nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bewray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bewraien, bewreyen, biwreyen, from Old English *bewrēġan, from Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną (“to speak about; tell on; inform of”). Cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja (“to disclose, reveal”), Dutch bewroegen (“to blame; accuse”), Middle Low German bewrȫgen (“to accuse; complain about; punish”), Old High German biruogen (“to disclose, reveal”), Modern German berügen (“to defraud”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹeɪ/ 1. To accuse; malign; speak evil of. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. Labels: transitive Example: His countenance bewraies he is displeasd. Example: A comparison with the Divine Comedy of all these versions combined bewrays many points of resemblance, and even of absolute coincidence, in the general architecture and ethical structure of hell and paradise; in the description of the tortures and rewards; […] 3. To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. Labels: transitive Example: He tooke hir fast betwéene his armes, and not without his shame, Bewrayed plainly what he was and wherefore that he came. Example: But to put you out of doubt that my wits were not all this while a wol-gathering, I was debating with my selfe whether in loue, it wer better to be constant, bewraying all the counsayles, or secret, being readye euery houre to flinch: 4. To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. Labels: transitive Example: And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Example: 1846, Introduction to Letter 40 in Henry Ellis (editor), Original Letters, Illustrative of English History, Third Series, Volume I, London: Richard Bentley, p. 100, While this busy search was diligently applied and put in execution, Humphrey Banaster (were it more for fear of loss of life and goods, or attracted and provoked by the avaricious desire of the thousand pounds) he bewrayed his guest and master to John Mitton, then Sheriff of Shropshire, … 5. To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Though thou deseruest hardly at my hands, Yet neuer shall these lips bewray thy life. Example: But we will not eat nor drink with the lords of Witchland, who bewrayed and forsook us their sworn confederates at the sea-fight against the Ghouls. 6. To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: They place affection by times, by pollicy, by appoyntment, if they frowne, who dares call them vnconstant, if bewray secrets, who will tearme them vntrue, if fall to other loues, who trembles not, if he call them vnfaithfull. Example: For I was sore afraid of my Brothers, because they had all conspired together to kill him with the Sword that should bewray that Secret.
Word: bewray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of beray. Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹeɪ/ 1. To soil or befoul; to beray. Labels: obsolete Example: Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d, Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d: Example: Like caterpillars dangling under trees By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze, Which filthily bewray and sore disgrace The boughs in which are bred th’ unseemly race […]
Word: avar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of animation + variable. 1. an animation variable
Word: rong Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of wrong. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rong Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of wrong. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rong Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of wrong. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: arg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. An argument; a value passed as a parameter. Labels: informal Example: The first arg needs to be an int.
Word: arg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of arg. (“argent”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: arg Part of Speech: intj 1. Expressing frustration or disappointment. Labels: informal
Word: nuclear age Part of Speech: noun 1. The age in which nuclear energy and nuclear weapons were developed.
Word: Atomic Age Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈtɒmɪk ˌeɪd͡ʒ/, /əˈtɑːmɪk ˌeɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The era, starting in the mid-1940s, during which nuclear energy was developed, and in which it was thought that all energy would be provided by such sources.
Word: wolfram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Wolfram, of obscure origin. Generally assumed to be derived from Wolf (“wolf”) + Rahm (“cream, soot”), a calque of Latin lupi spuma (“wolf's froth”), coined by Georg Agricola in the 16th century and a term of contempt due to its lesser value compared to tin and its degradation to the tin smelting process. Else, possibly derived from a personal name, where the second element is derived from *hrabn (“raven”). Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlfrəm/ 1. wolframite Labels: uncountable 2. tungsten Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: wolframite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Wolframit, from Wolfram (“tungsten”). By surface analysis, wolfram + -ite. 1. A mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unresectable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + resectable; see resect. 1. Of a tumor: unable to be removed through surgery because of the size and/or complexity, or because removal would risk life-threatening damage to vital organs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anal-retentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anal + retentive. First use appears c. 1936 in the writings of Marjorie Brierley. 1. Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects. 2. Overly obsessive concerning small details. Labels: broadly
Word: causality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality. Pronunciation: /kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/, [kʰoːˈz̥æl.ɪ.tɪ], /kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/, [kʰɒːˈz̥æl.ɪ.tɪ], /kɑˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/ 1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But how do transformations like the evolution of language take place? A scientist looks for a cause inside time; a mystic knows that causality is essentially a process that is outside time-space. Example: But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.
Word: acceleration clause Part of Speech: noun 1. a provision in a contract that makes all obligations to be performed under the contract due immediately upon a specific occurrence, such as a breach Example: Joe was mortified to learn that his failure to make a scheduled car payment triggered an acceleration clause requiring that the entire balance due on the car be paid immediately.
Word: informally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English formal English informal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English informally From informal + -ly. 1. In an irregular or informal manner; without the usual forms. Example: informally dressed Example: speak informally
Word: jussive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive. Pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv] 1. The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense. Example: As far as the jussive goes — ignoring the very few occurrences of this in first person — it can be noted that most of the second-person jussives are in negative commands. 2. A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses. Labels: Arabic, uncountable, usually
Word: jussive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive. Pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv] 1. Of or in the jussive mood. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumbaginous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of plumbagineous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: conflicting Part of Speech: adj 1. Fighting; contending; in conflict. Example: To eliminate conflicting movements at the busy Brighton Main Line station, Network Rail proposes to rebuild the station with two extra platforms (from six to eight) and a larger concourse. 2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory. Example: in the absence of all conflicting evidence Example: On the other hand, the more effective the current activation vector is in reactivating the conflicting information, the more likely the two conflicting pieces of information are to be coactivated.
Word: conflicting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of conflict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cohortative Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhɔː(ɹ)tətɪv/ 1. Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence. Labels: not-comparable 2. Encouraging. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cohortative Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhɔː(ɹ)tətɪv/ 1. The cohortative mood.
Word: plumbago Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”). Pronunciation: /plʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/, /pləmˈbeɪɡoʊ/ 1. A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Graphite. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: plumbean Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of plumbeous.
Word: plumbeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plumbeus, from plumbum (“lead”). 1. Consisting of, or resembling, lead. 2. Dull; heavy; stupid. Labels: rare
Word: plumbic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ic, originally in calques of French plombique, from plomb (“lead”) + -ique (“-ic”). See also molybdic. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmbɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to compounds with higher valence forms of lead. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumbiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, plumb- + -iferous. 1. Producing or containing lead. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumbism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ism. 1. Synonym of lead poisoning. Labels: uncountable
Word: rendering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛndəɹɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is rendered. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Version; translation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's. 3. Sketch, illustration, or painting. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rendering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛndəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of render Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plumbous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plumb- + -ous, from Latin plumbōsus (“of or related to lead”), from plumbum (“lead”) + -ōsus (“-ous: forming adjectives”). Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmbəs/, [ˈplʌ̈ɱbəs] 1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to compounds with lower valence forms of lead. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plume grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Grasses of the genus Erianthus, of the Americas. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Silver bluestem, a grass of species Bothriochloa saccharoides), having spikelets arranged in long silky plumes, that grows in swamps in the southern United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ravenna grass, Italian sugar cane (Tripidium ravennae). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plume moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridae, most of which have wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes, some species of which are injurious to the grapevine.
Word: mismatched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mismatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mismatched Part of Speech: adj 1. Unsuitably matched; ill joined. Example: As a Londoner and regular user since the 1980s, I remember how it was an awful, mismatched place cobbled together from various styles of architecture and which was anything but passenger friendly.
Word: plume nutmeg Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic Australian tree (Atherosperma moschatum), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles.
Word: nuclear airburst Part of Speech: noun 1. the explosion of a nuclear weapon at such an altitude that the fireball remains above the ground
Word: airburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + burst. 1. The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or meteoroid in the air rather than on the ground.
Word: airburst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + burst. 1. To explode in this manner.
Word: air burst Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of airburst. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: retentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rétentif, from Old French retentif, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɛntɪv/ 1. Having power to retain. Example: a soil that is highly retentive of rainwater Example: Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. 2. Anal-retentive. Labels: apocopic, slang
Word: retentive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rétentif, from Old French retentif, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɛntɪv/ 1. That which retains or confines; a restraint. Labels: obsolete
Word: nuclear aircraft Part of Speech: noun 1. A proposed aircraft that would be powered by nuclear energy.
Word: nuclear energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy released by a nuclear reaction; either through nuclear fission or nuclear fusion Labels: uncountable 2. Such energy used as a power source. Labels: uncountable
Word: puckishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English puckish 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 puckishness From puckish + -ness. 1. An instance of being puckish. Labels: uncountable Example: There was some puckishness to this […] but Walinksy is a serious man and he wasn't really joking.
Word: nuclear artillery Part of Speech: noun 1. A limited-yield nuclear weapon delivered using an artillery shell.
Word: nuclear cataract Part of Speech: noun 1. A cataract that affects just the dense inner part of the lens.
Word: subjugated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of subjugate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: muir Part of Speech: noun 1. A moor. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, especially Example: […] Mr. Cuming brought a declarator of common property in, and division of, the muirs in question. Pleaded for the Pursuer.—The pursuer's special infestment in the muirs as parts of the barony of Coxtoun excluded the defender, […] Example: […] and Coquet's streams are glittrin, as they rin frae muir to main […]
Word: keyboardist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English keyboard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English keyboardist From keyboard + -ist. 1. Someone who plays a keyboard. Example: The absence of keyboardist Sadie Shaw (who split for the Bay Area garage rawkers the Husbands) allows the group more space to indulge in dark wordless experiments; […] Example: Since the 1960s, the keyboardist, vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke has been a prime mover in Ethio-jazz: unmistakably Ethiopian music that also draws on American jazz, Afro-Caribbean music and more.
Word: eep Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /iːp/, /ip/ 1. An expression of surprise or dismay. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!" Bart: "Eep." Example: Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands. "Eep," I said.
Word: eep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /iːp/, /ip/ 1. A short scream or yelp. Example: "Then the peepers begin on a high key, with a singularly sweet and lucid voice, somewhere betwixt a silver-whistle and a glass-bell, smacking little of the mid: 'Eep!-eep-eep-eep! ee ee-ee! eepee! eepee-peepee! peep-eep! eepepee! eepepee! eepepee!' accompanied by a few trills long continued..." Example: She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”
Word: eep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /iːp/, /ip/ 1. To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep. Example: Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true. Example: Petey’s voice rises to that preadolescent pitch it always hits when he feels his life spinning out of control. “Dues are what Boy Scouts pay,” he eeps.
Word: eep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from eepy. Pronunciation: /iːp/, /ip/ 1. Sleep. Labels: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable
Word: eep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from eepy. Pronunciation: /iːp/, /ip/ 1. To sleep. Labels: Internet, humorous
Word: amadan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of omadhaun. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: McGilded: What are ye playin' at?! Have ye forgotten who you're workin' for, ye useless Eastern amadan!
Word: vertebrae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɝ.təˌbɹeɪ/, /ˈvɝ.təˌbɹi/, /ˈvɝ.təˌbɹaɪ/ 1. plural of vertebra; the bones that make up the spinal column. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nerve cord Part of Speech: noun 1. A dorsal tubular cord of nervous tissue above the notochord of a chordate.
Word: agnatha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.nə.θə/, /æɡˈnæθ.ə/ 1. An agnathan.
Word: trustafarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of trust fund + Rastafarian. 1. Someone who espouses an alternative lifestyle, but lives off inherited wealth. A young person with the fashion sensibilities of a hippie, or any other countercultural trend, especially anarchism, Maoism, or punk rock, who subscribes to an unemployed, shiftless life of hedonism based upon a substantial amount of inherited money (a trust fund). Labels: slang Example: 2003, Kate Gardner, Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to New York http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0970312571&id=wQt-LEMEezUC&pg=RA13-PT21&lpg=RA13-PT21&dq=trustafarian&sig=wicOp5oWIhv63G3Ocejx7eOsyro "Today's punk-rocking population, paying $1500 a month in trustafarian scrip, doesn't under-stand German, much less Yiddish." Example: I'm your typical trustafarian, I'm afraid: spoilt little rich kid living the dream off his inheritance.
Word: deist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈdiː.ɪst/ 1. Of or relating to deism and deists.
Word: deist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈdiː.ɪst/ 1. A person who believes in deism. Example: It was reason that led most of the Enlightenment thinkers to repudiate a belief in an anthropomorphic God who took an interest in human affairs.⁶ The application of reason revealed that reports of miracles were dubious, that the authors of holy books were all too human, that natural events unfolded with no regard to human welfare, and that different cultures believed in mutually incompatible deities, none of them less likely than the others to be products of the imagination. (As Montesquieu wrote, “If triangles had a god they would give him three sides.”) For all that, not all of the Enlightenment thinkers were atheists. Some were deists (as opposed to theists): they thought that God set the universe in motion and then stepped back, allowing it to unfold according to the laws of nature. Others were pantheists, who used “God” as a synonym for the laws of nature. But few appealed to the law-giving, miracle-conjuring, son-begetting God of scripture. […] Organisms are replete with improbable configurations of flesh like eyes, ears, hearts, and stomachs which cry out for an explanation. Before Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace provided one in 1859, it was reasonable to think they were the handiwork of a divine designer—one of the reasons, I suspect, that so many Enlightenment thinkers were deists rather than outright atheists. Darwin and Wallace made the designer unnecessary. […] before the concepts of information and computation were elucidated, it was reasonable for someone to be a mind-body dualist and attribute mental life to an immaterial soul (just as before the concept of evolution was elucidated, it was reasonable to be a creationist and attribute design in nature to a cosmic designer). That’s another reason, I suspect, that so many Enlightenment thinkers were deists.
Word: Deist Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Deist, from a small place called Deisten near Celle and Hanover. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Deist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of deist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /deɪˈɪsts/ 1. plural of deist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Deists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Deist (alternative spelling of deists). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thermo- + -static. 1. having or maintaining a consistent temperature Labels: not-comparable Example: The shower has a thermostatic water-mixing valve. Example: Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...]. 2. Relating to thermostasis Labels: not-comparable 3. Reacting to change by attempting to move in the opposite direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most importantly, Wlezien's results revealed thermostatic responsiveness. That is, when spending increases (decreases), the public's support for more spending decreases (increases), other things being equal.
Word: peter out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From peter (“diminish to nothing”, intransitive verb) + out. First attested in the mid-1800s. Pronunciation: /ˌpiːtəɹ‿ˈaʊt/, /ˌpitɚ‿ˈaʊt/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”). Labels: intransitive Example: What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing. Example: Q. Do you think, Doctor, that it is possible for that south strand to likewise peter out and disappear?
Word: cut it Part of Speech: verb 1. To suffice; to be effective or successful. Labels: idiomatic Example: Sometimes, professional tools are necessary and homespun solutions just don't cut it. Example: I couldn't cut it as a poor man, stealing
Word: in a pinch Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's not a great fashion statement, but in a pinch a large trash bag will keep you dry.
Word: one-night stand Part of Speech: noun 1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening. Example: Again, when the affair is over, I catch a glimpse of myself running to catch a train for our next one-night stand. Example: It wasn't until the third or fourth or fifth drops that I became aware of this rain that was to engulf my life. I remember the date, August 3, 1928. We were playing a one-night stand in a small town in Louisiana, Glenberry. 2. A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am 3. Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter. Labels: idiomatic Example: Chet's mom was never home. She always went out gambling, partying and staying overnight with one of her sugar daddies. Chet never met his father. He was just a one-night stand she'd had eighteen years ago. Example: She was a one-night stand he'd met at the gym, and Herschel couldn't remember her name.
Word: corner the market Part of Speech: verb 1. To monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Why, there ain't going to be any wheat left in Chicago by May! If I get in now and buy a long line of cash wheat, where are all these fellows who've sold short going to get it to deliver to me?" . . . Jadwin sprang forward, gripping the broker by the shoulder. "Sam," he shouted, ". . . we can corner the market!" 2. To have exclusive possession; to possess something to a high or excessive degree. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: It will not do to say that the Irish have a monopoly on stupidity, yet there have been times when I thought they nearly cornered the market.
Word: Hellenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑλληνίζω (hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”). 1. To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic. Labels: intransitive 2. To render Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization. Labels: transitive
Word: Hellenise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Hellenize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The ancient Greek historian Herodotus claimed that the forebears of the Lycians, the Trm̃mili, "sprang originally from Crete", though modern-day scholars believe they were an Anatolian people who became Hellenised after Alexander the Great seized the region from the Persians in 333 BCE.
Word: joist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French giste, feminine of gist, the past participle of gesir (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔɪst/ 1. A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. Example: […] a Family was infected there, in so terrible a Manner that every one of the House died; the last Person lay dead on the Floor, and as it is supposed, had laid her self all along to die just before the Fire; the Fire, it seems had fallen from its Place, being of Wood, and had taken hold of the Boards and the Joists they lay on, and burnt as far as just to the Body, but had not taken hold of the dead Body […] Example: There are generally forty-two teeth in all; in old whales, much worn down, but undecayed; nor filled after our artificial fashion. The jaw is afterwards sawn into slabs, and piled away like joists for building houses.
Word: joist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French giste, feminine of gist, the past participle of gesir (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔɪst/ 1. To fit or furnish with joists. Labels: transitive Example: The floors are joisted with sapling tree trunks, and the flooring itself is made of bark, split and pounded flat into strips. No attempt is made either to fasten or join the strips of flooring.
Word: nest egg Part of Speech: noun 1. A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there. Example: My improvement relates to artificial eggs composed of a substance which is offensive to insects, the object being to render the same effective, not only as a nest-egg, but also as a destroyer of vermin. 2. A saving; a reserve of money. Labels: figuratively Example: Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably. Example: When Mrs. Carey was married she had three hundred pounds, and this money, carefully watched, had been used by her to meet any unforeseen expense, any urgent charity, or to buy Christmas and birthday presents for her husband and for Philip. In the course of years it had diminished sadly, but it was still with the Vicar a subject for jesting. He talked of his wife as a rich woman and he constantly spoke of the "nest egg". 3. An egg squash.
Word: make the cut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the sport of golf, in which players are said to make the cut when they match or exceed a certain score, thus avoiding elimination during the final two rounds of a four-round tournament. 1. To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Out of a pool of 20 applicants, only three made the cut.
Word: make the grade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from a railway train climbing a length of track sloping uphill (a grade). 1. To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: fit the bill Example: In 1916 the famed Van Sweringen brothers bought their first railroad—the Nickel Plate. . . . This year, as usual, the tarnished Nickel Plate cannot make the grade. In first seven months it lost $2,003,779.
Word: turnbuckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turn + buckle. 1. A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. 2. A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. 3. The area at either end of a bench where the edge of the glass is padded and meets the boards at a right angle. Example: A player who is checked into the turnbuckles may be injured.
Word: eyelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: once in a while Part of Speech: adv 1. Occasionally; sometimes. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I send her a note once in a while to let her know I'm thinking of her. Example: He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him.
Word: Glenn Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɡlɛn/, /ɡlɪn/ 1. An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States. 2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Heard County, Georgia, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri, United States. 5. A surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Glen. 6. A male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century. Example: The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond. The whimsy of naming her son after a local landmark was typical of Lua Curtiss. Then too a name like Glenn Hammond Curtiss has sweep and resonance, was much less commonplace than Harry or Jim or Charlie; or Frank, like his father. Example: Of course Crake wasn't Crake yet, at that time; his name was Glenn. Why did it have two n's instead of the usual spelling? "My dad liked music," was Crake's explanation, once Jimmy got around asking him about it, which had taken a while. "He named me after a dead pianist, some boy genius with two n's." 7. A female given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare
Word: Hellenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either via French hellénisme or Latin Hellēnismus or directly from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós, “imitation of the Greeks”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “a Greek”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlənɪzm/ 1. Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek culture, civilization, principles and ideals, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The national character or culture of Greece. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A Greek idiom or turn of phrase. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 6. The modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flyswatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly English swat English -er English swatter English flyswatter From fly + swatter. 1. A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
Word: swatting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From swat + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of swat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swatting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swat + -ing. 1. A motion or gesture that swats; a swat. Example: This […] evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes. 2. The action of making an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location. Labels: US, slang Example: Swatting started in the combative world of online gaming. It was a way to terrorize someone more famous, get even with a rival or retaliate against someone with different political views. Example: Mr. Herring’s relatives said they wanted tougher laws against swatting and more training for police agencies on how to recognize potential fake calls.
Word: Hellenist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑλληνιστής (hellēnistḗs, “somebody who speaks Greek”), from ἑλληνίζειν (hellēnízein, “to speak Greek, to behave like a Greek, to become Greek, hellenize”) (infinitive of ἑλληνίζω (hellēnízō)), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ɪ.nɪst/, /ˈhɛl.ə.nɪst/ 1. A specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization. 2. A person who adopted the Greek customs, language and culture during the Hellenistic period, especially a Hellenized Jew. 3. A non-Greek follower and practitioner of Hellenic religion (aka Hellenism)
Word: plumeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂ Proto-Italic *plouksmā Latin plūma Anglo-Norman plumebor. Middle English plume English plume Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English plumeless From plume + -less. 1. Without plumes.
Word: plumelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂ Proto-Italic *plouksmā Latin plūma Anglo-Norman plumebor. Middle English plume English plume Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English plumelet From plume + -let. 1. A small plume. Example: When rosy plumelets tuft the larch.
Word: plumery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English plumery From plume + -ery. 1. Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: O may the raven-bird whose cry our hapless parting croaked / Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery!
Word: plumicorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pluma (“feather”) + cornu (“horn”). 1. An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls. Labels: rare
Word: plumigerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plumiger, from pluma (“feather”) + gerere (“to bear”). 1. Feathered; having feathers.
Word: have one's ducks in a row Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from the image of ducklings following their mother in an orderly line. See also line up one's ducks. 1. To be organized; to have one's affairs in order; specifically, to have a multiperson effort coordinated towards the exact same goal. Labels: idiomatic Example: Wouldn't it be nice to have our ducks in a row and not have to search for the papers every time we needed them? Example: "You didn't need us." The man standing next to the steps laughed. "The work was done before to-night. You had your ducks in a row all right."
Word: plumiliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plumula (“little feather”, dim. of pluma (“feather”)) + -form. 1. Having the shape of a plume or feather.
Word: plumiped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plumipes, plumipedis, from pluma (“feather”) + pes. 1. Having feet covered with feathers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumiped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plumipes, plumipedis, from pluma (“feather”) + pes. 1. A plumiped bird.
Word: get a handle on Part of Speech: verb 1. To build or acquire a basic level of understanding or control. Labels: informal Example: After a week of poring over the manuals, I am just beginning to get a handle on the software.
Word: plumming Part of Speech: noun 1. The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. Labels: uncountable 2. A plum-colored distortion of prints. Labels: uncountable
Word: plumming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: have a handle on Part of Speech: verb 1. To understand or grasp. Labels: idiomatic Example: To work efficiently, it's important to have a handle on the procedures involved. 2. To be in control of, to have power over. Labels: idiomatic Example: But the other three problems had all grown out of assigning jobs to people he had no handle on. Example: We don't have to report to them anymore, but they still have a handle on our Justice Department and the police.
Word: plummy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plum + -y. In the sense of a voice, because of the supposed similarity to speaking with a plum in one's mouth. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums. Example: The jam had a rich plummy aroma. 2. Desirable; profitable; advantageous. Labels: informal Example: The poets have made tragedies enough about signing one's self over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy; I shall write a tragedy of a fellow who signed himself over to be good, and was uncomfortable ever after. 3. Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent. Example: plummy-voiced Example: Then, feeling the fat hands caressing her reluctant bosom, listening dutifully to the rich, plummy voice, she realized finally what marriage to the King meant.
Word: plumous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of plumose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plumose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plūmōsus (“feathered”), from plūma (“feather”): compare French plumeux. By surface analysis, plume + -ose. Pronunciation: /ˈplu.moʊs/ 1. Having feathers or plumes. 2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather. Example: Male mosquitoes have plumose antennae Example: a plumose leaf
Word: mineralogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪnəˈralədʒi/, /ˌmɪnəˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌmɪnəˈɹæləd͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of petrology that studies minerals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Mineral materials. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A treatise on mineralogy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: touch-and-go landing Part of Speech: noun 1. A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop.
Word: vaward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English vawarde, late form of vantwarde, aphetism of Anglo-Norman avantwarde, a variant of Old French avant-guarde. Doublet of avant-garde and vanguard. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔːwəd/, /ˈvɔwɚd/, /ˈvɑwɚd/ 1. The vanguard. Example: THenne kyng Arthur made redy his hoost in x batails and Nero was redy in the felde afore the castel Tarabil with a grete hoost / & he had x batails with many mo peple than Arthur had / Thenne Nero had the vaward with the moost party of his peple / & merlyn cam to kyng lot of the yle of Orkeney Example: Then they were marched off to the railway station with the band in the vaward playing ‘Have you ever caught your ballocks in a rat trap?’
Word: vaward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English vawarde, late form of vantwarde, aphetism of Anglo-Norman avantwarde, a variant of Old French avant-guarde. Doublet of avant-garde and vanguard. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔːwəd/, /ˈvɔwɚd/, /ˈvɑwɚd/ 1. On or towards the front; vanward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumosite Part of Speech: noun 1. jamesonite. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: speak one's mind Part of Speech: verb 1. To state one's thoughts or opinions honestly or frankly. Labels: idiomatic Example: [H]e would speak his mind, and lecture her all the same as if she were a little girl. Example: It was seldom that Mrs. Ladybug hesitated to speak her mind right out to a person if she happened to disapprove of him.
Word: feldspathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -ic. 1. Containing feldspar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: call on Part of Speech: verb 1. To visit (a person); to pay a call to. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I really should call on my aunt more often. Example: Valerie, call on me / Call on me, Valerie / Come and see me / I'm the same boy I used to be 2. To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him. Example: “Mr. Rayney, Mr. Rayney,” the reporters clamored, and hands shot up. ¶ Charlotte called on the reporter from the L.A. Times, promising herself that she would lead with the OC Register reporter next time. 3. To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom. Example: The alma mater had again called on her sons in her hour of need and again they had responded. 4. To have recourse to. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength. Example: The young adventurer set out on the new planet alone, thankful that she could still call on her captain for advice in case of emergency. 5. To correct; to point out an error or untruth. Labels: ditransitive, idiomatic, transitive Example: The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it.
Word: make oneself scarce Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter. Labels: intransitive Example: Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more chores to assign me.
Word: venality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From venal + -ity, from French vénalité or Latin vēnālitās, from vēnālis (“venal”), from vēnum; compare English vend. Pronunciation: /vɪˈnælɪti/ 1. The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1785, The Times, 17 Jan 1785, p.1 col. B As your spirited paper has declared war, not only against venality and despotism, but was intended to correct follies and abuses in private life, I hope the following will come within its useful plan.
Word: metamorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metamorphosis + -ism, after French métamorphisme. Pronunciation: /mɛtəˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m/ 1. The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: burial means that the ambient pressure on the rock increases – as does the temperature. This encourages metamorphism. 2. The process by which insects develop through life stages, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any dramatic change from one thing to another Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: December 28 2015, Barrett Pall writing in the Huffington Post, 11 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Happy Ultimately, being happy means that even when things aren’t perfect you still understand how blessed you truly are. You remain in a constant state of uncomfortable change, evolution and metamorphism because you know that this is a process that requires care and love.
Word: you shouldn't have Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Abbreviated from full sentence with verb, such as "you shouldn't have gone through all that trouble" or "you shouldn't have spent so much money". 1. Used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity, especially when receiving a gift. Labels: idiomatic Example: What a lovely vase! You shouldn't have!
Word: venery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English venerie, borrowed from Middle French venerie, from Old French venerie (“hunting”), derived from vener, from Latin vēnor (“to hunt”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnəɹi/ 1. The hunting of wild animals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There are extant of his in Greek, four books of Cynegeticks or venation, five of Halieuticks or piſcation, commented and publiſhed by Ritterhuſius; wherein deſcribing beaſts of venery and fiſhes[…] Example: But soon enough he’d wake up the second, real time, to make again the tiresome discovery that it hadn’t really ever stopped being the same simple-minded, literal pursuit; V. ambiguously a beast of venery, chased like the hart, hind or hare, chased like an obsolete, or bizarre, or forbidden form of sexual delight. 2. Game animals. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: venery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English venery, venerie, venerye, borrowed from Medieval Latin veneria, from venus (“love”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnəɹi/ 1. The pursuit of sexual indulgence or pleasure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Opium it ſelf is conceived to extimulate unto venery, and for that intent is ſometimes uſed by Turkes, Perſians, and moſt orientall Nations; […] Example: [T]he ſalt of vipers is alſo thought to exceed any other animal ſalt vvhatever, in giving vigour to the languid circulation, and prompting to venery.