nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: strangolapreti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian, literally "priest stranglers". 1. any of several types of pasta or gnocchi having regional forms
Word: JAP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæp/ 1. Initialism of Jewish-American/Jewish-Australian princess: overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish American or Australian woman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Eww, you've got to check out her creepy friends.. It's like these JAP actress sluts and some American Gladiators reject lunkhead! Example: It took only the smallest hop of the imagination to picture her as an NYU undergraduate, a well-heeled JAP who did yoga, ate only vegetables and consented quickly to anal sex. 2. Initialism of Jewish-American/Jewish-Australian prince: overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish American or Australian man. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Wimbledon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an Old English name (probably *Wynnmann, or alternatively *Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmbəldən/ 1. A suburban town and the principal business area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2470). 2. A minor city in Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. 3. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia. 4. A rural locality in Tararua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. 5. The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament. Example: Norman Brookes was the first Australian to win the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1907 - making him the first male outside Britain to win the Championships and the first of 12 Australian men to take the title. Example: In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!
Word: Sisyphusean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Sisyphean. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: gastropexy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gastro- + -pexy. 1. The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hako Part of Speech: noun 1. A Pawnee Indian ceremony celebrating the union of Earth and Heaven and the genesis of life.
Word: moellon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French moellon. Doublet of modillion. 1. rubble used in masonry Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tinamou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na tinamú (“great tinamou”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/ 1. Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.
Word: parvclass Part of Speech: noun 1. A taxonomic category below infraclass and above order.
Word: mander Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of maunder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tartufo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian tartufo. Doublet of tartuffe. 1. An Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He watched a boy and a girl jump rope and a waiter carry a silver tray of tartufo.
Word: supplì Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of suppli. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: multisourcing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English sourcing English multisourcing From multi- + sourcing. 1. a form of outsourcing via multiple coordinated vendors Labels: uncountable
Word: suppli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian supplì, from French surprise, because of the supposedly unexpected filling. Doublet of surprise. Pronunciation: /suːˈpliː/ 1. A rice croquette filled with mozzarella or meat, originally from Rome.
Word: distinguishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of distinguish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: distinguishing Part of Speech: adj 1. That serves to distinguish. Example: It has no obvious distinguishing characteristics, and therefore people are constantly ascribing to it the characteristics of other similar species. Example: The distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word, in the manner of NATO and NASA.
Word: distinguishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is distinguished or told apart. Example: There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents.
Word: suppli al telefono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian supplì al telefono (literally “suppli on the telephone”), because when pulled apart the cheese is supposed to resemble telephone wires. 1. A type of rice croquettes filled with mozzarella and deep-fried.
Word: equate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈkweɪt/ 1. To consider equal or equivalent (to or with). Labels: transitive Example: Coordinate term: correspond 2. To set as equal. Labels: transitive Example: Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.
Word: equate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈkweɪt/ 1. A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value. Example: The first section of the program includes the system equates. Example: The following equates define the stats byte […]
Word: melo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps after French mélo. 1. Abbreviation of melodrama. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable Example: Bar burlesque & Penleyan comedy I am becoming tolerant of this insipid British drama. Even bad melo doesn’t cause me to vomit as it did of old. Example: One is a melodrama about Bolshevism—the break up of the Armies in 1917—what one wd call a West End melodrama as opposed to a Lyceum melo.
Word: supplì al telefono Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of suppli al telefono. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: markup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from mark up. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k.ʌp/ 1. The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up their buy-in price when determining their selling price. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You don’t make much money selling gas because the markup is so low. 2. An increase in price. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There will be a markup on those products next week; better buy them now. 3. The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For example, a filename of “home.html” would be appropriate for an ASCII/text file containing HTML markup. Example: You can display the icon on any site you offer your software for download using the following markup[…] 4. The process by which proposed legislation is debated and amended. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: regulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From regulate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tə/, /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tɚ/ 1. A device that controls or limits something. 2. A device that controls or limits something. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device. 3. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law. Example: […]in part because a key county reservoir had to been^([sic]) drained to reduce earthquake risks highlighted by federal regulators. 4. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock. 5. A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes. 6. A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive. Example: Driver G. A. Rowett, of the North Eastern Region's Neville Hill shed, now joined the locomotive as pilotman, and actually took over the regulator, Fireman Wheddon continuing to fire. Example: To start No. S.002 effectively with a heavy train, one opens the main regulator sufficiently to move the train off very slowly. An excess of regulator opening with the by-pass valve open can cause heavy slipping; if the worst happens, the slipping continues a little longer after the regulator is closed than on an English locomotive. 7. Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”). Labels: historical 8. A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem. 9. Short for diving regulator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: tagliarini Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of taglierini. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: roche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roche; compare English rock and roach, as well as Old French roche. 1. One of various types of rock or geological strata. Labels: UK, regional 2. A stony hill. Labels: obsolete
Word: beautifulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful 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 beautifulness From beautiful + -ness. 1. The quality of being beautiful; beauty. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Aragon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Aragón. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəɡən/, /ˈɛɹəɡɑn/ 1. An autonomous community in northeastern Spain. Capital: Zaragoza. 2. A river in the autonomous communities of Aragon and Navarre, Spain; in full, Aragon River. 3. A medieval kingdom in northeastern Spain. Labels: historical 4. A surname from Spanish. 5. A barangay of Cateel, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
Word: coördinate Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of coordinate. Example: With Facebook and Twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coördinate, and give voice to their concerns. Example: The housemates have several Discord channels, where they plan their weekly Dungeons & Dragons games, coördinate their food shopping, and discuss the childrens homeschooling.
Word: coördinate Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of coordinate. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: coördinate Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of coordinate. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: The radical element A (“to cut up”), before entering into combination with the coördinate element B (“to sit”), is itself compounded with two nominal elements or element-groups—an instrumentally used stem (F) (“knife”), which may be freely used as the radical element of noun forms but cannot be employed as an absolute noun in its given form, and an objectively used group—(E) + C + d (“black cow or bull”).
Word: intrusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intrusive Middle English -ly English -ly English intrusively From intrusive + -ly. 1. In an intrusive manner; by intrusion.
Word: intrusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intrusive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 intrusiveness From intrusive + -ness. 1. The quality of being intrusive. Labels: uncountable
Word: introspectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English introspective Middle English -ly English -ly English introspectively From introspective + -ly. 1. In an introspective manner.
Word: introspectiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English introspective 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 introspectiveness From introspective + -ness. 1. The state of being introspective. Labels: uncountable Example: Born the most sensitive of children into an unhappy family that misreared and misschooled him, Rilke recoiled into introspectiveness and dilletante^([sic]) aestheticism, and long remained there; the world, or outwardness, was what had hurt him, was the enemy.
Word: parvity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parvitas (“smallness”). 1. smallness Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: parvovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parvo- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English parvovirus From parvo- + virus. 1. Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus Parvovirus, the smallest found in nature, that infects mammals other than humans. 2. A certain small virus, not in the genus Parvovirus, that infects humans.
Word: intrinsically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intrinsic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English intrinsically From intrinsic + -ally. 1. In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially. Example: The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. Example: What cannot be commoditized because it is intrinsically inaccessible to commodification? 2. Necessarily Example: Like in the case of living languages, the classification of substrate elements as belonging to a certain language family shmould ideally be based on morphological as well as lexical evidence. The difference with living languages is however that the available material for substrate languages is scarcer, especially in the morphological domain, and intrinsically transmitted indirectly through the language that replaced it. Example: I think the kind of hi-lo, low tax / blue collar coalition PP is running this time, it intrinsically leads to inferior outcomes regardless of party policymakers intent
Word: internally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English internal Middle English -ly English -ly English internally From internal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/, /-ˈtɜːnl̩i/, /ɪnˈtɜɹnəli/ 1. In an internal manner; within or inside of external limits; in an inner part or situation. 2. With regard to internal affairs. Example: A sort of compromise must be worked out internally and with those people and communities our decisions will impact. 3. Inwardly; spiritually. Example: "I cannot," said she, internally, "see that it makes any difference to him which of my daughters he takes, if, as he says, it is my admirable mode of bringing them up which has put matrimony into his head, for it is certain I have brought them up impartially...
Word: rhinoceroi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhinoceros Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, plural
Word: rhinocerus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from the erroneous plural rhinoceri, by analogy with Latin words ending in -us that become -ī in the plural. 1. Misspelling of rhinoceros. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: misbelief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English misbileve, from mis- + bileve; equivalent to mis- + belief. Compare later misbelieve. 1. an erroneous belief 2. a heresy; an unorthodox belief 3. doubt; an erroneous lack of belief. Labels: obsolete
Word: misbeliefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misbelief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethos Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, plural
Word: internal affairs Part of Speech: noun 1. A division of a law enforcement agency investigating incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: interiorly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English interior Middle English -ly English -ly English interiorly From interior + -ly. 1. In the interior part; internally; inwardly.
Word: intrinsical Part of Speech: adj 1. Intrinsic. Example: intrinſecal diſcongruity of the one to the other […] Example: […] Gravity is an Intrinſecal Quality by vvhich a Body ſo qualified deſcendeth perpendicularly tovvards the Superfices of the Earth.
Word: intriguingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intriguing Middle English -ly English -ly English intriguingly From intriguing + -ly. 1. In an intriguing manner; with intrigue; with artifice or secret machinations. Example: Each scam and undertaking is intriguingly original and thrillingly presented in prose that is attentive and modest and quietly evocative.
Word: intriguer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intrigue + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡə/ 1. One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means. Example: [W]hatever may be the result, political intriguers will find it difficult to substitute a clamour against England for the universal excitement produced by domestic controversies.
Word: intriguery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intrigue 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 intriguery From intrigue + -ery. 1. The practice of intrigue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: intricately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intricate Middle English -ly English -ly English intricately From intricate + -ly. 1. In an intricate manner; with involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy. Example: Charles followed the girl into the gallery, down which she was slowly proceeding, holding the little twisted scroll in her hand, and looking at it with that expression of fear and curiosity which seems to say, "Now, if you were not so intricately folded, I would open you and see your contents; but I shall not be able to replace these folds in proper order if I do—still, I have a great mind to try."
Word: perching bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of passerine. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see perching, bird.
Word: intruse Part of Speech: adj 1. Pushed or projecting inward.
Word: intruded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intrude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intruded Part of Speech: adj 1. Intrusive. 2. Intruse.
Word: scantily clad Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing very little clothing; almost naked. Example: Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers. Example: A flying figure was racing up, three steps at a time (that of a brown man scantily clad).
Word: intrepidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French intrépidebor. English intrepid Middle English -ly English -ly English intrepidly From intrepid + -ly. 1. In an intrepid manner
Word: mitzvot Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mitzvah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English daring Middle English -ly English -ly English daringly From daring + -ly. 1. In a daring manner Example: “Here, waiter,” cried the Johnnie who had dejeunered daringly at 12, “take this bill to the manager and tell him it’s an imposition. Why, you’ve charged more for one poached egg on toast than for an entire portion of those eggs that you scramble.” Example: The corridor stinks of sweat and cigarette smoke, and I daringly open the window a little. The freshest air floats in, smelling of sappy grasses, the delicate pollens of wild flowers, the resins of the pine forests; hinting at the chill blue scent of distant snows.
Word: fearlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fearless Middle English -ly English -ly English fearlessly From fearless + -ly. 1. In a fearless manner; without fear. Example: The swallows, which had been tempted here in great numbers on account of the quantity of insects to be found in proximity to the wood, and had established themselves in the barn and under the eaves, were gambolling, circling, and twittering fearlessly about in the sunshine.
Word: aerialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der. Latin āerius Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English aerial 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 aerialist From aerial + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹɪəlɪst/ 1. An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope. Example: […] I chanced once, when I called during the day, to meet at the rehearsal M’lle Clarisse, the aerialist […] I looked at her carefully, and I could not divest myself of the impression that she was, in spite of her compact and strongly built little frame, much too delicate and fragile a person to go flying through the air from trapeze to trapeze. Example: Of the two ways of making love, adultery must seem the safer, as the aerialist engaged in it swings to an eventual stop, or else lands in marriage itself which is strung out protectively under the highwire. Whereas a man failing in marriage has nothing to break the tumble. 2. A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline. Example: Abramenko, a top aerialist in freestyle skiing, a five-time Olympian and the country’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, garnered more attention after the event, when a photograph of his hug with a Russian rival was widely circulated. 3. One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator. Labels: obsolete Example: 1803, A Dictionary of the Wonders of Art, London: T. Hurst, entry “Aeronautics,” p. 32, The balloon, however, having been torn in the lower part, both the cords and netting of the railing of the car broke, the wind again forced away the gentlemen from the tree they were strongly clasping; but with the assistance of a new, though last exertion, the aerialists had an opportunity of leaving the car and balloon, which fell upwards of 200 yards farther. Example: The Frenchman, Paulhan, made several spectacular flights, but it is noticeable that while the American aerialists are less spectacular they are doing more to further the art of flying. 4. A person whose knowledge of agriculture is purely academic and not derived from experience. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: 1825, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Volume 2, p. 1133, Book farmers, the aerialists of Marshal, are those who know agriculture only by reading about it.
Word: courageously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English courageous Middle English -ly English -ly English courageously From courageous + -ly. 1. In a courageous manner; bravely; boldly. Example: Strike vp the Drum and martch corragiouſly, Fortune her ſelfe dooth ſit vpon our Creſts.
Word: scantily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scanty Middle English -ly English -ly English scantily From scanty + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈskæntɪli/ 1. Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner. Example: It was rather a nod than a bow, and indicated either that he was an old friend, or that he was scantily versed in the usual social forms. Example: This brought me into the study itself. It is a scantily furnished room.
Word: like-for-like Part of Speech: adj 1. Replacing one thing with another of the same type. Labels: comparable Example: The soccer coach made a like-for-like substitution, replacing the injured defender with another defensive player. Example: This is more likely to be the case if the replacement machinery is not a like-for-like replacement and involves an element of involuntary betterment with the result that, operatives require additional training […] 2. comparable to the same period in a previous year, at outlets that existed at that period Labels: comparable
Word: sparingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sparing Middle English -ly English -ly English sparingly From sparing + -ly. 1. In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely. Example: The Mark Tree is generally used as an effect to accentuate transitions in music, either at the beginning or end of a phrase. When used sparingly, they ^([sic]) can add an exotic "shimmer" effect.
Word: sparsely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sparse Middle English -ly English -ly English sparsely From sparse + -ly. 1. In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly. Example: a sparsely populated region Example: Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.
Word: thinly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English þynnelich (“with thin material; thinly”); equivalent to thin + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪnli/ 1. In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. Example: The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes. Example: Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner. 2. Barely; hardly; with little attempt to conceal. Example: a thinly-veiled attack on my integrity Example: a thinly disguised attempt at sabotage
Word: scantiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scanty 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 scantiness From scanty + -ness. 1. The quality of being scanty. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being scanty. Labels: countable
Word: agribusiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agri- + business, or a blend of agriculture + business, coined by American academic and diplomat John Herbert Davis (1904–1988). Pronunciation: /ˈæɡɹɪˌbɪznəs/, /-nɪs/ 1. Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: agroindustry Example: "Agribusiness," he [John H. Davis] says, "can be used as a starting point in the attack on the problem of farm surpluses and dipping farm incomes." [...] Davis arrives at his estimate that the agribusiness component of the total U.S. economy now accounts for no less than 40 per cent of the total work force and about 40 per cent of the gross national product. 2. A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process. Labels: countable Example: The notable difference between the performance of the government's agricultural firms and private agribusinesses is that the private firms use formal production contracts. These contracts add a measure of market security to both the processing factory and the grower which is the cornerstone of an economic atmosphere conducive to rapid agricultural development. Example: The following broad categories of machinery users can be identified: / ― Estates, plantations, and large agri-businesses that purchase their machinery outright or with credit from commercial banks, and have their own maintenance and repair facilities; [...]
Word: frugality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity. Pronunciation: /fɹuːˈɡæləti/ 1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) economy, thrift, thriftiness, parsimony; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy Example: Your sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible; and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that— 2. A sparing use; sparingness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aide-de-camp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“[military] camp”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/, /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/ 1. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. Example: Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief. Example: The police uncovered the plot after recovering information from the phone of Bolsonaro’s former personal secretary, Lt Col Mauro Cid, who served as Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp during his 2019–2023 presidency.
Word: icteritious Part of Speech: adj 1. yellow; jaundiced
Word: idioblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English idioblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idioblastic From idioblast + -ic. 1. of, or relating to an idioblast
Word: idiomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idio- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /ɪdi.əˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. idiomorphous; having a distinctive form Example: Capitals, or 'printed handwriting' as one sees them called, are just as idiomorphic as a cursive form.
Word: idiomorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idio- + -morphous. 1. having a unique, characteristic form Labels: not-comparable 2. occurring as distinct crystals Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ijekavian Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect, group of dialects or dialect continuum of Serbo-Croatian spoken through most of Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro and parts of Serbia and distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as disyllabic (triphonemic) /ije/ or diphthongal /je/ sequence.
Word: Ikavian Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect or group of dialects of Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily in coastal Croatia distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as /i/.
Word: immanence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French immanence. 1. The state of being immanent; inherency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here the conflict between male bonding and the companionship of the transcendent quest versus sexual love and involvement in the immanence of bodily life comes right out into the open. 2. The state of dwelling within and not extending beyond a given domain. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast transcendence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hot water bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the body for thermotherapy, or simple warming.
Word: hot bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. A hot water bottle.
Word: LAMP Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Python/Perl: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: LAMP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: internationalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internationalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: Kaurna Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːnə/ 1. Aboriginal people of South Australia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Kaurna Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːnə/ 1. The once extinct language spoken by the Kaurna people.
Word: wail on Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of whale on. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: The wrench wouldn’t budge, even though Tony was just wailing on it with a big old sledge hammer. Example: I've had two sessions with the fellow I talked to today; a few weeks ago he got me off balance when my tape recorder failed and he never let me up ... but today I wailed on him, no mercy at all, and he blew it completely.
Word: whale on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See whale (“to beat vigorously or soundly”). 1. To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight. Labels: slang Example: If he had been able to break loose from his handlers and the referee, he would have jumped Paret to the floor and whaled on him there. Example: Philip was whaling on O, who was whaling on Slater, who was whaling on Genesius, who was whaling on Philip. Blood, spittle, and curses were flying. 2. To beat heavily on anything. Labels: slang Example: The wrench wouldn’t budge, even though Tony was just whaling on it with a big old sledge hammer. Example: Standing at the front, wearing a guitar and whaling on it as she sang, was Sara Tidwell.
Word: mitred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mytred; equivalent to mitre (“pointed hat”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.təd/, /ˈmaɪ.tɚd/ 1. Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre. Labels: not-comparable Example: Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot. […] And mark me, brother! not in the proudest days of the mitred Abbey, was a Superior ever chosen, whom his office shall so much honour, as he shall be honoured, who now takes it upon him in these days of tribulation. Example: Mitred emissaries also passed from Gregory to the Emperor, summoning him to attend the diet within a time by which no one unwafted by wings or steam could have reached the place […] 2. Having a mitre joint. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mitred Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mytred; equivalent to mitre (“pointed hat”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.təd/, /ˈmaɪ.tɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mitre Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miter Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/, /ˈmit.əɹ/ 1. Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: miter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/, /ˈmit.əɹ/ 1. Alternative form of mitre. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: Mwera Part of Speech: name 1. A city on Unguja Island in Zanzibar, Tanzania. 2. A Bantu language spoken in the Ruvuma region of Tanzania. 3. A Bantu language spoken in the Lindi region of Tanzania.
Word: thunderbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + box. Senses 1 and 2 (“portable commode; any lavatory or toilet”) are probably because of the noises that may be made while defecating. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndəbɒks/, /ˈθʌndɚˌbɑks/ 1. A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode. Labels: slang Example: True, our cash would run out, but Charleton wouldn't let us starve. He'd put us into shorts, and we should wash the dishes and clean the thunder-boxes and take out guests for walks. Example: Then, after another pause, he said: "Well, if you must know, it's my Thunder-box." […] He opened it, showing a mechanism of heavy cast-iron brass and patterned earthenware of solid Edwardian workmanship. On the inside of the lid was a plaque bearing the embossed title Connolly's Chemical Closet. 2. Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor latrine or toilet, or an outhouse. Labels: Australia, UK, broadly, slang Example: Meantime the ICE [Institute of Consumer Ergonomics] experts are poring over their photographs, and making measurements, which, presumably, will go into a computer, and out will come the specification for the perfect thunderbox. Example: In the old days, when there was a corrugated iron thunderbox, the Holts' guests were told to approach it with caution: where other thunderboxes had redback spiders, the local ones tended to have taipans. 3. A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect. Example: [T]wo articles, both indispensibly necessary to a theatre, are not blundered, viz. a property room, and thunder box!—no they are omitted altogether!! Example: [H]e [the English actor West Digges] said, "Take the child to the slips;" and I was led through the carpenter's gallery, the cloudings and thunder boxes, and placed in a good seat, where I saw the play with great delight.
Word: thunderbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a calque of German Donnerbüchse (“(archaic) blunderbuss; cannon”) (from Donner (“thunder”) + Büchse (“box; can; rifle”)), or its etymon Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”) (from donder (“thunder”) + bus (“box; container; (chiefly historical) type of early modern firearm”)). Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndəbɒks/, /ˈθʌndɚˌbɑks/ 1. A blunderbuss; also, a cannon. Labels: obsolete Example: In the year 1346, at the battle of Crecy, the engliſh uſed a ſort of cannons, which were then called thunder-boxes. Example: […] I saw Arnoldi at Dettelbach, standing unhurt amongst the lances and swords, which flashed and glittered around him like lightning; the thunder-boxes peppering away all the while as if it snowed lead; and when the pastime (for it was nothing else to him) was over, there he stood leaning on his halbert, coolly shaking out the bullets, which rattled like peas from his breeches and doublet.
Word: staple gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A heavy-duty device for driving staples directly into wood or other material.
Word: short stop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shortstop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: on deck Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On the deck of a ship, especially of a captain or officer; in charge. Example: In every sense of the expression he is ‘on deck’; but my Jim, for the most part, skulked down below as though he had been a stowaway. 2. Being the batter who will be up next, typically when that player is waiting on the field. Example: Jones is the on-deck batter.
Word: on deck circle Part of Speech: noun 1. The circle drawn or painted on the field where the next batter to hit waits. Example: Jones warms up in the on deck circle.
Word: satiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas. Pronunciation: /səˈtaɪ̯ɪti/, [səˈtʰaɪ̯ɪtʰɪi̯], /səˈtaɪ̯ɪɾi/, [səˈtʰaɪ̯ɪɾɪi̯], /səˈtaɪ̯əti/ 1. The state of being satiated. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Eating half of that loaf of bread has left me in a state of utter satiety. Example: Satiety and mortification are the extremes of vanity, and both are equally attended by envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness.
Word: Ucalegon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Ūcalegōn, from Ancient Greek Οὐκαλέγων (Oukalégōn). He was one of the Elders of Troy, whose house was set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city. He is one of Priam's friends in the Iliad (3.148) and the destruction of his house is referred to in the Aeneid (2.312). Pronunciation: /juːˈkælɨɡɒn/ 1. A neighbor whose house is on fire or has burned down. Labels: dated
Word: hit parade Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of many hits in a row that are scored by one team. Example: That’s going to do it for Smith as Jones joins the hit parade off him. 2. A list of the most popular songs at the moment. Labels: dated Example: Elvis joins the hit parade this week with his song “Hound Dog”.
Word: satiated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈseɪʃɪeɪtɪd/ 1. Pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food; sated Example: But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
Word: satiated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈseɪʃɪeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of satiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Melungeon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from French mélange (“mixture”) + English -ian; perhaps from malengine; perhaps from melongene; or perhaps none of these. 1. Of or pertaining to any of several similar Mestee groups currently and historically found in the Southeastern United States, all of uncertain or disputed origin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Melungeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from French mélange (“mixture”) + English -ian; perhaps from malengine; perhaps from melongene; or perhaps none of these. 1. A Melungeon person.
Word: papain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the late 1800s. From papaya + -in. 1. A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: down low Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of secrecy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'll tell you, but keep it on the down low. 2. The state of being a man who secretly sleeps with people other than his partner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Chorus]:And keep it on the down low Nobody has to know. 3. The state of being a man who secretly sleeps with other men. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I sleep with men, but I am not bisexual, and I am certainly not gay. I am not going to your clinics, I am not going to read your brochures, I am not going to get tested. I assure you that none of the brothers on the down low like me are paying the least bit of attention to anything you have to say. 4. A man who secretly sleeps with other men. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I think it must be hard for trans men who like guys. Most gay guys don't like vaginas. […] The guys I'm interested in are down-lows, DLs.
Word: down low Part of Speech: adj 1. Undercover or lying about one's identity. 2. Purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.
Word: vaginal fluid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any liquid discharge from a vagina. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: backside throw Part of Speech: noun 1. The rotation of the knee and lower body of the side of the batter away from the pitcher during a swing. Labels: uncountable Example: Good backside throw leads to good hip speed which leads to good bat speed.
Word: hip speed Part of Speech: noun 1. The speed of rotation of the hips of a batter during a swing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Good hip speed leads to good bat speed.
Word: bat speed Part of Speech: noun 1. The speed of the bat during a swing. Example: Good hip speed leads to good bat speed.
Word: know inside and out Part of Speech: verb 1. To know (something or someone) very thoroughly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He's still new to their system, but he knows databases inside and out and will understand the rest soon.
Word: Pioneer Day Part of Speech: name 1. A Utah state holiday celebrating the arrival of Mormon pioneers in the area that later became Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. Labels: US
Word: Teich Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Trost Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dóruder. Proto-Germanic *traustaz Proto-Germanic *traustą Proto-West Germanic *traust Old High German trōst Middle High German trōst German Trostbor. English Trost Borrowed from German Trost. 1. A surname from German.
Word: triomphe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French triomphe (literally “triumph”). 1. A card game dating from the late 15th century. Labels: uncountable
Word: thorp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe. Pronunciation: /θɔːp/, /θɔɹp/ 1. A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. Labels: archaic Example: Within a little thorp I staid. Example: A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]
Word: tusche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Tusche, from tuschen, from French toucher. 1. A black liquid used in lithography for drawing and painting and in etching and the silk-screen process as a resist.
Word: fucks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fʌks/ 1. plural of fuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fucks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fʌks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fuck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Vetter Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Vetter. 1. A surname from German.
Word: steely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English steel Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English steely From steel + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːli/ 1. Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hardness and resoluteness. Example: The bully backed down before his steely gaze. Example: steely grey hair 2. Made of steel. Example: Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance. Example: Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.
Word: Volk Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: harvester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From harvest + -er. 1. A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop). Labels: dated 2. A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop). 3. A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type. 4. A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source. 5. A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius, whose larvae eat aphids and are the only entirely carnivorous caterpillars in North America; an individual of this species. 6. Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores. 7. A finnock (a young sea trout). Labels: Ireland
Word: kavya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit काव्य (kāvyá). 1. A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD. Labels: uncountable 2. poetry (especially in a classical style) in the literatures of India's modern languages Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: wado Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Cherokee ᏩᏙ (wado). 1. thank you
Word: Wachtel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wachtel. 1. A surname from German.