nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: insincerity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sincerity English insincerity From in- + sincerity. 1. Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His insincerity was obvious to all; he was neither honest nor believable.
Word: heatstroke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of heat stroke. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: “Youʼre having a heatstroke, do you understand? Weʼve got to get you cooled down.”
Word: exaltedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English exalted Middle English -ly English -ly English exaltedly From exalted + -ly. 1. In an exalted manner.
Word: exaltedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exalted 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 exaltedness From exalted + -ness. 1. The state of being exalted. Labels: uncountable
Word: exalter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exalt Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English exalter From exalt + -er. 1. Someone who exalts.
Word: divinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɪnɪti/ 1. The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. Labels: uncountable Example: They say there is divinity in odd numbers. 2. Synonym of deity. Labels: countable Example: You may leave out where you live and use either initials or an alias, since gods, buddhas and other divinities look only at our hearts. Example: At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity. 3. A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These beings are derogatory from the wisdom and power of the author of nature, who doubtless can govern this machin he cou’d create, by more direct and easie methods, than employing these subservient divinities. 4. The study of religion or religions. Labels: uncountable Example: Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636. 5. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: A lot of it is food: Grits, fried green tomatoes, sweet potato pie, divinity, corn nuggets, hot tamales and crawfish are just some of the delicacies he has discussed.
Word: decode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English code English decode From de- + code. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkəʊd/, /diːˈkəʊd/ 1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. Example: The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer. 2. To figure out something difficult to interpret. Example: I finally managed to decode the nearly illegible doctor's prescription.
Word: decode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English code English decode From de- + code. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkəʊd/, /diːˈkəʊd/ 1. A product of decoding Example: If and when the remaining Allied intercepts and decodes are opened up, we may expect to learn a great deal more about the later stages of the Holocaust. Example: The British picked up a decode in November 1942 indicating that guards at Auschwitz would need six hundred gas masks. 2. Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols Example: This version includes more than 400 decodes that cover everything from legacy decodes to popular decodes and new or updated decodes for such protocols as voice over IP H.323, Server Message Block, Border Gateway Protocol Version 4, and Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
Word: hyperthermia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + -ία (-ía). By surface analysis, hyper- + -therm + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ˈθɜː(ɹ)miə/ 1. The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Autopsy results revealed that Braydon was generally malnourished and thin. His cause of death was hyperthermia due to the extreme heat, which would have “caused extreme discomfort and difficulty breathing as he died.” Example: Hyperthermia, that's just a word. The reality is different. You can't breathe. Sweating doesn't work. You're being roasted, like meat in an oven, and you can feel that. 2. The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cryptographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + -grapher. 1. A person who is an expert on creating codes and cyphers. Someone who studies cryptology.
Word: cryptanalyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypt- + analyst or from cryptanalysis + -ist. Pronunciation: /kɹɪptˈænəlɪst/ 1. An expert in analyzing and breaking codes and ciphers.
Word: cryptanalysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypt- + analysis. 1. The science of analyzing and breaking of codes and ciphers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonym: cryptology Example: Near-synonym: decoding 2. An analysis or decrypting of a specific text or a specific code or cipher. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: divinityship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English divinity Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English divinityship From divinity + -ship. 1. The status of being divine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The skill or knowledge of divinity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plain text Part of Speech: noun 1. Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext). Labels: uncountable Example: Using the sophisticated code was useless since the spy merely stole the plain text from the waste basket. 2. Human readable text which consists only of a string of characters, represented using a character encoding such as ASCII or Unicode. In the file format sense, plain text may represent structured data in a human readable format such as XML. Labels: uncountable Example: This simple flat-file database has proven valuable as a way of maintaining and accessing an inventory file and an address file. The data file is a plain text file containing no control characters aside from new lines. The file is therefore easy to create and maintain using ordinary text editors 3. Data which consists only of human-readable unformatted text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data or formatted/structured text. In this sense, the character data in between XML tags may be called "plain text". Labels: uncountable
Word: plain text Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of plaintext. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: yazatas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yazata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ciphertext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cipher + text. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪfəˌtɛkst/, /ˈsaɪfɚˌtɛkst/ 1. Encoded or encrypted text. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All ciphertexts look alike; that's how you know they're in code.
Word: jactitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin jactitio, from iactitō (“throw, fling; boast, brag; utter, mention”). Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒæktɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. Bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A false pretense of being married to somebody. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Extreme restlessness; tossing and turning in bed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: yazata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration from Avestan substantivized adjective 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “(an entity that is) worthy of worship”). Doublet of Yazd and yajata. 1. A divinity.
Word: incremental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From increment + -al. 1. Pertaining to an increment. 2. Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps. Example: The replies to questions indicate that the technology provided noncontractually is generally more routine and incremental than that protected by contracts. Example: We perform a full backup on Sunday, including the file foo.dat. On Wednesday, having modified foo.dat, it is stored on an incremental backup.
Word: quipu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quipu, from Quechua khipu (“knot”). Pronunciation: /ˈki.pu/ 1. A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords. Example: Among a cache of 21 quipus recovered from a house, probably that of the chief quipu keeper, seven are clearly related in a three-tier accounting hierarchy.
Word: encrypted Part of Speech: adj 1. Being in code; having been encrypted. Labels: not-comparable Example: The encrypted text was unreadable. Example: If a folder is encrypted, the files are automatically encrypted. This guarantees that the files remain encrypted, even after you make changes to those files.
Word: encrypted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of encrypt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bragging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæɡ.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who brags. Example: […] there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.
Word: bragging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæɡ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of brag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decipherable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English decipher Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English decipherable From decipher + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəɫ] 1. that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended Example: The milk tank wagons are owned by the various dairy companies whose names they carry on small plates barely decipherable beneath the grime.
Word: banes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /beɪnz/ 1. plural of bane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /beɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bane Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑps/, /t͡ʃɒps/ 1. plural of chop Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 2. Jaws, lips, mouth. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: […]who knows but ſome fine lady of St. James's pariſh might admit into her delicate mouth thoſe very cherries, which had been rolled and moiſtened between the filthy, and, perhaps, ulcerated chops of a St. Giles's huckſter[…] Example: If we'd a had a second-hand crystal ball to look into, we’d have seen the lean and gripy times ready to smack us in our chops by the year the depression rolled around, when the big commercial outfits got complete control of the popular-music business. 3. One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene. Example: Recently, I have taken up the double bass again, but because time and neglect erode ability, calluses turn soft, and muscle memory fades, I need to woodshed (practice) to get back into shape and build up my chops. 4. One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency. Labels: broadly, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor. Example: ["]If you don't have a guy who gives you that, despite the greatest acting chops in the world, the show is not going to succeed," Gilligan adds. 5. The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea. Labels: plural, plural-only 6. A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it. Labels: plural, plural-only 7. Food. Labels: Australia, Nigeria, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: chops Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑps/, /t͡ʃɒps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He chops wood all day.
Word: chops Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑps/, /t͡ʃɒps/ 1. Alternative form of chopse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boasting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈboʊstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of boast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boasting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈboʊstɪŋ/ 1. The making of boasts. Labels: uncountable 2. An individual boast or bout of boasting. Example: Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice. Example: After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.
Word: Lyme disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975. 1. Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches. Labels: uncountable Example: The number of Lyme disease cases reported in Dutchess County last year jumped by 50 percent compared to the year before, reaching the third-highest total on record in the state. Example: I wish I could get Lyme disease if it would get me out of this dance.
Word: zhoosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: UK 1960s. Unclear origin; one explanation is that it was borrowed from Angloromani yuser (“clean”, verb) and yusher (“clear”, verb), from Angloromani yus-, yuz-, yuzh- (“clean”) and yush- (“clear”), from Romani žuž-, už- (“clean”, adjective) (also compare Hindi उज्ज्वल (ujjval, “bright”)), but this has been seen as problematic. Another theory is that the term is instead an "expressive formation" similar to whoosh and swish. The South African sense reportedly comes from a regional pronunciation of "Jewish", alluding to the high reputation of Jewish tailors at the time, but this has also been considered unlikely. All senses originated around the same time, with the first attributed use of the noun in 1968 and the verb in 1970. Pronunciation: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/, /ʒʉʃ/, /ʒʉʒ/ 1. To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up. Labels: Australia, UK, slang, transitive Example: Mostly the words are dusted off and brought out when we wish to zhoosh up the conversation, to announce a particular delight in our queenly style. Example: Mr. Warburton, a volunteer, swept into the group’s headquarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania, a team of hair stylists in tow, his objective to “zhoosh up” the women’s looks, he said.
Word: zhoosh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: UK 1960s. Unclear origin; one explanation is that it was borrowed from Angloromani yuser (“clean”, verb) and yusher (“clear”, verb), from Angloromani yus-, yuz-, yuzh- (“clean”) and yush- (“clear”), from Romani žuž-, už- (“clean”, adjective) (also compare Hindi उज्ज्वल (ujjval, “bright”)), but this has been seen as problematic. Another theory is that the term is instead an "expressive formation" similar to whoosh and swish. The South African sense reportedly comes from a regional pronunciation of "Jewish", alluding to the high reputation of Jewish tailors at the time, but this has also been considered unlikely. All senses originated around the same time, with the first attributed use of the noun in 1968 and the verb in 1970. Pronunciation: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/, /ʒʉʃ/, /ʒʉʒ/ 1. stylish, hot, cool Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:zhoosh.
Word: zhoosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: UK 1960s. Unclear origin; one explanation is that it was borrowed from Angloromani yuser (“clean”, verb) and yusher (“clear”, verb), from Angloromani yus-, yuz-, yuzh- (“clean”) and yush- (“clear”), from Romani žuž-, už- (“clean”, adjective) (also compare Hindi उज्ज्वल (ujjval, “bright”)), but this has been seen as problematic. Another theory is that the term is instead an "expressive formation" similar to whoosh and swish. The South African sense reportedly comes from a regional pronunciation of "Jewish", alluding to the high reputation of Jewish tailors at the time, but this has also been considered unlikely. All senses originated around the same time, with the first attributed use of the noun in 1968 and the verb in 1970. Pronunciation: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/, /ʒʉʃ/, /ʒʉʒ/ 1. Style, glamor (especially in regard to clothing). Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: Thank you for your happiness and your eternal Bona-ness and zhoosh. Example: I grew up in a rain-lashed industrial town near London. Glamour and excitement were thin on the ground. The Swinging Sixties had yet to swing. No telly, no luxuries, no zhoosh. Except at Christmas time. Once a year, the local department store would festoon the window displays with twinkly lights and fake garland.
Word: zhoosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a blender. Pronunciation: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/, /ʒʉʃ/, /ʒʉʒ/ 1. To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Throw it all in a blender and zhoosh it until it's creamy smooth.
Word: zhoosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a blender. Pronunciation: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/, /ʒʉʃ/, /ʒʉʒ/ 1. The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing. Labels: informal Example: Give the eggs and milk a quick zhoosh in the blender.
Word: despiteous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English despitous, from Anglo-Norman despitous. 1. Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting. 2. Dispiteous.
Word: indecipherable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English decipher Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English decipherable English indecipherable From in- + decipherable. Pronunciation: /ɪndɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəl/, /ɪndɪˈsaɪfɹəbəl/, /ɪndə-/ 1. Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend. Example: The doctor's handwriting was indecipherable. Example: The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…] 2. Indistinguishable Example: The explanation some are suggesting is that the object takes on the appearance of what is behind it, or that it takes on the appearanec ^([sic]) of what the observer thinks is behind it. In both cases, the object is still visible. It's a visible representation of what's behind it, but it is still invisible, just indecipherable from its surroundings. Example: If you knew who Jerry was you'd swear you'd been cloned. Your posting style is virtually indecipherable from his.
Word: tachycardia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin tachycardia, from Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”). By surface analysis, tachy- + -cardia. Compare French tachycardie. Pronunciation: /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑː.di.ə/, /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/, /ˌtæk.əˈkɑɹ.di.ə/, /ˌtæk.iˈkɑɹ.di.ə/, /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɐː.di.ə/ 1. A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The heart becomes irritable, there is nervous palpitation, or attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia. Example: Tachycardias of all types reduce the cardiac output if the rate is high enough. […] The main difference between the tachycardias as regards the reduction of cardiac output is the rate at which they cause a significant reduction of cardiac output, and this depends on the type of tachycardia.
Word: despiteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English despiteous Middle English -ly English -ly English despiteously From despiteous + -ly. 1. In a despiteous manner.
Word: insulting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ 1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. Example: He received an insulting letter. Example: Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
Word: insulting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of insult Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: insulting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ 1. The act of giving insult. Example: grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction Example: Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.
Word: insultingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English insulting Middle English -ly English -ly English insultingly From insulting + -ly. 1. In an insulting manner; to a degree that causes insult. Example: They made an insultingly low bid to buy the house.
Word: illegibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English illegible Middle English -ly English -ly English illegibly From illegible + -ly. 1. In a manner that produces illegible results. Example: The doctor illegibly scrawled his signature: if it weren't on his letterhead, no-one would know who had written it.
Word: managed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒd/, /ˈmæn.əd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of manage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scrawled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: The doctor's scrawled signature was almost unreadable.
Word: scrawled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scrawl Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He scrawled his signature on the receipt with quick disregard for legibility.
Word: thumbstroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thumb + stroke. 1. a stroke of the strings (of a guitar for example) made with the thumb
Word: observing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/, /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/, /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of observe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: observing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/, /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/, /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/ 1. observation Example: Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.
Word: observing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/, /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/, /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/ 1. observant
Word: tricameralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor. Latin camera English -al English tricameral 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 tricameralism From tricameral + -ism. 1. The practice of having three legislative or parliamentary chambers. Labels: uncountable
Word: promoting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈmoʊtɪŋ/, /pɹəˈməʊtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of promote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preserved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈzɜːvd/, /pɹəˈzɝvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of preserve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preserved Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: packing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpakɪŋ/, /ˈpækɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: packing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpakɪŋ/, /ˈpækɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The action of the verb. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The action of the verb. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The action of the verb. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. As a concrete noun. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A kind of fine Norwegian hay, used as packing in the finnesko to keep the feet warm and to make the fur boot fit firmly. 6. As a concrete noun. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating). 7. As a concrete noun. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. As a concrete noun. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column 9. Clipping of meatpacking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: referred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɝd/, /ɹɪˈfɜːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of refer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: representing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of represent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: representing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪŋ/ 1. An act of representation. Example: One ends up with a noumenal representation that has a phenomenal representation as its content, whereby the phenomenal representation, in turn, has as its content a temporally ordered sequence of representings, i.e. of mental episodes.
Word: townsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnmann, tūnes mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man. 1. A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town. Example: Two independent witnesses would testify that he carried no parcel. They were townsmen of St. Abbots who had travelled down in the same carriage with him. Example: Largely by reason of the persistence of John Crevallier Cobbold, a leading townsman and a member of a respected Suffolk family, the scheme was brought to fruition and by an Act dated July 19, 1844, the Eastern Union Railway came into existence. 2. A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie. 3. Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”).
Word: testing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/, [ˈtʰɛs.tɪŋ] 1. Difficult; tough. Example: A testing time lies ahead for the new administration. Example: England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.
Word: testing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/, [ˈtʰɛs.tɪŋ] 1. The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.
Word: testing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/, [ˈtʰɛs.tɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of test Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: townswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From town + -s- + -woman, on the model of townsman. 1. A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
Word: insulted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of insult Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insults Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsʌlts/ 1. plural of insult Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insults Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌlts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of insult Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”). Pronunciation: /sɒb/, /sɑb/ 1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath. 2. The sound of sob. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: “My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”
Word: sob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”). Pronunciation: /sɒb/, /sɑb/ 1. To weep with convulsive gasps. Labels: intransitive Example: She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable. Example: She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. 2. To say (something) while sobbing. Labels: transitive Example: "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.
Word: sob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See sop. Pronunciation: /sɒb/, /sɑb/ 1. To soak. Example: the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood
Word: taenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin taenia, from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, tape”). 1. A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. Labels: historical Example: Taenia and ivy leaves are added by hand. Figure wears a taenia horizontally over her brow and a spray of ivy in her hair. 2. A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. Labels: Doric Example: 2004, William Bell Dinsmoor, The Propylaia to the Athenian Acropolis, Volume 2: The Classical Building, page 165, The height of the taenia was likewise determined with regard to the total height of the epistyle, and again, although we should not expect a proportion of less than one-twelfth of the total height (as in the Parthenon), it is reduced to one-thirteenth, executed as 0.089-0.090 m. 3. Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. Example: Each taenia traverses one of the following surfaces of the colon: the anterior surface, the posteroinferior surface, and the posterosuperior surface. Example: The general characteristics of the colon are its large caliber; the presence of pendant-shaped bodies of fat enclosed by peritoneum, called omental appendices; and the longitudinal muscle in its walls, which forms three narrow, ribbon-like bands called taeniae coli. The locations of the taeniae are useful landmarks and are specific in relation to the position of the colon itself. The posterior taenia, or tenia omental, is found on the posterolateral border of the ascending and descending colons and the anterior border of the transverse colon. The anterior taenia, or tenia libera,[…]. 4. Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms. Example: About an hour after the last dose, that is, in three hours after commencing the remedy, an entire tænia was voided alive, no other effect than a slight nausea having been experienced by the patient.[…]On plunging living tæniae either into the decoction, or into the mixture of the pomegranate bark and water, they writhe and manifest great suffering.
Word: tenia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of taenia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dispiteous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of despiteous, later reanalysed as dis- + piteous. 1. Not showing mercy or pity. Labels: archaic, literary Example: […] these .ii. noble princes [wer] by treyterous tiranny taken & depriued of their estate, shortly shut vp in prison & priuely slain & murderd by yᵉ cruell ambicion of their vnnaturall vncle & dispiteous tourmentours […] Example: How now, foolish rheum! Turning dispiteous torture out of door! I must be brief, lest resolution drop Out at mine eyes in tender womanish tears.
Word: dispiteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dispiteous Middle English -ly English -ly English dispiteously From dispiteous + -ly. 1. In a dispiteous manner.
Word: dispiteousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dispiteous 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 dispiteousness From dispiteous + -ness. 1. The state of being dispiteous. Labels: uncountable
Word: malevolently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English malevolent Middle English -ly English -ly English malevolently From malevolent + -ly. 1. In a malevolent manner; evilly. Example: He glared malevolently at the shining porcelain, and then shook his head lugubriously. Example: They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
Word: displaying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of display Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: displaying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something is displayed; a showing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: insultation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation. 1. The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult. Labels: obsolete Example: Against Insulation 2. exultation Labels: obsolete Example: Their triumphant insultation over Babel.
Word: insolence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French insolence, from Latin īnsolentia. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sə.ləns/ 1. Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: all the insolence of imaginary superiority Example: There she was, doing rude things, and saying ruder, which every body bore with the best grace in the world: then, as now, it was perfectly astonishing what people in general will submit to in the way of insolence, provided the said insolence be attended by rank and riches. 2. Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two heavy iron chains were put about his neck, (in metal and weight different from them he bore before!) and, loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers, (who in such ware seldom give scant measure,) he was brought into the presence of Isaacius. 3. The quality of being unusual or novel. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Her great excellence / Lifts me above the measure of my might / That being fild with furious insolence / I feele my selfe like one yrapt in spright.
Word: insolence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French insolence, from Latin īnsolentia. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sə.ləns/ 1. To insult. Labels: obsolete Example: ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government Example: bishops, who were first foully insolenced and assaulted.
Word: impossibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/, /ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/ 1. Something that is impossible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time. Example: God commands not impossibilities; and all the Ecclesiastical glue, that Liturgy, or Laymen can compound, is not able to soder up two such incongruous natures into the one flesh of a true beseeming Mariage. 2. The quality of being impossible. Labels: uncountable Example: 1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VIII, year 15, After long reasonyng, there wer certain appoynted, to declare the impossibilite of this demaunde to the Cardinal, Example: [L]et the mutinous winds / Strike the proud cedars ’gainst the fiery sun; / Murdering impossibility, to make / What cannot be, slight work. 3. The state of being unable to do something. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Here by this petition whan we say, Leade vs not into temptation, we learne to know our own impossibilitie and infirmitie, namely that we bee not able of our owne selues to with∣stand this great and mightye enemye the deuill. Example: […] out of their own torment, they [the damned] see the felicitie of the saints; togither with their impossibility of attayning it.
Word: flaneur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”). Pronunciation: /flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /flæˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /flɑˈnʊɚ/ 1. One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere. Example: […]Bevil drew him up to the door-step of a house close by, where, on certain evenings, a well-known club drew together men who seldom meet so familiarly elsewhere—men of all callings; a club especially favoured by wits, authors, and the flaneurs of polite society. Example: It often seemed to Mallet that he wholly lacked the prime requisite of a graceful flâneur—the simple, sensuous, confident relish of pleasure. 2. An idler, a loafer. Example: The Byrons and Brookes who had defied life from mountain tops were in the end but flaneurs and poseurs, at best mistaking the shadow of courage for the substance of wisdom.
Word: flaneur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”). Pronunciation: /flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /flæˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /flɑˈnʊɚ/ 1. To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere. Example: Meantime, we flaneured about the Guernsey market, and a remarkable pretty sight it was this bright morning. Example: Still, I wrote him often, and although I missed him, through autumn I contentedly flaneured about. At Alchemy's Christmas break we flew to Paris and stayed at Nathaniel's flat on Rue du Cherche-Midi. The three of us would lahdidah to the Luxembourg Gardens, where we read Alchemy the French canon of subversive lit.
Word: insolency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnsolentia. 1. The quality of being insolent. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An act of insolence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bonafide Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bona fide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pu pu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian pūpū. 1. An appetizer, in American Chinese or Hawaiian cuisine.
Word: pupu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pu pu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The tradition of pupu and cocktail parties naturally suited the lifestyle of people on holiday and for whom socializing was high on the agenda, particularly in an exotic location like Hawaii.
Word: Arcadic Part of Speech: name 1. The ancient Greek dialect of Arcadia.
Word: azn Part of Speech: adj 1. Asian (often associated with Asian pride). Labels: Internet, slang
Word: arcaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French arcadeubor. English arcade English -ed English arcaded From arcade + -ed. 1. Provided or furnished with arcades. Labels: not-comparable Example: It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall. Example: There they were, already, in the central hall, the great feature of the house, two storeys high, with an arcaded gallery on the upper level, and a giant chimneypiece made from bits of a baroque tomb.
Word: arcaded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French arcadeubor. English arcade English -ed English arcaded From arcade + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of arcade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈɑːt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of arch Labels: form-of, plural Example: Underneath the arches I dream my dreams away, Underneath the arches On cobblestones I lay; Back to back we're sleeping, Tired out and worn, Happy when the daylight comes creeping, Heralding the dawn.
Word: arches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈɑːt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: arcading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French arcadeubor. English arcade English -ing English arcading From arcade + -ing. 1. An arrangement of arcades. Labels: countable Example: […] the intimate and cloistered loveliness of the chancel, with its pointed arcading, graceful ribbed vault and five narrow east lancets, led his attention on and focused it first upon the remote glow of the sanctuary. 2. The playing of arcade games. Labels: uncountable Example: Whatever your taste in arcade games, one thing is certain: the world of home arcading has never been richer.
Word: arcading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French arcadeubor. English arcade English -ing English arcading From arcade + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of arcade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hyperspace drive Part of Speech: noun 1. a hypothetical propulsion system for spacecraft that would "warp" spacetime
Word: contritely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin conterō Latin contrītusder. Old French contritbor. Middle English contrit English contrite Middle English -ly English -ly English contritely From contrite + -ly. 1. In a contrite manner. Example: Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck.
Word: contriteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin conterō Latin contrītusder. Old French contritbor. Middle English contrit English contrite 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 contriteness From contrite + -ness. 1. The state of being contrite. Labels: uncountable
Word: individuals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəlz/ 1. plural of individual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: happens Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhæpənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of happen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fields Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiːldz/ 1. plural of field Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fields Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fiːldz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of field Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: depascent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dēpāscēre + -ent. 1. Consuming. Labels: formal
Word: depends Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of depend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: depends Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛndz/ 1. Apheretic form of it depends; used to indicate more information is known but a simple answer cannot be given
Word: delayed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dəˈleɪd/, /diːˈleɪ.dəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of delay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delayed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dəˈleɪd/, /diːˈleɪ.dəd/ 1. Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired. Example: Many, and probably true, anecdotes have been published on the long-delayed and artful revenge of various animals. Example: First, if the delayed policy is no more stringent, it will miss the climate target of the original, non-delayed policy [...]
Word: dedicated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/ 1. Devoted; loyal; conscientious. Example: dedicated public servant; dedicated wife and mother Example: I always thought she was dedicated, but she abandoned her family years ago. 2. Used or intended for a particular purpose; focused. Example: His restaurant is completely dedicated to authentic cooking techniques.
Word: dedicated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dedicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contracted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹæktɪd/ 1. Arranged by contract; established by agreement. Labels: not-comparable 2. Made smaller by contraction. 3. Incurred; acquired.
Word: contracted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹæktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of contract Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dedicatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dedicated Middle English -ly English -ly English dedicatedly From dedicated + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtədli/ 1. In a dedicated manner.
Word: contractedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contracted 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 contractedness From contracted + -ness. 1. The state of being contracted. Labels: uncountable
Word: contractedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contracted Middle English -ly English -ly English contractedly From contracted + -ly. 1. In a contracted manner.
Word: vowed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /vaʊd/ 1. past participle of vow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vowed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /vaʊd/ 1. Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised. Labels: not-comparable
Word: devotedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English devoted 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 devotedness From devoted + -ness. 1. State of being devoted. Labels: uncountable, usually