nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: crystal clear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cristal cleer. Emphatic form of clear in visual and metaphorical “understandable” senses. Compare clear as a bell (“very clear (of sound)”). 1. Completely clear (in various senses). Labels: idiomatic Example: Reread through the manual until the instructions are crystal clear in your head. Example: Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? 2. Completely clear (in various senses). Labels: idiomatic Example: The picture on this TV is crystal clear – you can see every grain of sand! Example: The key is that only the original negative can produce the crystal clearest photographic image. 3. Completely clear (in various senses). Labels: idiomatic Example: On the lowest level are broad meadow lands, through which wanders a stream of the most crystal clear water imaginable. Example: Near by, where the crystal clear River Llugwy is crossed by a bridge, stands a small and ancient church built of massive, irregular boulders. 4. Completely clear (in various senses). Labels: idiomatic Example: Whence it comes that even in the crystal clearest weather Madeira’s sunshine spectrum is inordinately full of water-vapour stopped lines, the sun’s direct rays, though to general observation luminous enough, are signally deprived of their proper scorching heat, and the temperature range of the climate is immensely reduced for both the day and the year; […] Example: Jones Beach Pond on Long Island, so close to New York that the tops of the Empire State and the Chrysler Building can be seen on the horizon on crystal clear days, is one of the best shore-bird resorts I know. 5. Completely clear (in various senses). Labels: idiomatic Example: There is still space available for the STARFIRE BAND performance featuring the crystal clearest, cleanest Pittsburgh Born and Bred Alto Vocals of the sensational Miss Judi Figel in our Summer Street Dance and Al Fresco Dining (inside if rain) series Music & Dancing 7-11 P.M Example: With the slightly nasal, melodic whine of Wooten’s crystal clear vocals this song has a catchy sound to it that guarantees that it has potential to be an ear-bug.
Word: reread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English read English reread From re- + read. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹiːd/, /ɹiːˈɹɛd/ 1. To read again. 2. To read or interpret in a new way. Example: My first book, Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination (Seymour 2013), has further contributed to the development of queer ecology, rereading well-known contemporary queer novels and films as environmental polemics and theorizing why such reaadings have not been possible before.
Word: reread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English read English reread From re- + read. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹiːd/, /ɹiːˈɹɛd/, /ˈɹiːɹiːd/ 1. The act of reading something again.
Word: bunk bed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bunk + bed. 1. A type of furniture with two or more beds stacked vertically, one directly above the other, in order to save floorspace. Example: He had dibs on the top bunk bed.
Word: inkjet printer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for the printing of documents which that operates by propelling tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper.
Word: inkjet printers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inkjet printer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inkjet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ink + jet. 1. A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which propels tiny droplets of ink to the paper. Example: The non-impact printers employ an electrostatic, thermal, inkjet or other non-impact mechanism to transfer the character image. Example: HP aims to improve energy efficiency of its inkjet and laserjet printers 40% by 2011 and to triple its use of recycled material in inkjet products by 2011. 2. An inkjet printer. Example: Inkjets aren't as expensive as they used to be. Example: The application, form and all, can be printed on hundreds of printers including inkjet and laserjets.
Word: inkjets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inkjet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squizz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From British West Country dialectal squiz (“to look, examine critically”). Perhaps a blend of squint + quiz (“to peer at, eye suspiciously”). Pronunciation: /skwɪz/ 1. A look. Labels: Commonwealth, UK, colloquial Example: The building itself is worth a squizz; its modern metal forms and structures evoke maritime themes. Example: “That lot heard about the place and came in here on their way to an Antarctic research station. But mostly, it′s just curious folks that drop by for a squizz—like you, for instance.”
Word: squizz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From British West Country dialectal squiz (“to look, examine critically”). Perhaps a blend of squint + quiz (“to peer at, eye suspiciously”). Pronunciation: /skwɪz/ 1. To look, to examine. Labels: Commonwealth, UK, colloquial, usually Example: “That′s just according to how you bring them up, Jane,” Betsy replied ; “if they′d had porridge from the first, they′d have eaten it fast enough ; and it isn′t good to allow children to be squizzing (looking) into their food and picking it over.” Example: He liked to see them laughing, enjoying themselves, squizzing at the antics of whitefellers in party mood.
Word: attachments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attachment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ombres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ombre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: possessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of possessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: habitants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of habitant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin cōgō. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈakt/ 1. To compel, constrain, force. Labels: obsolete Example: The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.
Word: coact Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin cōgō. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈakt/ 1. Forced, constrained, done under compulsion. Labels: obsolete Example: too much solitariness […] is either coact, enforced, or else voluntary.
Word: coact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English coact From co- + act. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈakt/ 1. To work together. Labels: rare
Word: orography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s Proto-Italic *ōs Latin ōsder. English oro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English orography From oro- (“mountain”) + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ɒˈɹɒɡɹəfi/ 1. The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Orography: A description of mountains. Example: A knowledge of the Hydrography of a country aids as much in determining its geology as does its Orography, — that is, a description of its mountains. 2. The orographic features of a region. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Morocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to the orography of many parts of the chain. Example: Most flows actually occur, of course, over non-uniform orography and consequently in numerical models of such flows it is necessary to transform the coordinates so that the equations accurately represent flows in such terrain (Gal-Chen and Somerville 1975).
Word: rusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rusting Part of Speech: noun 1. The development of rust on a surface. Example: An example will best make the matter clear, and throw light, perhaps, on many cases of apparently mysterious rustings. 2. The phenomenon where the fur of a black cat develops a brown colour when exposed to sunlight.
Word: RV's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RV Labels: form-of, plural
Word: RV's Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of RV Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: RV-ing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of RV Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: RV'ing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of RV Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: RV'ed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of RV Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: RV'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of RV Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rushedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rushed Middle English -ly English -ly English rushedly From rushed + -ly. 1. In a rushed manner; hurriedly, with haste.
Word: ruptures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rupture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruptures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rupture Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruptured Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a rupture; broken, leaking. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a rupture; broken, leaking. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: ruptured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rupture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rupees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rupee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zhen Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of zhenniao Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: runouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of runout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: run outs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of run out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: runs out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of run out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: running out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of run out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: run-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of run-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rummaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rummage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rummaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who rummages. Example: There was always the impossibility, of course, of finding him anything, the least bit "good," that he wouldn't already, long ago, in his rummagings, have seen himself[…]
Word: ruminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ruminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ruminating Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of pondering over, meditation, or reflection. Example: These sketches indicate ruminatings mysterious to us.
Word: ruminants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruminant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ruminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ruminated Part of Speech: adj 1. ruminate Labels: not-comparable
Word: educating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of educate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: educating Part of Speech: adj 1. That educates; educational. Labels: uncommon
Word: instructing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of instruct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turtle hulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turtle hull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s Proto-Italic *ōs Latin ōsder. English oro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English orography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English orographic From orography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rumble seats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rumble seat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rulings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruffles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruffle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruffles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruffle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruffling Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb ruffle Example: Late in the morning I wak'd first; and observing my lover slept profoundly, softly disengag'd myself from his arms, scarcely daring to breathe for fear of shortening his repose; my cap, my hair, my shift, were all in disorder from the rufflings I had undergone
Word: ruffling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ruffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fuck-knuckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of fuck + knuckle. 1. A term of abuse. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: That little fuck-knuckle is into me for eighteen dimes, plus interest Example: Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle.
Word: coulter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English culter, from Old English culter, from Latin culter (“a knife”). For the phonetic development, see poultry. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊltə/ 1. A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard. Example: Holonyms: plough, plow < implement Example: I lately left a furrow, one or twayne, / Unplough'd, the which my coulter hath not cleft […]. 2. The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed. Labels: UK
Word: fuckknuckle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fuck-knuckle. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: The "knife" you are longing for is your own Crow. You post with sincereity, desperation, and you post like a fuckknuckle. (I know.) Example: 1998 July 31, Thomas K. Javoroski, “Re: To all fans of Gygax...”, rec.games.frp.advocacy, rec.games.frp.dnd, and rec.games.frp.misc, Usenet He's trying to entertain, not teach, you insufferable fuckknuckle!
Word: vegetative cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonreproductive cell; any cell that is not involved in the production of gametes.
Word: fuck knuckle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fuck-knuckle. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: You fuck knuckles showed that you couldn't play fair, and because you couldn't play fair, now you've got to play by Beaudreau's Rules. Example: 2004 December 3, William J. Wolfe, “Re: PETA Campaign Pitches Fish As Smart”, aus.politics, alt.politics.british, alt.politics.communism, alt.politics.democrats, and alt.politics.economics, Usenet That's right, fuck knuckle, you can't prove that fish feel pain, neither can anybody else.
Word: nonreproductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + reproductive. 1. Not able to reproduce; sterile. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not of or pertaining to reproduction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonreproductive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + reproductive. 1. Any creature that cannot reproduce. Example: In ant societies, the nonreproductives do particular tasks that benefit “the queens,” who reproduce.
Word: named after Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of name after Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: name after Part of Speech: verb 1. To give (someone or something) the name of another person, place, or thing; to name (someone or something) in honour of Example: The scientist named his newly discovered species after a famous pop artist. Example: The scientist discovered a new species, which he named after a famous pop artist.
Word: Euclidian space Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Euclidean space. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: name for Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of name after. Labels: North-America, uncommon
Word: double-edged Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a blade, such as a sword or knife, sharp on both edges. Labels: not-comparable 2. Beneficial and harmful at the same time; assisting or contributing in one manner while also creating risk or negative consequences. Labels: comparable, figuratively Example: Slander is a double-edged weapon: you can hurt the reputation of another but it diminishes your own reputation that you debase yourself so much.
Word: names after Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of name after Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: evaluating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of evaluate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: naming after Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of name after Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: supervised Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of supervise. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: supervised Part of Speech: adj 1. Done under supervision; watched.
Word: practicums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of practicum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: practica Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of practicum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in a bake Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very angry. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: O, Dedalus, he cried, Doyle is in a great bake about you.
Word: paediatrician Part of Speech: noun 1. Standard spelling of pediatrician. Labels: Commonwealth
Word: pædiatrician Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of paediatrician.
Word: palaeobotany Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paleobotany. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: palæobotany Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of palaeobotany. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: tartness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: falsa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phalsa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tartnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tartness Labels: form-of, plural Example: Thus this box is a coppel in which... the bitternesses and tartnesses which at first seem grating, the flavour which evaporates in a momentary enjoyment, are put to the test.
Word: unbraid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English braid English unbraid From un- + braid. 1. To disentangle the strands of a braid
Word: Kurds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kurd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detartration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + tartrate + -ation. 1. The process of detartrating, i.e. removing tartrates, especially from fruit juices and wines, in order to reduce tartness or sourness. Labels: uncountable Example: With grapes, there are two problems: colour extraction in red grapes, and detartration. Example: Detartration is of interest if potassium bitartrate is to be recovered.
Word: detartrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of detartrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The crude calcium tartrate used in the production of tartaric acid (min. 50% purity) is recovered from alkaline solutions resulting from the detartrating of wine vats (potentially containing 140-250 g tartaric acid/L) by acidification to a pH of maximum 8, addition of a calcium salt to precipitate calcium tartrate, and recycling of part of the filtrate. Example: FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATES AND SYRUPS[:] detartrating the juice before concentrating will reduce the amount of cream of tartar...
Word: imaginativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English imaginative 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 imaginativeness From imaginative + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being imaginative. Labels: uncountable
Word: maneen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English -een English maneen From man + -een. 1. A little man. Labels: Ireland Example: I was standing at the end of the South Terrace one day with some maneens like myself and sure we thought we were grand fellows because we had pipes stuck in the corners of our mouths.
Word: Corkonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cork + -onian (in, e.g., Devonian, Oxonian, Ultonian). Pronunciation: /kɔːˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /kɔɹˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Cork. Labels: Ireland Example: But there is nothing malevolent in the Corkonian mode of levying toll upon old residents and new comers; […] priests with frowning faces, and queer-looking little boys with funny ones, and a miscellaneous lot of noisy patriots always going to shout and hear others shout at “the meeting,” are constant and prominent features in Corkonian life. Example: Then every one was complaining about the high price of labor, and it was supposed that a Chinese “nurseman,” at two dollars and a half a month, would be a decided improvement over a French bonne with watery eyes and a Corkonian accent, and that a cook who could make at least tolerable dishes at four dollars a month would be better than one who charged seventy-five dollars for the privilege of spoiling provisions.
Word: Corkonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cork + -onian (in, e.g., Devonian, Oxonian, Ultonian). Pronunciation: /kɔːˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /kɔɹˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Cork. Labels: Ireland Example: Vivacious and versatile, beyond the average even of Irishmen, the Corkonians mingle raillery with their hospitality, and cut up cattle and human nature with a trenchant ease and constant energy, as if they had taken a government contract to victual the State with beef and satire, fresh jokes and pickled pork at the same time. Example: To the sellers in the market, to the barmen and barmaids, to the beggars who importuned him for a lob Mr Dedalus told the same tale, that he was an old Corkonian, that he had been trying for thirty years to get rid of his Cork accent up in Dublin and that Peter Pickackafax beside him was his eldest son but that he was only a Dublin jackeen.
Word: footlocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + locker. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊʔ.laːkɚ/ 1. A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.
Word: footlockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footlocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flattop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang. 1. A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top. Labels: US Example: Well school's not so bad but the summer's better Gives me more time to see my girl Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl 2. An aircraft carrier. Labels: US, informal 3. A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top. 4. A grill with a flat cooking surface rather than metal bars.
Word: disabilities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈbɪlɪtiz/, /dɪsəˈbɪlətiz/ 1. plural of disability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /blækəst/ 1. superlative form of black: most black Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: dissembles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dissemble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dissembled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dissemble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dissembling Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb dissemble Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lies and dissemblings about this period are beyond most people's imaginations.
Word: dissembling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dissemble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pursuivant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pursevant et al., from Old French pursuivant, present participle of pursuivre (“to follow”). Doublet of pursuant. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sɪ.vənt/, /ˈpɜɹ.sɪ.vənt/ 1. A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms. Example: How oft do they [the blessed Angels] with golden pineons, cleaue / The flitting skyes, like flying Purſuiuant, / Againſt fowle feendes to ayd vs millitant: […] Example: The herald Hope, forerunning Fear, / And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope. 2. A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge. 3. A royal messenger, (particularly) one with the authority to execute warrants. Example: The law was altogether without force in the highlands which lie on the south of the vale of Tralee. No officer of justice willingly ventured into those parts. One pursuivant who in 1680 attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered. 4. A warrant officer. Labels: broadly 5. A follower. Labels: archaic
Word: humanely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English humanly; equivalent to humane + -ly. Piecewise doublet of humanly. Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmeɪn.li/ 1. In a humane manner. Example: The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Florida and the tortoise was humanely euthanized with an overdose of sodium pentobarbital performed by intracoelomatic injection [34 ].
Word: celestial equator Part of Speech: noun 1. A great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of Earth's Equator.
Word: bongoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bongo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confiscator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confiscate + -or. 1. A person who confiscates
Word: confiscatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Using confiscation. Labels: not-comparable Example: At some point along the curve of tax rates, the rate changes qualitatively from contributory (the payer is duly pitching in) to confiscatory (the taxer is confiscating); the cutoff value between those categories depends on one's political philosophy.
Word: conformance Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈfɔːm(ə)ns/ 1. The act of conforming; conformity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conformism Part of Speech: noun 1. A willingness to conform; conformity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: congealment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō Latin congelōder. Middle French congelerbor. Middle English congelen English congeal Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English congealment From congeal + -ment. 1. The act of congealing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that has congealed; a clot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: congestive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English congest Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English congestive From congest + -ive. 1. Characterized by congestion
Word: congratulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English congratulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English congratulatory From congratulate + -ory. Pronunciation: /kɒŋˌɡɹæt͡ʃuːˈleɪtəɹiː/, /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃələˌtɔɹi/ 1. Serving to congratulate.
Word: congregant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/, /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/, /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/ 1. A member of a congregation. Example: The wedding was at Timmyʼs fatherʼs church, and all the female congregants had cooked a meal fit to feed a king. Example: Did he have any regrets about signing “I’ll be back”? Some social-media congregants had criticized the message as “tacky” and “flippant,” among other things.
Word: congressperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From congress + -person. 1. A member of congress. 2. A member of the House of Representatives. Labels: US
Word: conjoiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conjoin + -er. 1. A person who conjoins
Word: Malto Part of Speech: name 1. A Dravidian language of India.
Word: Malto Part of Speech: noun 1. An ethnic group of India. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: prochronisms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊkɹənɪzmz/, /ˈpɹɑkɹənɪzmz/ 1. plural of prochronism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parachronisms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɚˈækɹənɪzmz/ 1. plural of parachronism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metachronisms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈtækɹənɪzmz/ 1. plural of metachronism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shabo Part of Speech: noun 1. A language of southwestern Ethiopia. Labels: uncountable
Word: prolepses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈlɛpsiz/ 1. plural of prolepsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sequent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1550s; borrowed from Middle French sequent, from Old French sequent, itself borrowed from Latin sequentem, present participle of sequī (“to follow”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkwənt/ 1. That comes after in time or order; subsequent. Labels: obsolete Example: Why are your songs all wild and bitter sad As funeral dirges with the orphans' cries? Each night since first the world was made hath had A sequent day to laugh it down the skies. 2. That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon. Labels: archaic Example: But let my Triall, be mine owne Confession: / Immediate sentence then, and sequent death, / Is all the grace I beg. Example: Maisie found herself clutched to her mother's breast and passionately sobbed and shrieked over, made the subject of a demonstration evidently sequent to some sharp passage just enacted. 3. Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive. Example: The Gallies Haue sent a dozen sequent Messengers / This very night, at one anothers heeles: / And many of the Consuls, rais'd and met, / Are at the Dukes already.
Word: sequent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1550s; borrowed from Middle French sequent, from Old French sequent, itself borrowed from Latin sequentem, present participle of sequī (“to follow”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkwənt/ 1. Something that follows in a given sequence. Example: The One is somewhat shadowy. It is sometimes called God, sometimes the Good; it transcends Being, which is the first sequent upon the One. 2. A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".) Example: A sequent a,b⊢c,d could be interpreted to correspond to an Existential Graph, whose expression in Existential Graph Interchange Format would be ~[(a) (b) ~[(c)] ~[(d)]], which in ordinary language could be expressed as "a and b give c or d". 3. A follower. Labels: obsolete Example: Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried. 4. A sequential calculus
Word: bankcard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bank + card. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk.kɑɹd/ 1. A card that a bank issues used by the cardholder in the course of authorization to receive bank services.
Word: bankcards Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk.kɑɹdz/ 1. plural of bankcard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sparke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of spark. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And, as it fell, his steed he ready found: On whom remounting fiercely forth be rode, Like sparke of fire that from the andvile glode
Word: arads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arad: nomadic herders. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brosy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brose + -y, from brose (“oatmeal mixed with boiling water”); from the Doric dialect of northeast Scotland. 1. In rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose. Labels: Scotland 2. Semiliquid. 3. Containing brose.
Word: meganiche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + niche, coined by Clay Shirky. 1. A small niche on the World Wide Web that is highly specific and appeals only to a limited demographic but may still be worthwhile and successful because of the huge total number of users. Labels: Internet
Word: smiddy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsmɪdi/ 1. Alternative form of smithy. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: Well, he closed the door next and after a while some folk went over and chapped at the door, but they got not a cheep, and waited for Bruce, he'd gone to the smiddy to borrow an axe.
Word: metalation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English metalation From metal + -ation. 1. Any chemical reaction in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by one of a metal Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: multicombination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Middle English combinacioun English combination English multicombination From multi- + combination. 1. A combination where repetitions are permitted.
Word: regs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of reg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of regular + -s (possibly either genitive or plural). 1. Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: bleeder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bleed 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 bleeder From bleed + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblidɚ/, /ˈbliːdə/ 1. A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac. Example: And then finally to pass on to the rising generation there were Sean's two little girls Rose and Cerise, aged five and four respectively, and these innocent little girlies were bleeders like their papa and mama […] 2. A blood vessel that requires cauterization etc. to stop it from bleeding during surgery. Example: Ligate or cauterize small subcutaneous bleeders and identify the linea alba. 3. Anything that saps a resource produced by something else. 4. A valve designed to release a small amount of excess pressure from a system. 5. A troublesome fellow or thing; a blighter. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: His brother caught three hundred cran when the seas were lavish, / Threw the bleeders back in the sea and went upon the parish. Example: ‘Well, what did the old bleeder say?’ said Opus Fluke. 6. Synonym of scratch hit. 7. A person who menstruates (used in the context of transgender inclusivity). Example: Vostral (2008) sees menstrual technology as focused on allowing women to “pass” as non-bleeders, speaking to the sense of the female body as dysfunctional, problematic, and “out of control.”
Word: bleeders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bleeder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinal tap Part of Speech: noun 1. Lumbar puncture (LP). Labels: colloquial Example: Then they tested my spinal column. They gave me a spinal tap even.
Word: lumbar puncture Part of Speech: noun 1. A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.
Word: lumbar punctures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lumbar puncture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinal taps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinal tap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerebrospinal fluid Part of Speech: noun 1. A clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: smiddies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsmɪdiz/ 1. plural of smiddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerebrospinal fluids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerebrospinal fluid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluorescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluorescent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English fluorescently From fluorescent + -ly. Pronunciation: /floʊɹˈɛsəntli/ 1. In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence. Example: Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificent outlook through the wide windows.
Word: intermit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere. Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈmɪt/, /ɪntɚˈmɪt/ 1. To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Example: The bell doth toll for him, that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God.
Word: conservatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either irregularly from conservative + -ism or from conservate + -ism; ultimately from Latin cōnservāre (“to conserve; to keep, guard, observe”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜːvətɪzəm/, /kənˈsɝvətɪzəm/, /kənˈsøːvətəzəm/ 1. A political philosophy that advocates traditional values. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oddly, with the liberals and radicals in power in NSW, the conservatives realized that a nominated upper house was no longer a bastion of conservatism and some began to call for an elected legislative council. 2. A risk-averse attitude or approach. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conservatisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conservatism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosodies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑsədiz/ 1. plural of prosody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chilpancingo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Chilpancingo, from a Nahuan language. 1. A city, the state capital of Guerrero, Mexico. 2. A municipality of Guerrero, Mexico.
Word: Kali Yuga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit कलियुग (kaliyuga, “age of darkness”), from कलि (kali, “Kali, Kalipurush, demon of corruption”) + युग (yuga, “yuga”). Some etymologies claim it was named after the worst throw in an ancient Indian dice game. 1. In Hinduism, the fourth and most evil of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, traditionally thought to have begun at midnight (00:00) on 18 February, 3102 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.
Word: braves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹeɪvz/ 1. plural of brave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹeɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coordinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coordinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coordinating Part of Speech: adj 1. That coordinates Example: coordinating conjunction
Word: Air Marshals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Air Marshal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Americanisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Americanism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Anglo-Catholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Anglo-Catholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plotless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English plot 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 plotless From plot + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈplɑtləs/ 1. Lacking a substantial plot (storyline). Example: The highlights of the plotless road movie appear to be a 15-minute shot of a dirty windscreen gradually accumulating dead bugs, and an equally tedious blow-job involving Chloë Sevigny and a very pleased-looking Gallo.
Word: plotlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plotless 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 plotlessness From plotless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈplɑtləsnəs/ 1. The state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme. Labels: uncountable Example: I was disappointed by the plotlessness of the film: it was all action and explosions. Example: Both books pushed realism so far that it touched on surrealism, and both freeze-framed the present moment, compensating for their plotlessness by chronicling in loving detail the minutiae of late-20th-century life — the way the light falls on the handrail of a moving escalator, the design flaws of drinking-straws that, annoyingly, float instead of standing upright.
Word: announces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of announce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Shahab Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian شهاب (šahâb, literally “meteor”), from Arabic شِهَاب (šihāb). 1. A transliteration of the Persian male given name شهاب (šahâb).
Word: Shahab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Persian شهاب (šahâb, literally “meteor”), from Arabic شِهَاب (šihāb). 1. A kind of Iranian missile.
Word: soft-shelled turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soft-shell turtle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: softshell turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soft-shell turtle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: soft-shell turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.
Word: spiny softshell turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of soft-shell turtle (Apalone spinifera) native to Canada, the United States and Mexico, having spiny projections on the leading edge of its carapace.
Word: turtleneck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turtle + neck. 1. A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment. Labels: Canada, US 2. Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks Example: Still, Jobs became friends with fashion designer Issey Miyake, who had designed some Sony uniforms, and asked him to make some black turtlenecks that he liked. 3. A foreskin. Labels: slang
Word: turtle neck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turtleneck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turtle-neck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turtleneck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turtle-peg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turtle peg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turtle peg Part of Speech: noun 1. A spike attached to a cord or rod, used for catching sea turtles.
Word: matamata turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of matamata. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Miztec Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Mixtec. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Miztec Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mixtec. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dreamgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dream + girl. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹiːmɡɜːl/, /ˈdɹimˌɡɝl/, [ˈdʒɹim-] 1. One's ideal vision of a female companion. Labels: informal Example: The daughter of an Irish bricklayer became the American ideal: the dreamgirl of young, upward-bound males who yearned for the finer things of life
Word: loose end Part of Speech: noun 1. The end of a rope that has not been fastened. 2. A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, in-plural
Word: Tungusological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tungusology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English Tungusological From Tungusology + -ical. 1. Of or related to the Tungusic languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tungusic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Tungus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Tungusic From Tungus + -ic. Pronunciation: /tʊŋˈɡʊsɪk/ 1. A language family spoken in Inner Mongolia and parts of Siberia.