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.
Word: c Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of see. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Apurv replied, “Hello...nice to c u online!” Example: C u 2nite as planned.
Word: d Part of Speech: character Etymology: From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ. Pronunciation: /diː/, /d/ 1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase Example: Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s.
Word: d Part of Speech: num Etymology: From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ. Pronunciation: /diː/, /d/ 1. The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: d Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616 1. Abbreviation of dimensional. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of declared. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: d Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616 1. Abbreviation of down. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Do you have the answer for 23d? 2. Abbreviation of already, used in text messages to form the perfect tenses. Labels: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: Come d. Example: Done d.
Word: d Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616 1. A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p). Example: £sd — “pounds, shillings and pence” 2. Die or dice. Example: d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides Example: 2d6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice 3. A penny, a measure of the size of nails.
Word: d Part of Speech: article 1. Pronunciation spelling of the Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: that cavalier expression i see/on people's mugs don't keep/d pie from hitting dey faces
Word: g Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiː/, /ɡ/, /d͡ʒ/ 1. The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: g Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiː/, /ɡ/, /d͡ʒ/ 1. The seventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: g Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. A unit of gravitational acceleration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: pull Gs 2. Abbreviation of gram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of general intelligence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of good. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable Example: All g, it happens. 6. Abbreviation of gangster. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of grin; often enclosed in * * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Call me old fashioned, but the cyberdong virtual dildo just didn't do it for me. […] PS= Does that make the cyberdong a dildon't? ... okay I apologize <g>
Word: h Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ/, [æɪt͡ʃ], /heɪt͡ʃ/, [heːt͡ʃ], [hæɪt͡ʃ] 1. The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: h Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ/, [æɪt͡ʃ], /heɪt͡ʃ/, [heːt͡ʃ], [hæɪt͡ʃ] 1. The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: h Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations 1. Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra. 2. Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of heroin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang 4. Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video). Example: The commands assume that the NV memory is addressed beginning at 8000h in external data memory. 5. Abbreviation of home phone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: h Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of H. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: j Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /dʒeɪ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/, /dʒ/ 1. The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: j Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʒeɪ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/, /dʒ/ 1. A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint'). Labels: slang Example: "I went outside to smoke myself a J" — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening" from the album, "One Trick Pony." 2. An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics. 3. The second unit vector, after i
Word: j Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /dʒeɪ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/, /dʒ/ 1. Abbreviation of just. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: im lwk j chillin wbu?
Word: k Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /keɪ/, /k/ 1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase 2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: k Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /keɪ/, /k/ 1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: k Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo-. 1. A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB). 2. A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection. 3. kilometre or kilometres. Labels: colloquial Example: We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat. 4. thousand or thousands. Labels: colloquial Example: Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account. 5. The SI measurement value of 1,000
Word: k Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of OK. 1. OK Labels: Internet, colloquial
Word: l Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /ɛl/, /æl/, /l/, [l], [ɫ] 1. The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: l Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ɛl/, /æl/, /l/, [l], [ɫ] 1. The twelfth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: l Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Abbreviation of litre or liter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Latinlibra (“pound (sterling)”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: And where a barrister, in summing up the items proved before him as arbitrator, misadded them, and thereby by mistake omitted 23l. in favour of the plaintiff, the Court, even at the instance of the barrister, would not allow an amendment, the defendant's counsel objecting. 3. Abbreviation of leaf. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of loss/lose. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: l Part of Speech: intj 1. Clipping of lol. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: m Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /ɛm/, /m/ 1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: m Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ɛm/, /m/ 1. The thirteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: m Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of masculine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: m Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of meter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of mile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of month. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of minute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra. 5. Abbreviation of million. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club. 6. Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 7. Abbreviation of measure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 8. thousand Labels: obsolete Example: Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars
Word: m Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of make. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Row 1 (RS): Kfb, knit to marker A, slip marker A, knit to marker B (there are no sts to knit between markers A and B in Row 1), m1, slip marker B, k1, slip marker B, m1, […]
Word: m Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of am. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: I mean everything can’t b said directly. But m trying now just 4 u.
Word: n Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /ɛn/, /n/ 1. The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: n Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ɛn/, /n/ 1. The fourteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: n Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of north. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of noun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. normal 4. Neutral Labels: gender-neutral 5. No
Word: n Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of neuter (gender). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: n Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Contraction of and, chiefly used in set phrases. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: rock n roll
Word: p Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /piː/, /p/ 1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: p Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /piː/, /p/ 1. The sixteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase