nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: demonstrative determiner Part of Speech: noun 1. A determiner used to demonstrate the identity of the thing referenced by the following noun. Example: In the sentence I like this music, the word this is a demonstrative determiner.
Word: possessive determiner Part of Speech: noun 1. A determiner used to demonstrate the possession of the object referenced by the following noun.
Word: war criminal Part of Speech: noun 1. A person guilty of one or more war crimes.
Word: credo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”); doublet of creed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹidəʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/, /ˈkɹidoʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/ 1. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself. Example: “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims. 2. The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services. Example: Credo III is so beautiful! Example: Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […]
Word: dress up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put on special or fancy clothes. Labels: intransitive Example: Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball. Example: I want a job where I don't have to dress up. 2. To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person. Labels: intransitive, often Example: We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure. 3. To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person. Labels: often, transitive Example: The cat hated when they dressed him up for Halloween. 4. To decorate; to prettify. Labels: transitive Example: Mistress, your father prays you leave your books, And help to dress your sister’s chamber up: You know to-morrow is the wedding-day. 5. To present in a favorable light. Labels: transitive Example: You can dress up that proposal however you want; it's still going to go over like a lead balloon.
Word: dress rehearsal Part of Speech: noun 1. A rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume, in order to test all aspects of the production by closely reproducing the actual conditions of a performance. Example: We've got three dress rehearsals before the opening night to prepare ourselves for any potential technical issues. 2. The final rehearsal before a performance, whether or not costumes or performance dress are worn. 3. Any complex activity that serves to prepare for a more important iteration of it later. Labels: broadly Example: Although the train derailment ended up not being very serious, the emergency services' response served as a dress rehearsal in case of a much worse disaster. Example: Sunday, November 6, was spent in a second full-scale dress rehearsal of the complete weekday electric timetable, [...] during which the public were invited to make their first trial of the trains—and 15,000 did so.
Word: erythrosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + -ine, equivalent to erythro- + -s- + -ine. 1. tetraiodo-fluorescein, a cherry-pink fluorone used as a food colouring, in printing inks, and as a biological stain, a dental plaque disclosing agent and a radiopaque medium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sprinkles had the red food coloring E127, or erythrosine. E127 is only permitted for use in cocktail cherries and candied cherries in the UK and the EU, according to a statement from West Yorkshire Trading Standards sent to CNN Thursday. Example: In 1990, the FDA banned Red No. 3, also known as erythrosine, from cosmetics and topical drugs under the Delaney Clause, because the chemical was shown to be carcinogenic at high doses in tests on lab rats.
Word: fluorone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluor- + -one. 1. A tricyclic heterocyclic ketone that is the basis of a class of synthetic dyestuffs.
Word: chlorophyllin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chlorophyll + -in. 1. Any water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll in which the central magnesium atom is replaced (often with copper), and a number of side-chains are converted into sodium salts.
Word: Wenglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Welsh + English. 1. A spoken mix of Welsh and English. Labels: informal 2. The dialect of the English language as spoken in Wales. Labels: informal 3. The dialect of the English language as spoken in the South Wales valleys. Labels: informal Example: Other words frequently used in the Welsh language, or Wenglish - a hybrid of the languages typically spoken by some in the south Wales valleys - that are used in spoken English include cariad, bach and cwtch. Example: The word is said to be one of the nation's favourites and has been adopted by many in the cross-over language of Wenglish, particularly popular in the south Wales valleys.
Word: turntable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turn + table. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːnteɪb(ə)l/, /ˈtɝnˌteɪbəl/ 1. A circular rotating platform. Example: This invention, by John Grantham, of 31, Nicholas-lane, E.C., refers to machines with turntables or mould frames, upon which are fixed a certain number of moulds, and around which three operations are carried on nearly simultaneously, […] The moulds are presented seriatim to these operations, and hitherto the turntable has been moved by means of manual labour, which it is now proposed to effect by the use of hydraulic machinery. Example: [T]he Museum has installed turntables to give life to other material. Thus one sees a cross-section of the human skull revolving slowly on its pedestal and a much enlarged model of the ear on another, so that the spectator can examine every detail without walking around the display. 2. A circular rotating platform. Example: I am also impressed with the good sound quality of the record. It is suitable for radio play, perhaps theater and film scores, as well as for the home turntable. Example: Inside a belt-driven turntable is a small motor with a rubber band linking it to the underside of the deckplatter (the part you put the record on). […] Direct-driven turntables are a better option than belt-driven ones. […] [I]n direct-driven turntables the centre spindle is the motor (so it drives the motor directly). 3. A circular rotating platform. Example: In order to transfer an engine or carriage laterally to another line of rails, at a station or terminus, circular platforms called turntables are established upon each set of rails, which turn as upon a pivot in the centre of each line, each contiguous pair of tables being connected by short branch rails, standing at right angles to the line of rails. The engine or carriage to be transferred is brought to rest wholly upon one table, which is then turned a quarter round, and the carriage is then wheeled on to the next turntable, which being likewise turned a quarter round, the engine or carriage will then be in a position to proceed on the line to which the second table appertains. Example: Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once." 4. A circular rotating platform.
Word: turntable Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From turn + table. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːnteɪb(ə)l/, /ˈtɝnˌteɪbəl/ 1. To play (a record) using a turntable. Labels: transitive Example: Traditional carols we all know. Holiday Baroque, Renaissance and medieval music is not, and therefore makes a distinctive gift for the discriminating recordphile and is certain to be turntabled other times of the year, too: […] Example: Rik Shaw of Deadly Dragon Soundsystem continues his weekly residency by turntabling the rudest Jamaican dance records ever pressed. 2. To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable. Labels: intransitive Example: Herein we see a plan wisely borrowed from America, in whose great cities the bulk of the merchandise is not carted along the streets, but turntabled into and out of the warehouse basements from an underground railway. Example: To submerge the upper body while turntabling on the side, perform one scoop with the lower arm, or two smaller scoops with the same arm, so that the body rolls and twists from a Spearfish position on the side into an inverted Spearfish position. 3. To manipulate sound using turntables; to perform turntablism; to scratch Labels: intransitive Example: We particularly like hovering next to DJ Sid Wilson and seeing how he spends the large chunks of time where he's not turntabling.
Word: record player Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for playing phonograph records.
Word: forenoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forenone, equivalent to fore- + noon. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːnuːn/, /ˈfɔɹnun/, /ˈfo(ː)ɹnuːn/, /ˈfoənuːn/ 1. Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You are ambitious for poor knaves' caps and legs; you wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orange-wife and a fosset-seller, and then rejourn the controversy of threepence to a second day of audience. Example: Later in the forenoon the gale increased more and more; the seas set in, and the waves grew bigger and bigger[.]
Word: viceroys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viceroy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hum + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: humming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hum + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmɪŋ/ 1. Making a hum sound. 2. Of ale or beer: very strong. Labels: archaic Example: But at night crowds of visitors called at his cot, / For he told a right marvellous tale; / Yet a stronger attraction by chance he had got, / A barrel of old humming ale. 3. Very bad-smelling. Labels: UK, slang
Word: humming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmɪŋ/ 1. The sound of something that hums; a hum. Example: There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings[…]
Word: chess boxing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Enki Bilal in 1992 1. A hybrid sport involving alternating rounds of chess and boxing. Labels: uncountable
Word: alarm system Part of Speech: noun 1. A burglar alarm.
Word: quarter note Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Viertelnote. 1. A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time. Labels: Canada, US
Word: tignon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tignon, obsolete synonym of chignon and cognate with tignasse, teigne. 1. An article of woman's headgear consisting of a piece of material tied in individual ways.
Word: snakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sneɪks/ 1. plural of snake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snakes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sneɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snakes Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /sneɪks/ 1. Synonym of snakes alive (“an expression of surprise”). Example: "Snakes!" cried the impetuous Westerner, like one speaking before he could stop himself; "suppose there were something in it, after all!"
Word: shower head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of showerhead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chorister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French cueriste, from cuer (see Middle French cuer). Equivalent to choir + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹɪstə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɔɹɪstɚ/, /ˈkwɪɹɪstəɹ/, /ˈkwɒɹɪstəɹ/, /ˈkwæɹɪstəɹ/ 1. A singer in a choir; especially a child in a church or cathedral choir. Example: None of the new choristers can sing in tune but they will learn soon enough. Example: These be my querysters To helpe me to synge, My hawkes to mattens rynge! 2. A director or leader of a choral group. Labels: US Example: Jane was the chorister of her congregation's choir, and that occupied much of her time on the weekends.
Word: portapotty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of porta-potty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pet door Part of Speech: noun 1. An opening in a door for pets to come in and out of the house without requiring a human to open the door.
Word: air bag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of airbag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: garbage disposal Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric device in a kitchen drain that gets rid of food waste by shredding it to tiny bits that can be washed away.
Word: dinosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish slice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + slice (“spatula”). 1. A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula. Labels: UK Example: Would you pass me that fish slice, please; I'm making a mess trying to turn this omelette. Example: Truly the sign of an evolved person who has their shit together is that they’ve graduated beyond using a fish slice for everything (which they erroneously call a spatula).
Word: dragons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dragon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒtəʊ/ 1. A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. Example: The forest hangs round them like a theater curtain, mist rising from the water, half-drowned things – jackals, monkeys, pottos, bushpigs – wading along with them, looking dazed and bearish. 2. The kinkajou. Labels: archaic
Word: walkmans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walkman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toastie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toast + -ie. 1. A toasted sandwich. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: I much prefer cheese-and-onion toasties to those with bacon. 2. toaster or toastie maker
Word: acrobatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros) Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acrobatic From acrobat + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to an acrobat. 2. vigorously active
Word: hypothec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”), from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”). Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɒθ.ɪk/, /hɪˈ-/, /haɪˈpɑ.θɪk/ 1. In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Everything; the whole lot. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually Example: ...saddle and all, the whole hypothec turned round and grovelled in the dust below the donkey’s belly.
Word: hagiographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hagiography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Loris Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: sycomores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sycomore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olfactory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin olfactōrius. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈfak.tə.ɹi/, /ɒlˈfak.tɹi/, /ɑlˈfæk.təɹ.i/, /oʊlˈfæk.təɹ.i/ 1. Concerning the sense of smell. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: Dogs possess a highly developed olfactory system. Example: The disease can impair olfactory function.
Word: olfactory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin olfactōrius. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈfak.tə.ɹi/, /ɒlˈfak.tɹi/, /ɑlˈfæk.təɹ.i/, /oʊlˈfæk.təɹ.i/ 1. Ellipsis of olfactory organ. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. The sense of smell. Labels: in-plural
Word: volte face Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of volte-face. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes.
Word: jap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of Japanese, in reference to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæp/ 1. To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody). Labels: Canada, US, ethnic, slang, slur, transitive
Word: jap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From or related to Scots jaup, jap (“of liquid: dash, splash”). 1. (of a liquid) To spatter or splash over a surface. Labels: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, transitive Example: […] the yelp of the girl as the hot water japped her legs. I The big fellow bore me across the kitchen. Example: The oilcloth on the kitchen table / an olive green thing - retro surface / japped with little bits of water / or if you like with bits 'v watter / […]
Word: jap Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: musette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From both of the following: * Late Middle English musette (“type of bagpipe”), from Middle French musette, Old French musette (“type of bagpipe”) (modern French musette), from muse (“bagpipe”) + -ette (diminutive suffix). Muse is derived from muser (“to play the bagpipe; (figuratively) to flatter”), perhaps from musel (“muzzle (protruding part of an animal’s head)”) (alluding to a bagpipe player puffing out the cheeks), from Late Latin mūsus (“muzzle”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps expressive of protruding lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgiō (“to bellow, low, moo”), from Proto-Indo-European *mug-, *mūg- (onomatopoeia of the lowing of cattle). * Borrowed from French musette in the 18th century. Sense 2 (“small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap”) is due to the resemblance of the original knapsack to the bag of bagpipes. Pronunciation: /mjuːˈzɛt/, /mjʊ-/, /mjuˈzɛt/ 1. Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century. Labels: historical 2. Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century. Labels: broadly, historical 3. An organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators, found in organs in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Labels: historical 4. A small oboe without a cap for its reed, which evolved from the chanter or pipe of bagpipes; a piccolo oboe. 5. In full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items. Labels: US Example: The young gentleman had a musette over his shoulder. Example: I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage. There was a big rucksack and two musettes.
Word: bluster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌs.tə/, /ˈblʌs.tɚ/ 1. Pompous, officious talk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. 2. A gust of wind. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fitful noise and violence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bluster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌs.tə/, /ˈblʌs.tɚ/ 1. To speak or protest loudly. Example: When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek. 2. To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner. Example: Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Example: He bloweth and blustereth out […] his abominable blasphemy. 3. To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds). Example: And ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round.
Word: Cardiff Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle Welsh Caerdyf, equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff. Compare Welsh Caerdydd. Pronunciation: /ˈkaːdɪf/, /ˈkɑːdɪf/, /ˈkaɾdɪf/, /ˈkɑɹdɪf/ 1. A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales. Example: The riots began after misinformation circulated widely online about the identity and motives of the suspect in the Southport murders, who was named on Thursday as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana. The media had been unable to name the teenager, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, because he is under 18. 2. The Welsh government. Labels: metonymically 3. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. 4. A community in the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. 5. A hamlet in Sturgeon County, in central Alberta, Canada. 6. A small rural settlement in the region of Taranaki, New Zealand. 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A place in the United States: 11. A place in the United States: 12. A place in the United States: 13. A place in the United States:
Word: counsellor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of counselor. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: -phage Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”). Pronunciation: /feɪd͡ʒ/ 1. eater; something that eats, or consumes. Labels: morpheme
Word: -philiac Part of Speech: suffix 1. Forming nouns: Someone with a tendency towards something, or an abnormal attraction to something. Labels: morpheme 2. Forming adjectives: Relating to a tendency towards something, or an abnormal attraction to something. Labels: morpheme
Word: -philic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “love”) + -ic. By surface analysis, -phile + -ic. 1. Synonym of -philous. Labels: morpheme
Word: -philous Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “love”) + -ous. 1. having an affinity, attraction, preference or love of something Labels: morpheme
Word: get on like a house on fire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By metaphor, reflecting the notion that housefires are archetypally roaringly quick and robust. 1. To immediately start a good relationship with someone. Example: Those two met last Saturday at the party, and because they were both into juggling they got on like a house on fire. Example: They've obviously never met before, but are getting on like a house on fire. Both are well-spoken and versed in the Queen's English.
Word: get by Part of Speech: verb 1. To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Do you think they can get by on only one salary? Example: Good girls do bad things sometimes / But we get by with it / Good girls do bad things sometimes / But we get by with it
Word: joggling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From joggle + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of joggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: joggling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joggle + -ing. 1. The act by which something is joggled, or shaken up and down. Example: Before I could turn and seek the door, there came a really terrific shock; the ground seemed to roll under me in waves, interrupted by violent jogglings up and down, and there was a heavy grinding noise as of brick houses rubbing together.
Word: joggling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jogging + juggling. 1. The act of juggling while jogging. Labels: uncountable
Word: slumberless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slumber 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 slumberless From slumber + -less. 1. Without slumber; sleepless, unsleeping. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sunday is gloomy / My hours are slumberless / Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless.
Word: filthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English filthy 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 filthiness From filthy + -ness. 1. The property of being filthy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yea, as yee loue your ovvne life, peace, vvelfare; Rouze vp your ſpirits, avvaken your Chriſtian courage, and ſet your ſelues heartily againſt the traitorly ſinnes of theſe times, vvhich threaten the bane of all theſe. Cleanſe yee theſe Augean ſtables of our drunken Tauernes, of our profane ſtages, and of thoſe blinde Vaults of profeſſed filthineſſe, VVhoſe ſteppes goe dovvne to the chambers of Death; yea, to the deepe of Hell. Example: The Deformity, and Filthyneſs of Svvine, make them the Beauty-ſpot of the Animal Creation, and the Emblem of all Vice.
Word: anti-globalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English globe English -al English global Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English globalism English anti-globalism From anti- + globalism. 1. A philosophy which rejects the current global economic and trade system because of the belief that it undermines the environment, labor rights, national sovereignty, and the interests of third world states. Labels: uncountable
Word: anti-globalization Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + globalization. 1. antiglobalist
Word: anti-globalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + globalization. 1. anti-globalism Labels: uncountable
Word: courtiers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹtiɚz/, /ˈkɔːtɪəz/, /ˈko(ː)ɹtiɚz/, /ˈkoətɪəz/ 1. plural of courtier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: constitutes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnstɪtuts/, /ˈkɒnstɪtjuːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of constitute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: constituting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of constitute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: effortlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English effortless Middle English -ly English -ly English effortlessly From effortless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/, /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/ 1. Without effort; without difficulty or struggle. Example: She hoisted the child effortlessly and plopped him in bed. Example: Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
Word: stumbling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstʌmblɪŋ/, /ˈstʌmbl̩ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stumble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stumbling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstʌmblɪŋ/, /ˈstʌmbl̩ɪŋ/ 1. The motion of one who stumbles. Example: Some evolutionary theorists stress that cultural innovation allows human beings to overcome the blind stumblings of natural selection: we deliberately solve a problem and pass on that solution to our descendants, who improve on it in turn.
Word: glories Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔːɹiz/, /ˈɡlo(ː)ɹiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glory Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
Word: glories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔːɹiz/, /ˈɡlo(ː)ɹiz/ 1. plural of glory Labels: form-of, plural Example: Shaoyang, in the southwest of central China's Hunan province, is an almost forgotten city despite past glories in a history spanning more than 25 centuries, dating back to the Spring and Autumn period.
Word: sūtra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sutra. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The printed book appeared in a variety of forms during the course of its history in China. These included, among others, the “whirlwind” binding (xuanfeng zhuang), sometimes called the “dragon scales” binding (longlin zhuang), to describe the overlapping sheets of paper within the book; the “fold” binding (zhezhuang), also known as the “folding sūtra” binding (jingzhe zhuang) or “Sanskrit” binding (fanjia zhuang), given its common use in the presentation of Buddhist texts; the “butterfly” binding (hudie zhuang), whose appellation derives from the effect of fluttering papers that accompanies the opening of the book; and the “thread” binding (xianzhuang), a technical designation that refers to the silken or cotton filaments used to stitch together folded sheets of paper into fascicles. (For diagrams of these fabrications, see Fig. 30.)
Word: yantra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument”). Pronunciation: /jəntɹə/ 1. A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship. 2. Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship. Labels: Hinduism
Word: carriage bolt Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of bolt with a rounded head and a square shank which will not turn.
Word: dimmer switch Part of Speech: noun 1. A light switch which can adjust the brightness of the switched lamp from dim to bright, as well as turning it on and off. Example: Elder Price: "Well, Elder McKinley, I think it's okay that you're having gay thoughts just so long as you never act upon them." Elder McKinley: "No, because then you're just keeping it down, like a dimmer switch on low (on low), thinking nobody needs to know (Uh-oh!)" 2. A switch that changes the headlamps on a motor vehicle from low to high and from high to low beam; a high-beam switch; a brights switch. Labels: rare
Word: three-way switch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its three electrical connections, as opposed to the two connections of a normal light switch. 1. A type of light switch that can be arranged in pairs to control lights from two locations, as at either end of a stairway or long hallway; a double-throw switch. (UK): two-way switch. Labels: US
Word: occlusive ileus Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition in which the intestines become completely blocked or occluded. Labels: uncountable
Word: azur Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of azure (“blue tincture in heraldry”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Zalika Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain. Suggestions include a Swahili Muslim name meaning "ahead, brilliant", or an Egyptian Arabic name meaning 'well-born' or 'born into power'. 1. A female given name.
Word: Krystina Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. A rare modern spelling of Christina.
Word: Kirghiz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz). Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːɡɪz/, /kɪɹˈɡiːz/ 1. Alternative form of Kyrgyz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kirghiz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz). Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːɡɪz/, /kɪɹˈɡiːz/ 1. Alternative form of Kyrgyz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kirghiz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz). Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːɡɪz/, /kɪɹˈɡiːz/ 1. Alternative form of Kyrgyz. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: In September of 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Pa-ch'u, dividing Ma Hu-shan's 36th Corps into two sections. In October one Kirghiz regiment entered P'i-shan, and Ma Hu-shan fled to India. Kirghiz and Russian forces were now in occupation of Hami and poised to strike at Ho-t'ien in the extreme south of Sinkiang.
Word: gelded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From geld + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeldəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of geld Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gelded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geld + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeldəd/ 1. Castrated. Example: The gelded man answered Philip and sayde: I praye the off whom speaketh the prophet this?
Word: gelds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of geld Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gelds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geld Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trade-wind Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trade wind. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lovestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + stone, in reference to the way that ivy grows over and clings to stone walls, etc. 1. ivy Labels: UK, colloquial, uncountable
Word: adornment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adorn Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English adornment From adorn + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt/ 1. A decoration; that which adorns. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows. 2. The act of decorating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inkhorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn. Displaced Old English blæchorn, which had the same literal meaning but with the native term for "ink." Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkˌhɔːn/, /ˈɪŋkˌhɔɹn/ 1. A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink. Labels: archaic Example: Goe good partner, goe get you to Francis Seacole, bid him bring his pen and inkehorne to the Gaole: we are now to examine thoſe men. Example: […]and one man among them was clothed with linnen, with a writers inkehorne by his side, and they went in and stood beside the brasen altar. 2. Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly. Labels: attributive, derogatory Example: And ere that we will ſuffer ſuch a Prince, So kinde a Father of the Common-weale, To be diſgraced by an Inke-horne Mate, Wee and our Wiues and Children all will fight And haue our bodyes ſlaughtred by thy foes. Example: The tale retained its bookish and even inkhorn appeal, since established short-story forms continued to be read, and new ones written.
Word: maltier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of malty: more malty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: add up Part of Speech: verb 1. To take the sum of; to total. Labels: transitive Example: Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost. Example: When they added up the vaccine doses from all known and anticipate sources, they didn't have enough. 2. To accumulate; to amount to. Labels: intransitive Example: If you can save even a couple of dollars per day, it will add up to a lot over a year. Example: It all keeps adding up / I think I'm cracking up / Am I just paranoid? / Or am I just stoned? 3. To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event? Example: Phoenix: (Hmm... Something just isn't adding up here. I wonder, who they really saw?)
Word: athame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French athamé in a 1929 passage from É.-J. Grillot de Givry (see 1931 citation below), apparently from Medieval Latin artavus (“quill-sharpening knife”). Artavus was also mistranslated into artauo in an Italian manuscript. The arthame was conflated with the cortel nero (“black knife”) by Grillot de Givry, and that conflation was passed on to Gerald Gardner (whose 1954 book Witchcraft Today introduced Wicca to the public). Pronunciation: /əˈθeɪmeɪ/, /əˈθɑːmeɪ/, /ɑˈθɑ.meɪ/, /əˈθɑ.meɪ/, /ˈæ.θəˌmeɪ/ 1. A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and typically having a black handle with magical symbols on it. Example: She is moving with a regal gait, grasping the arthame, or magic knife. Example: Agia was quicker, making a cut at my neck with an athame before his weapon was free of the scabbard.
Word: melancholia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”) (from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”)), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with sadness and despondency. Doublet of melancholy. 1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy Labels: countable, uncountable 2. depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pertussal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pertussis Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pertussal From pertussis + -al. 1. Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the friendly and eloquent monarch would be interrupted by a pertussal "backdraucht" in a crowd of school-children.
Word: abortion pill Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug, such as mifepristone (Mifegyne), used to terminate a pregnancy in its earliest stage.
Word: -phyte Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”). Pronunciation: /fʌɪt/, /faɪt/ 1. A member of a taxonomic group of plants or algae, chiefly one whose taxonomic name ends (or ended) in -phyta. Labels: morpheme Example: arthrophyte, cyanophyte 2. A plant that grows in a specified habitat. Labels: morpheme Example: acrophyte 3. A plant that grows in a specified form or habit. Labels: morpheme Example: anthophyte, macrophyte 4. A pathological growth. Labels: morpheme Example: osteophyte
Word: about turn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of about-turn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: about turn Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of about-turn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: about face Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of about-face. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: about face Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of about-face. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: -thermy Part of Speech: suffix 1. heat Labels: morpheme
Word: but who's counting Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used as a retort or comeback, often to deprecate oneself or another for excessive concern or attention to detail. Labels: colloquial, humorous, rhetoric, sarcastic Example: There are only 258 more shopping days until Christmas, but who's counting? Example: You've made that mistake eight times now. But who's counting?
Word: skating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of skate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/ 1. The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. Example: My merry Christmas and first matrimonial plum-pudding, which I had a hand in compounding — the sprig of mistletoe which I bought for home-consumption, the walks in the parks and the skatings on the Serpentine during the two days' holiday[…] 2. The sport of moving along a surface using skates. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted diagonally, to push off of, and one slides forward on the ski facing straight forward, and then repeats the process with the swapping of the feet's actions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: conjuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of conjure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conjuring Part of Speech: noun 1. An act in which something is conjured. Labels: gerund Example: In between conjurings, Jan and Anka swap cures for insomnia[…].
Word: letter of marque Part of Speech: noun 1. An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation. Labels: historical Example: A letter of marque came from the King / to the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen / God damn them all! I was told / We'd cruise the seas for American gold / We'd fire no guns, shed no tears. 2. A ship that has been armed for such a task. Labels: historical
Word: in other words Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Compare various calques such as Spanish en otras palabras, Portuguese em outras palavras, French en d'autres termes and Italian in altre parole. 1. Stated or interpreted another way; phrased differently Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification. Labels: conjunctive, idiomatic Example: He has another appointment on Thursday. In other words, I don't think he'll be attending your gathering. Example: On Tuesday evening he sent a message to the office of the Stamford paper, requesting that, as the "mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain,"—or, in other words, that the printer would call upon him, and receive an order for executing some hand-bills announcing Mr. Lambert's arrival, and his desire to see company.
Word: in other words Part of Speech: adv Labels: no-gloss
Word: sandpaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + paper. Pronunciation: /ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/ 1. Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: emery paper Example: They like to finish it off with a piece of 600-grit sandpaper before cleaning and painting. 2. A sheet of such paper. Labels: countable, usually Example: I need a scraper and a sandpaper over here.
Word: sandpaper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sand + paper. Pronunciation: /ˈsændˌpeɪpɚ/ 1. To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper. Labels: transitive
Word: purging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of purge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: purging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing. 1. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The removal of waste from the human body Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The removal of waste from the human body Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings... 6. That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable 7. Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable 8. The process in which acne temporarily worsened due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying acne to the surface more quickly. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Skin purging looks a lot like acne, but they are not the same. Skin purging may have many of the skin issues of acne, but it’s the storm before the calm, versus the other way around.
Word: Philadelphia lawyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly derived from Andrew Hamilton's skillful defense of John Peter Zenger in 1735, though, as the phrase is not attested until 1788, this is uncertain. 1. A clever, crafty, or otherwise extremely adroit practitioner of law. Labels: US
Word: wimper Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of whimper. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: salt cellar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, from Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”). Modified based on originally unrelated English cellar. 1. A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table. Example: Soon afterwards, Biddy, Joe, and I, had a cold dinner together; but we dined in the best parlour, not in the old kitchen, and Joe was so exceedingly particular what he did with his knife and fork and the saltcellar and what not, that there was great restraint upon us. Example: And she had no love for the sea specially, regarding all winds as nuisances excepting such as had been raised by her own efforts, and thinking that salt from a saltcellar was more convenient than that brought to her on the breezes. 2. Synonym of salt shaker (“a closed container with perforated lid for sprinkling salt”). Labels: UK
Word: salting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of salt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: salting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road. Labels: uncountable 2. A salt marsh. Labels: countable Example: Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry. 3. The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence. Labels: uncountable 4. The celebration of the Eton montem. Labels: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: salting out Part of Speech: noun 1. The precipitation of a solute by the addition of an electrolyte. Labels: uncountable 2. A technique for the separation of proteins by differential precipitation in a solution of sodium chloride or ammonium sulphate. Labels: uncountable
Word: salting out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of salt out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: salt mine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any mine used for the extraction of salt. 2. Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space. Labels: broadly 3. An abundance of indignation felt by one person or a group of people due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat; a gold mine (sense 3) of salt (noun sense 11). Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: The fan forum was an absolute salt mine after the football team's loss to the last-place team in its division.
Word: salt water Part of Speech: noun 1. Any water containing dissolved salt; brine. Labels: countable, uncountable