nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Gunners Part of Speech: name 1. Arsenal football club. Labels: informal
Word: Micky Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mickey. 2. Alternative spelling of Mickey. Example: "What's yor name?" "Micky." "That's a name for a boy or a mouse. So it's probably Michelle. Most women your age are named Michelle or Heather or Courtney." "My age?" "No offense meant." "It's Michelina."
Word: Micky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Mickey. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of Mickey. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang Example: National identity and ethnic origin mapped gang territory: ‘Little Italy’; ‘Little Sicily’; ‘Polish colony’; […] ‘Mickies’ (Irish). Each possessed demarcated districts within which gangs adopted neighbourhood names and tags […]
Word: Jérémie Part of Speech: name 1. A city and commune, the capital of Grand'Anse department, Haiti.
Word: gunners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gunner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dataveillance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of data + surveillance. 1. The systematic surveillance of all the electronic records of a person's activities, especially the usage of credit cards, mobile phones, email and the Internet. Labels: uncountable
Word: diabulimia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of diabetes + bulimia. 1. The manipulation of insulin dosage by a diabetic person in order to effect loss of weight. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dianamania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Diana + -mania. 1. Excessive fanaticism concerning Diana, Princess of Wales. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The significant and horrible thing about the Dianamania is that it is sentiment without reason or judgement... Example: Now Dianamania flickers fitfully on and off like faulty neon while Beatlemania blazes stronger than ever.
Word: digital television Part of Speech: noun 1. The broadcasting and receiving of television services via digital (rather than analog) signals, either broadcast, or via cable or satellite. Labels: uncountable 2. A television set that is capable of handling such signals. Labels: countable
Word: disentangles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disentangle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disentangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Middle English entanglen English entangle English disentangle From dis- + entangle. Pronunciation: [ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəɫ] 1. To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot. Labels: transitive Example: I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces. Example: In my own opinion, “criminal religious movements” (CRMs) is a more accurate and useful category than “cults.” It uses, although selectively, elements from the criminological tradition. It avoids the word “cult” and tries to disentangle the category from both the folk psychology of brainwashing and the politics of “extremism” in theology. 2. To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units. Labels: transitive Example: This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle. Example: It is often hard to distinguish word frequency effects from age-of-acquisition effects: People are especially fast at processing the words they learned earliest, and these words tend to be the most frequent. We can disentangle the two with words that are learned early but are relatively infrequent (such as fairytale words like dragon). 3. To become free or untangled. Labels: intransitive
Word: domophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. A compulsive flight from domesticity. Labels: uncountable
Word: domophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dome Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English domophobia From dome + -o- + -phobia. 1. Antagonism towards the Millennium Dome (later known as the O2). Labels: UK, informal, uncountable
Word: ecological footprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis. 1. A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices. Example: Cities are graphically represented as a human foot to make a straightforward connection between the ecological footprint metaphor and the impact of urban life on local and distant environments.
Word: Euro-wasp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Euro wasp. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Eighteen years after its first recorded appearance, the dolichovespula media - or Euro-wasp - has reached record numbers in Britain after many survived the mild winter, and then prospered in the humid summer that has followed. Example: Gardeners and parents are being warned about giant "Euro-wasps" colonising parts of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Word: exformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danish eksformation, or from explicitly discarded information. 1. All the shared body of knowledge which is not explicitly used when people communicate, but without which communication would be impossible. Labels: uncountable
Word: may of Part of Speech: phrase 1. Misspelling of may have. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: explornography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of explore + pornography, coined by columnist John Tierney. 1. A fascination with historic explorations, particularly by reenacting them. Labels: derogatory, humorous, uncountable Example: 1998, John Tierney, “Explornography: The Vicarious thrill of Exploring When There's Nothing Left to Explore”, The New York Times Magazine, July 26, section 6, page 18+ Age of Exploration has been succeeded by the Age of Explornography Example: The success of Outside magazine and its ability to generate blockbuster books such as The Perfect Storm, Into Thin Air, and the IMAX film Everest reflect an “explornography” trend of vicariously breaking free of civilization by entering into the natural world at its most capricious and violent.
Word: Jims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jim Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were three Jims at my old workplace.
Word: Jameses Part of Speech: name 1. plural of James Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were five Jameses in the building yesterday.
Word: Britneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Britney Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were two Britneys at this place.
Word: Brittanys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brittany Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were two Brittanys in my class.
Word: finished good Part of Speech: noun 1. A single article of finished goods. Labels: rare
Word: facial profiling Part of Speech: noun 1. The automated identification of people (especially criminals) in video images Labels: uncountable
Word: faith-based Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From faith + based. The political sense emerged from the 1970s to the 1980s. The term "faith-based organization" dates from 1971.http://books.google.com/books?id=yXLwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22faith-based+organizations%22&dq=%22faith-based+organizations%22&hl=en&ei=zaFrTPbWLcuMOOKMja0B&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg 1. based on religious faith Example: […] a self-confidence which stems from faith in the Buddha and His power. By this faith-based confidence they cure themselves. 2. of civic associations connected with religious groups, specifically of such organizations sponsored by government funds Labels: US, euphemistic Example: You are requesting a $2,100,000 increase for a "Faith Based and Community Initiatives," for a total of $37,432,000 […]. What distinguishes these projects from faith-based initiatives of the Employment and Training Administration?
Word: fat tax Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tax on unhealthy food, especially food with a high fat content, usually proposed as a way of improving society's eating habits. Labels: informal 2. The additional airfare charged to obese individuals who take up more than one seat on an aeroplane. Labels: informal
Word: Furby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Marketing coinage, from fur. 1. A talking electronic toy in the form of a fluffy animal.
Word: girl power Part of Speech: noun 1. A phrase suggesting female exuberance and independence, used to market several female musical groups, especially the Spice Girls. Labels: uncountable Example: The period of these blockbuster franchises has also seen such popular pseudofeminisms as 'girl power' that claim empowerment while buying in to materialisms that are patriarchal.
Word: rock band Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of musicians who play rock music.
Word: rock music Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of rock and roll music, in use since circa 1966 to refer to genres of popular music which had grown sufficiently distinct from 1950s rock and roll. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑk ˈmjuzɪk/, /ˈɹɒk ˈmjuːzɪk/ 1. A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality. Labels: uncountable
Word: global distillation Part of Speech: noun 1. The concentration of volatile pollutants, generated in the temperate zones, in the polar regions Labels: uncountable
Word: temperate zone Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of the parts of the Earth's surface between the tropics and the polar regions: one such zone in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere.
Word: north temperate zone Part of Speech: noun 1. The temperate zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer.
Word: south temperate zone Part of Speech: noun 1. The temperate zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Word: googlewhacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From googlewhack + -ing. 1. The action of searching for googlewhacks. Labels: uncountable
Word: googlewhacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From googlewhack + -ing. 1. present participle of googlewhack Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: gorge-walking Part of Speech: noun 1. An outdoor activity in which one follows the course of a stream (on foot, in the water), negotiating rapids and jumping or climbing waterfalls Labels: uncountable
Word: gorge walking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gorge-walking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: grey market Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with black market. 1. The buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer. 2. The trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange.
Word: Naved Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Persian نوید (nuwēd, literally “good news”) via Urdu نوید (naved, literally “good news”). 1. A transliteration of the Classical Persian male given name نوید (Nuwēd). 2. A transliteration of the Urdu male given name نوید (navīd, naved).
Word: sticks and stones Part of Speech: phrase 1. Ellipsis of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, idiomatic Example: 1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money Stopped ‘You cheap dead-beat son of a bitch.’ / ‘Sticks and stones.’ Example: 1993, The Independent, 15 May He has come through the worst and now presents a stoical ‘sticks and stones’ front to his detractors.
Word: sticks and stones Part of Speech: noun 1. any obsolete technology (usually of military and law enforcement purposes) when used in comparison to state of the art technology used by the antagonists or competitors. Labels: idiomatic, no-plural Example: I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Word: nationalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French nationaliser, equivalent to national + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo. Example: Although the B.L.S. group of railways remains under private ownership, the question of nationalising more Swiss lines has recently been considered by a Government Commission.
Word: letter to the editor Part of Speech: noun 1. A letter written to a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, usually intended for publication, about issues of concern to readers. Example: The man wanted to show support for his choice for mayor by writing a letter to the editor.
Word: due process Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dewe processe, from Anglo-Norman due procés. 1. A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of their liberty for a given reason. Labels: uncountable Example: The Trump administration’s disregard for due process has been a pattern in the legal disputes over his immigration policies. 2. The limits of laws and legal proceedings, so as to ensure a person fairness, justice and liberty. Labels: uncountable
Word: drop the ball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to the rules of such games as baseball, American football or cricket wherein literally dropping the ball would be a mistake. 1. To fail in one's responsibilities or duties, or to make a mistake, especially at a critical point or when the result is very negative. Labels: idiomatic Example: The movie ought to sputter out here, but Crowe and Cruise don't drop the ball. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, ball.
Word: rain delay Part of Speech: noun 1. The interruption of an outdoor event because of rain, with the expectation that it would continue later. Example: The baseball game went into a rain delay for about an hour before the skies cleared and play resumed.
Word: nocturnal emission Part of Speech: noun 1. An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream. Example: In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons.
Word: Hagueite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Hague Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Hagueite From Hague + -ite. 1. A supporter of William Hague, or his economic or political policies. Labels: UK
Word: Hagueite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Hague Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Hagueite From Hague + -ite. 1. Of or relating to the policies of William Hague. Labels: UK
Word: Hansonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Hanson Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Hansonism From Hanson + -ism. 1. The political policies of Pauline Hanson, leader of the Australian One Nation Party. Labels: uncountable
Word: Montpellier Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Montpellier. Pronunciation: /mɒnˈpɛlieɪ/, /mɒnˌpɛliˈeɪ/ 1. A large city, the prefecture of Hérault department, Occitania, France. 2. A town and municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
Word: Erfurt Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Thuringia, Germany.
Word: Mayflower Part of Speech: name Etymology: From mayflower. 1. A historical ship that transported the Pilgrims to America in the year 1620.
Word: Hungerford Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land. 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trahison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French trahison. 1. Treason. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: That this trahison would take a partly “multicultural” form was also something that was slowly ceasing to surprise me.
Word: prononcé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French prononcé. 1. Strongly marked; decided, or distinguished, in manners, attire, or appearance. Labels: dated
Word: grease pit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because greasing was traditionally a principal maintenance task that involved climbing under a vehicle. 1. A narrow pit or trench over which a vehicle can be driven and conveniently worked on from beneath.
Word: inspection pit Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow pit or trench over which a vehicle can be parked and conveniently worked on from beneath. Example: All tracks in both the running shed and repair shop are provided with full-length inspection pits. Example: The shed encloses three inspection pit roads, each able to hold a six-car set, and has been designed to permit future extension for the servicing of nine-car trains if this is required.
Word: Achaius Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Latinized form of Eochaid. 1. A male given name of historical usage only.
Word: Adair Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of Scottish usage, equivalent to English Edgar. 2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: Adelbert Part of Speech: name Etymology: Doublet of Albert and Ethelbert. 1. A male given name.
Word: Adolfo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo. 1. A male given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Adolph. Example: Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames last month was found guilty of a hate crime – a class "D" felony – third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire.
Word: Adamnan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old Irish Adam Proto-Celtic *-agnos Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni) Old Irish -án Old Irish Adomnánbor. English Adamnan Borrowed from Old Irish Adomnán (“little Adam”). 1. An Irish saint (c. 624–704), patron saint of the Diocese of Raphoe, the biographer of St. Columba and an acquaintance of the Venerable Bede. 2. A male given name from Irish.
Word: bibliotheca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, borrowed from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). Equivalent to biblio- + -theca. Doublet of bibliotheque. Pronunciation: /ˌbɪbli.əˈθiːkə/ 1. A library. Labels: obsolete
Word: Achill Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Acaill. Pronunciation: /ˈækəl/ 1. An island in County Mayo, the largest of the Irish isles. Example: He admits that, as a project, “it's a bit niche, but I think anybody who's been here develops a massive grá for Achill. […]”
Word: Achim Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from German. 2. A town and municipality in Verden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. 3. A village in Börßum municipality, Wolfenbüttel district, Lower Saxony.
Word: holograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hologram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, holo- + -graph + -ic. 1. In the form of a hologram or holograph. Labels: not-comparable Example: Abba meanwhile, all of whom are still alive, will outsource their touring to holographic versions of themselves in 2019. “It’s perfect. We can be on stage while I’m home walking the dogs,” the band’s Benny Andersson said. 2. Handwritten by a single writer. Labels: not-comparable Example: a holographic will or testament Example: […] although the will is holographic, and a holographic instrument cannot be admitted to probate where testator told the subscribing witnesses that it was not his will, […]
Word: dicks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪks/ 1. plural of dick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dicks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Ahab Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”); from אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”) + אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”). Attested in Akkadian as 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫabbu). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪˌhæb/ 1. A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible. 2. A male given name from Hebrew, very rarely used.
Word: Abi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Abigail. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
Word: Aegidius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγιδιός (Aigidiós, “kid skin”) (sometimes interpreted as “the protecting”). 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
Word: Ahaz Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אָחָז (acház, “owns”), a contraction of יְהוֹאָחָז (yeho'acház, “Jah has held”). Attested to in Akkadian as 𒁹𒅀𒌑𒄩𒍣 (Yauḫazi). 1. A king of Judah mentioned in the book of Kings. Example: Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of LORD his God, like David his father.
Word: Abie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Abe + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪbi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from Hebrew.
Word: purveyors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purveyor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: m.o. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of modus operandi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: third finger Part of Speech: noun 1. Of a bowed string instrument, the ring finger. 2. Of a keyboard instrument, the middle finger.
Word: fanatical Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fəˈnætɪkəl/ 1. Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause. Example: fanatical devotion Example: fanatical belief
Word: feller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er. 1. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack 2. A machine for felling trees. 3. A person who fells a seam. 4. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
Word: feller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar. 1. Nonstandard form of fellow. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […]” Example: Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'
Word: feller Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fell Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English feller From fell + -er. 1. comparative form of fell: more fell Labels: archaic, comparative, form-of
Word: licenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of license Labels: form-of, plural
Word: licenses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of license Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lengths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of length Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lengths Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of length Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: evidences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evidence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evidences Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of evidence Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: constriction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin cōnstrictiōbor. English constriction Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən/ 1. The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The very structural uniqueness of Esperanto makes it hard to translate into ethnic languages – not least because many of those who write in Esperanto do so out of their rejection of the constriction that they experience when writing in their native languages. 2. A narrow part of something; a stricture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] greatest breadth at a point about half way between the constriction and the ends […] 3. A compression. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: giddiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English giddy 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 giddiness From giddy + -ness. 1. The state of being giddy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Lorry, you cannot control the mincing vanities and giddinesses of empty-headed girls; you must not expect to do it, or you will always be disappointed. 2. A feeling of being overcome with excitement, especially in a silly or immature manner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flood plain Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of floodplain. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It must have been the magnetism of the viaduct that towers over the village of Harringworth, and which crosses the flood plain of the River Welland on the border of Rutland and Northamptonshire, which drew my family to living close by when we moved to Britain's smallest county in the early 1990s.
Word: floodplain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flood + plain. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌdˌpleɪn/ 1. A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide. Example: Near-synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands Example: tidal floodplain
Word: alluvial plain Part of Speech: noun 1. A plain formed by the deposition of sediment from the periodic flooding of a river. Example: Near-synonym: bottomland
Word: liquid bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bomb disguised as a harmless bottle of soft drink, milk, medicine etc. 2. Any bomb constructed by mixing liquid ingredients so disguised.
Word: friend with benefits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly first used by Alanis Morissette for her 1995 song “Head over Feet”, although in the original context it seems to refer to a committed rather than a casual relationship. 1. A friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: “I’m just saying that usually when you have a friend who’s a girl, it’s not just that she’s your friend. Either you’ve known her a long time, or she’s a friend with benefits.” Example: Gender norms influence how young men orient themselves to sexual partners and girlfriends, and men’s procreative consciousness is sometimes affected by how they define a potential or actual sex partner (e.g., casual or serious girlfriend, “friend with benefits”, hookup).
Word: temptress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tempter Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English temptress From tempter + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmp.tɹɛs/ 1. An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men. 2. A woman considered sexually attractive by men. Example: Marilyn Monroe, the iconic temptress of the 20th century.
Word: having said that Part of Speech: adv 1. However; despite what one has just stated. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: 1826 A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes If I am right in that, the necessary consequence must be that this prisoner must be found guilty; but having said that, let me again request you only to attend to the statement of the law […]
Word: that said Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: According to Garner's fourth edition, an elliptical nominative absolute standing for that having been said. 1. Even so; nonetheless. Example: Christmas is exploited by capitalism. That said, it is still a religious festival.
Word: horse-whispering Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various gentle techniques of training or breaking horses. Labels: uncountable 2. A purported magical ability enabling one to speak to horses or to have control over horses through whispering. Labels: uncountable Example: A little known magic gift among the Irish and Scottish peoples was that of "horse-whispering" or charming, although this art is also known to the gipsies of Europe and in South America.
Word: Iraqnophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Iraq + arachnophobia. 1. An irrational fear of Iraq's ability to manufacture weapons of mass destruction, or, more broadly, of military conflict with Iraq. Labels: humorous, informal, uncountable Example: […] but they may be making a mistake by not taking a flier on Atlantic Coast and some of the other successful smaller airlines, the stocks of which have been grounded by Wall Street's Iraqnophobia. Example: An arrogant dictatorial super-villain possesses a weapon of mass destruction while the morally righteous Federation makes a successful preemptive strike — Nemesis almost seemed designed to encourage the nation's Iraqnophobia and justify its war.
Word: laser pen Part of Speech: noun 1. a laser pointer
Word: let's roll Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Has been used as early as 1908 in the cadence song now called "The Army Goes Rolling Along". Popularized significantly by the fact that it was the last words spoken by passenger Todd Beamer before he started a passenger revolt during the September 11 attacks. 1. Let's go; used to suggest that a plan should be put into action. Labels: informal
Word: hattrick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hat trick; three goals in one game. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: marriage lite Part of Speech: noun 1. cohabitation, civil union Labels: US, informal, uncountable 2. gay marriage Labels: US, informal, uncountable
Word: the finger Part of Speech: noun 1. An obscene gesture, typically consisting of extending the middle finger at somebody. Labels: idiomatic, singular, singular-only, uncountable
Word: blighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blight Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English blighted From blight + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪtɪd/ 1. Having caused to suffer a blight. 2. Having suffered a blight. Example: The Glenbrook Community Center is in disrepair and has been closed for a number of years, which means it is the exact kind of dilapidated and blighted building CAVE People will do everything to protect. 3. Ruined, spoiled. Example: Mark—how that that lone and blighted bosom sears / The scathing thought of execrated years!
Word: blighted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English blight Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English blighted From blight + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uwa Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of uwaa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Privy Purse Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of money the monarch may use for private or personal expenses Labels: UK 2. A member of the office which deals with the monarch's finances. Labels: UK
Word: polyviscose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English viscose English polyviscose From poly- + viscose. 1. A polymer manufactured from plant cellulose. Labels: uncountable 2. A fabric made from this material. Labels: uncountable
Word: material breach Part of Speech: noun 1. A breach of contract sufficiently serious to destroy the contract. 2. A breach of a treaty which releases other parties from any obligation under it.
Word: mealtime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English meeltime, from Old English mǣltīma (“mealtime”), equivalent to meal + time. Compare mealtide, Old English mǣltīd (“mealtime”), Dutch maaltijd (“meal”), German Mahlzeit (“meal, mealtime”), Danish måltid (“meal, mealtime”), Icelandic máltíð (“meal”), Icelandic matmálstími (“mealtime”). 1. The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes. Example: Since mealtime has been the traditional setting for family interaction, Tending the Family Tree is structured to simulate that setting. We suggest that the sessions be scheduled during mealtime when the group can eat, discuss, and worship together.
Word: mezzobrow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian mezzo (“middle”) + brow. 1. middlebrow
Word: mezzobrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian mezzo (“middle”) + brow. 1. middlebrow
Word: middlebrow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From middle + brow, by analogy with highbrow and lowbrow. The term first appeared in Punch (1925) and was later used by Virginia Woolf (1930s) in an unsent letter to the New Statesman, published as a chapter in the book The Death of a Moth and Other Essays (1942). 1. Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable Example: What does a Princeton graduate whose old dream it was to write for the New Yorker do when that dream comes true, only to discover that his cherished magazine is no longer the middlebrow arbiter of high culture of his imagining, but just another media outlet frantic for its market share of mass culture? Example: As in so many middlebrow period dramas, the vintage cars are too shiny, the clothes too smart, the upper-class accents too strained and the dialogue too contrived. However dark the plot becomes, the sun keeps shining brightly through the trees.
Word: middlebrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From middle + brow, by analogy with highbrow and lowbrow. The term first appeared in Punch (1925) and was later used by Virginia Woolf (1930s) in an unsent letter to the New Statesman, published as a chapter in the book The Death of a Moth and Other Essays (1942). 1. A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
Word: middle youth Part of Speech: noun 1. A period in life where one can no longer be described as young, but does not (wish to) consider oneself middle-aged. Labels: uncountable
Word: pleasantry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pleasant + -ry, probably modelled on Middle French plaisanterie. Pronunciation: /ˈplɛzəntɹi/ 1. A casual, courteous remark. Labels: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable 2. A playful remark; a jest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems. 3. Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: C.O.O: "The office was quite close to the home of our youth—" CHRM: "Thomas, your trip to Suitopia was not meant to be for pleasantries." C.O.O: "No… I know… But I was close by, so I went to visit them…" CHRM: "You should not have. You and I both know the way they are."
Word: Millennium Dome Part of Speech: name 1. A large building at Greenwich in London, the largest single roofed structure in the world; now renamed "O2". Example: And while the Jubilee Line Extension was not built to serve the Millennium Dome, it was finished quickly in 1999 in order to take people to the Millennial Party that was held here; [...]
Word: milker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English milkere, equivalent to milk + -er. 1. An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces. Example: ‘No, you can’t keep a milker here. A beast has to be half wild to stand any chance.’ 2. A person who milks. Example: The milker woke up at dawn each day to tend to the cows. Example: The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking. 3. A milking machine. Example: Many of those running small farms said the choice of a computerized milker came down to a bigger question: whether to upgrade or just give up. […] “It’s tough to find people to do it well and show up on time,” said Tim Kurtz, who installed four robotic milkers last year at his farm in Berks County, Pa. “And you don’t have to worry about that with a robot.” 4. A conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand. 5. A woman’s breast. Labels: in-plural, slang Example: In the San Diego Convention Center, hanging high above the makeshift alleyways of merchandise vendors, more than 40 pairs of anime-style breasts looked down upon me. I felt like a beetle at a cartoon Renaissance fair, staring at rows of mommy milkers peeking through manga bodices.
Word: Monicagate Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Monica English Watergatebf. English -gate English Monicagate From Monica + -gate. 1. The Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Word: must-see Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Univerbation of must (auxiliary) + see (verb). 1. Unmissably good. Labels: not-comparable
Word: must-see Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Univerbation of must (auxiliary) + see (verb). 1. Anything unmissably good, such as a film or television programme or a tourist attraction. Example: Yoel Kahn's article about incorporating lesbian/gay Jewish existence into the liturgy is a must-see for anyone involved with planning worship services. Example: The restored cottage, which has been open to tourists since 1891 (Woodrow Wilson came here on a cycling tour in 1899), is the Kaabah of a Lake District haj, a must-see for all pilgrims.
Word: muti murder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muti (“traditional African medicine”) + murder. 1. A murder in which organs or other body parts are harvested for the production of traditional medicine
Word: neuticles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of neuter + testicles. 1. prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: If you prefer a “natural look” for your male Poodle, ask your vet about a vasectomy or implanting artificial testicles (called neuticles). Example: So plastic neuticles were invented to take their place. The vet is supposed to install them — they come in pairs, you understand — when the originals are removed.
Word: on-message Part of Speech: adj 1. on message Labels: attributive Example: [Tracey Emin] sounds like an on-message Labour MP when she talks like this. Example: As with much of Carsley's reign, England entered this Athens hothouse with sub-plots in the background, this time the nine withdrawals from the squad which was met with a critical public response from the normally strictly-on-message captain Harry Kane.
Word: off-message Part of Speech: adj 1. off message Labels: attributive
Word: palm print Part of Speech: noun 1. An extension of the fingerprint system which records and matches images of the entire palm.
Word: inimicitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inimicitia (“enmity”), from inimicus (“enemy”). Pronunciation: /ɪnɪmɪˈsɪʃəs/ 1. Inimical; unfriendly, hostile. Labels: obsolete Example: to drive the gall and other bitter juices from the gall bladder, liver and sweet-bread of his majesty's subjects, with all the inimicitious passions which belong to them, down into their duodenums.
Word: parries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: holmberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Could be a derivative of holm tree, an evergreen oak of Southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly. 1. A holly bush.
Word: succussation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin succussatio, from the past participle stem of Latin succussare, frequentative of succutere, from sub- + quatere (“shake”). Pronunciation: /sʌkəˈseɪʃən/ 1. Violent shaking or jolting. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: in order, by a more frequent and a more convulsive elevation and depression of the diaphragm, and the succussations of the intercostal and abdominal muscles in laughter, to drive the gall and other bitter juices from the gall bladder 2. A trot or trotting. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: They rode, but authors having not / Determin'd whether pace or trot, / That is to say, whether tollutation, / As they do term't, or succussation […] Example: lifting one foot before, and the cross foot behind, which is succussation or trotting
Word: pharming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from pharmaceutical + farming 1. The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product Labels: uncountable
Word: pharming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farming, by analogy with earlier phishing. 1. The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive. Labels: uncountable Example: Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.
Word: ploughboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plough + boy. 1. A boy who directed the draught animals that pulled a plough; a boy who served as a ploughman's helper. Labels: historical
Word: portal site Part of Speech: noun 1. A website with various features and content of its own, but also with many links to other sites, its aim being that users would make it their home page. Labels: Internet
Word: flesh and blood Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans. Labels: not-comparable 2. Real; substantial. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: [Minnesota Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.
Word: flesh and blood Part of Speech: noun 1. A human body; a person generally. Labels: uncountable Example: […] I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand. 2. One's family, or member of one's family. Labels: uncountable Example: How dare you say such a thing to your own flesh and blood? 3. Human nature. Labels: uncountable 4. A mixture of brandy and port in equal quantities. Labels: Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
Word: potscaping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pot + landscaping. 1. gardening involving plants in pots and other containers which may be artistically arranged Labels: uncountable
Word: Presleyterianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Presley + Presbyterianism, as a playful substitution. 1. The cult of Elvis Presley, especially in the southern United States Labels: uncountable Example: The First Church of Presleyterianism Example: Presleyterianism has something for everyone.
Word: Presbyterianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Presbyterian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Presbyterianism From Presbyterian + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛz.bɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.nɪ.zəm/, /ˌpɹɛz.bɪˈtɪɹ.iə.nɪ.zəm/ 1. A form of Protestant Christianity based on Calvinism. Labels: uncountable 2. A form of Christian church government characterized by rule by bodies of presbyters or elders. Labels: uncountable
Word: pure and simple Part of Speech: adj 1. Plain and unadorned.
Word: reconstituting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiˈkɑnstɪˌt(j)utɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of reconstitute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reconstitute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English constitute English reconstitute From re- + constitute. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/, /ɹiˈkɑnstɪˌt(j)ut/ 1. to construct something anew, or in a different manner Labels: transitive Example: The public execution, then, has a juridico-political function. It is a ceremonial by which a momentarily injured sovereignty is reconstituted. It restores that sovereignty by manifesting it at its most spectacular. 2. to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency Labels: transitive
Word: operating theatre Part of Speech: noun 1. A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).
Word: operating room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.
Word: foliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin foliātus (“having leaves, leafy, leaved”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), a participial adjective derived from folium (“leaf; (Late Latin) leaf or sheet of paper”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) or *dʰelh₁- (“to be green”)). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊliət/, /-eɪt/, /ˈfoʊliət/, /-ˌeɪt/ 1. Of or relating to leaves. 2. Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike. Example: In the Laureat draughts of ſculpture and picture, the leaves and foliate vvorks are commonly thus contrived, vvhich is but in imitation of the Pulvinaria, and ancient pillovv-vvork, obſervable in Ionick peeces, about columns, temples and altars. 3. Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike. 4. Of a plant: having leaves. 5. Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets. 6. Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”). 7. In the form of a foil or thin sheet. Labels: obsolete Example: foliate gold Example: But note, that all Solide Bodies are Cleauing, more or leſſe: And that they loue better the Touch of ſomevvhat that is Tangible, than of Aire. For VVater, in ſmall quantity, cleaueth to any Thing that is Solide; […] And therfore Gold Foliate, or any Metall Foliate, cleaueth: […]
Word: foliate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to folia + -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. A logocyclic curve.