nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Knaggs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of North Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /næɡz/ 1. A Northern English surname from North Germanic. Example: With regard to the statement made by Mr. Knaggs, that he was the author of the process, and designer of the factory, Mr. Anderson had already expressed his regret that, in curtailing the Paper for reading, the introductory paragraphs, in which Mr. Knaggs' name was mentioned, were omitted. Example: George Knaggs, a former ski racer...
Word: Knaggs Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /næɡz/ 1. plural of Knagg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stephanie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen. Doublet of Stephania. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛfəni/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen." Example: The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water.
Word: CLG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of guided-missile light cruiser. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of company limited by guarantee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: noisome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)). Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɪ.səm/ 1. Morally hurtful or noxious. Labels: literary 2. Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious. Labels: literary Example: Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence. Example: There is a distinct sense of freedom in the solitude of the night. The day's atmosphere is surcharged with noisome anxiety, the hours laden with impending terrors. But the night is soothing. 3. Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell. Labels: literary Example: Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but foule breath, and foule breath is noiſome, therefore I will depart vnkist. Example: And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.
Word: politesse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French politesse, from Italian politezza, from polito, past participle of pulire (“to clean”), from Latin polire, present active infinite form of poliō (“to polish”). Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈtɛs/, /pɑləˈtɛs/ 1. Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; genteel politeness or an instance of this. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So if you meet me, have some courtesy / Have some sympathy, and some taste / Use all your well-learned politesse / Or I'll lay your soul to waste Example: The reference in his letter to ‘having a drink’ is of course just an empty politesse.
Word: Schiff Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old High German skif Middle High German schif German Schiffbor. English Schiff Borrowed from German Schiff. 1. A surname from German. Example: The resolution accuses Schiff of misleading the American people while pursuing the congressional investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign as the then-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and for actions Schiff took leading up to the former president’s first impeachment. Schiff has dismissed the allegations as “false and defamatory.” 2. A surname from German.
Word: torp Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of torpedo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal 2. A torpedo punt. Labels: informal
Word: sh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of shh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Sh!" said Josella, holding up a finger, and turning her ear to the wind. I held my breath, and strained my ears.
Word: immunopathological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pathological English immunopathological From immuno- + pathological. 1. Of, or pertaining to, immunopathology Labels: not-comparable
Word: tub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube. Pronunciation: /tʌb/, /tʊb/ 1. A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in. Example: He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in. 2. The contents or capacity of such a vessel. Example: She added a tub of margarine to the stew. 3. A bathtub. Example: Teach me to love my morning tub, / In waters cold to splash and rub; / O, grant my Turkish towel may flood / Its virtues through my soul and blood. 4. A slow-moving craft. Labels: informal Example: The rest of the evening we had a fine west wind, which carried us on at near five knots an hour, as much as our lumbering old tub can possibly go. Example: But, with any ships in the Baltic Fleet that were worth sending - and some that probably weren't worth sending anyway - having already been dispatched, this gave him the perfect excuse to start rounding up old, obsolete vessels which had been rejected in the first place as being old tubs and designated by some of the less-kind officers as the "Sink-by-Themselves Squadron". 5. Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc. Labels: derogatory, humorous Example: All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth. 6. A small cask. Example: a tub of gin 7. Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc). 8. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft. Example: The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis. 9. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. Labels: obsolete Example: tubs and baths; bring down rose-cheeked youth To the tub-fast and the diet 10. A corpulent or obese person. Labels: slang Example: Donald tells him to be more realistic. Take those two girls over there, for example. One's a zitface and the other's a tub, so they'd be perfect for them. 11. The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built. Example: Every street or race car McLaren has built since 1981 uses a carbon fiber tub. Now, McLaren will make them in-house.
Word: tub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube. Pronunciation: /tʌb/, /tʊb/ 1. To plant, set, or store in a tub. Labels: transitive Example: to tub a plant 2. To bathe in a tub. Labels: ambitransitive Example: February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator Don't we all "tub" in England?
Word: bagsy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Respelling and grammatical repurposing of bags I, as used to claim something for oneself, for example, Bags I have the top bunk!. 1. To make a verbal claim to. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I bagsy the top bunk of the bed. Example: “After you two nearly killed us, I’m going to drive from now on.” “I never get to drive!” huffed Thumbs. “Well, I bagsied it first!” snapped Fingers. “I will drive!” announced Dad.
Word: antonymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antonym Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English antonymous From antonym + -ous. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɒn.ɪ.məs/, /ænt.əˈnɪm.ʌs/, /ænˈtɑnɪməs/ 1. Synonym of antonymic.
Word: tubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌbi/, /ˈstʊbi/ 1. stout, rotund Example: Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while. Example: The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes. 2. Resembling a tub 3. sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound. Example: a tubby violin
Word: tubby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌbi/, /ˈstʊbi/ 1. An overweight person. Labels: derogatory, often, slang
Word: light roller Part of Speech: noun 1. The lighter of the rollers used for flattening the pitch between innings. Example: The batting side may decide which of the two rollers to use - the heavy or the light roller.
Word: limited overs cricket Part of Speech: noun 1. One-day cricket. Labels: uncountable
Word: line and length Part of Speech: noun 1. The direction (line) and point at which a delivery hits the pitch (length) of a delivery considered as a whole, especially that of a group of a particular bowler's deliveries. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: equivalence relation Part of Speech: noun 1. A binary relation that is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
Word: lofted drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A drive that sends the ball flying through the air, instead of along the ground, thus increasing the possibility of a catch.
Word: binary relation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.ner.i rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. A subset of the Cartesian product A×A (the set of ordered pairs (a, b) of elements of A, alternatively written as A²). Example: A partially ordered set #92;langleA,#92;varrho#92;rangle consists of a nonvoid set A and a binary relation #92;varrho on A, such that #92;varrho satisfies properties (P1)-(P3). Example: 1.30. Corollary. If P is a binary relation which is asymmetric and negatively transitive, then P is also transitive. It should be noted that a binary relation may be irreflexive and negatively transitive without being transitive; as an example, consider the standard inequality relation (≠). 2. A subset of the Cartesian product A×B.
Word: setoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English set Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English setoid From set + -oid. 1. A set together with an equivalence relation.
Word: long hop Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively slow ball that bounces short of the batsman and is thus relatively easy to hit. Example: It was a long hop, which bounced high and was flat-batted straight to cover to leave the score at 246 for seven. 2. A throw that is intentionally bounced to a target, landing about ten to fifteen feet away from the receiver to create a ground ball that is easy to field.
Word: long off Part of Speech: verb 1. To avoid, to sack off, to kick into the long grass. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: To "long off something or someone means to avoid it. i.e. "Let's long off that movie and go get something to eat" Example: Long off: 'Do you really want to go Bar and Beyond tonight? I'd rather long it off. This peculiar phrases is used instead of 'get rid of.'
Word: long off Part of Speech: noun 1. a fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: long on Part of Speech: noun 1. a fielding position on the leg side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: equivalence class Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation.
Word: graph theory Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæf θi.əɹi/ 1. The branch of mathematics dealing with the properties of graphs (networks of vertices and edges). Labels: uncountable Example: The type of graph studied in graph theory is formally described as an ordered pair G#61;(V,E) comprising a set V of vertices, or nodes, and a set E of pairs (either ordered or unordered) of vertices, each representing an (directed or undirected) edge; if desired, the vertices and/or edges can be labelled. Example: In graph theory there are two concepts of "sameness" whereby graphs are judged to be "the same", namely equality and isomorphism.[…]An indication of the pervasive role isomorphism has in graph theory is the fact that isomorphism has virtually captured the word "is". 2. A theory developed by applying graph theory to a particular problem or application. Labels: countable Example: 2009, Fu Lee Wang, Christopher C. Yang, Chapter XI: Extracting the Essence: Automatic Text Summarization, Yin-Leng Theng, Schubert Foo, Dion Goh, Jin-Cheon Na (editors), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries, IGI Global (Information Science Reference), page 114, The entity-level approaches build an internal representation for text units and their relationships, and use graph theories to determine the significance of units. Example: Galloway and Thacker's own dissatisfaction with the graph theories of network science, for example, point to a tendency to attribute unfettered and apolitical naturalness to what are in effect asymmetrical topological spaces.
Word: tent peg Part of Speech: noun 1. A peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent. Example: Upon arrival at the campsite, they discovered that they had forgotten the tent pegs; they had to use rocks and logs to tether the tent instead. 2. An egg. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: graph-theoretical Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to or using graph theory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: terrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəs/ 1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment Example: On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces. 2. A platform that extends outwards from a building. Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. 3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river. Example: All the buildings were well kept and there were terraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things. 4. A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains. 5. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses. 6. A street with such a group of houses in it. 7. A single house in such a group. Labels: UK, informal Example: The cameraman's pace slowed down as he approached what his mind said was where Sian lived. Like all the other houses in the street, it was a Victorian terrace with a postage stamp of an overgrown garden between its front wall and the street. 8. The standing area of a sports stadium. Labels: UK, in-plural 9. The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather. Labels: India 10. A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield. Example: VAN GENNEP uses, Or, on a terrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first; LOKE in Zealand has : Argent , on a terrace vert a tulip or, slipped and leaved proper. Example: The whole upon a terrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.
Word: terrace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəs/ 1. To provide something with a terrace. 2. To form something into a terrace.
Word: kauris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kauri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terrapin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torup (“snapping turtle native to North America, especially the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)”) or from its etymon Powhatan *tōrəp (“sea turtle”) + possibly English -ine (suffix forming derivative or diminutive nouns), perhaps influenced by Latin terra (“dry land; soil; planet Earth”). Cognate with Abenaki tolba (“turtle”), Penobscot dolba and Unami (pisëla)tulpe (“soft-shelled turtle”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəpɪn/, /ˈtɛɹəˌpɪn/, /ˈtæɹəˌpɪn/, /ˈtɛɚpɪn/, /ˈtɑɹpɪn/ 1. Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world. Labels: countable 2. Any turtle. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: The third ſervice was made up of a loin of freſh pork with apple-ſauce, a kid ſmothered with onions, and a terrapin baked in the ſhell; […] Example: The land-turtle, or terrapin, is much better known at Nice, as being a native of this county; yet the beſt are brought from the iſland of Sardinia. The ſoup or bouillon of this animal is always preſcribed here as a great reſtorative to conſumptive patients. 3. Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). Labels: countable, obsolete Example: As to the terrapin, I have not so much to say. The terrapin is a small turtle, found on the shores of Maryland and Virginia, out of which a very rich soup is made. It is cooked with wines and spices, and is served in the shape of a hash, with heaps of little bones mixed through it. […] I must, however, confess that the terrapin for me had no surpassing charms. 4. The flesh of such a turtle used as food. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The man who did not eat twice of terrapin would be held in small repute, as the Londoner is held who at a city banquet does not partake of both thick and thin turtle.
Word: North American Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to North America. Labels: not-comparable Example: Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday. 2. Of or relating to Northern America. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable 3. Of or relating to the United States of America. Labels: dated, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: Behind these two countries stands the North American Union goading them on and watchfully waiting.
Word: North American Part of Speech: noun 1. A person living in or originating from North America. 2. A person living in or originating from Northern America. Labels: Canada, US 3. A person living in or originating from the United States of America. Labels: nonstandard
Word: terrifying Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Frightening or intimidating. Example: terrifying creature Example: terrifying dream 2. Of a formidable nature; terrific. Example: Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.
Word: terrifying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of terrify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: territorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/, /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory. 2. Of or relating to geography or territory. Example: Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into. Example: Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc. 3. Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army. Labels: capitalized, often 4. Displaying territoriality.
Word: territorial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/, /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ 1. A non-professional member of a territorial army. Example: The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.
Word: Territorial Army Part of Speech: name 1. A reserve force of the British Army, made up of part-time soldiers.
Word: territoriality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English territorial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English territoriality From territorial + -ity. Pronunciation: /tɛɹɪtɔːɹɪˈalɪti/ 1. The fact or legal status of being a territory. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.
Word: terrorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English terrorize From terror + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəɹaɪz/ 1. To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: terrorize the population Example: terrorize civilians 2. To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
Word: terrorise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror English -ise English terrorise From terror + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of terrorize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head… Example: Crawford’s replacement in Sweet Charlotte was 48-year-old Olivia de Havilland, who had already been terrorised by home invaders in the surprisingly vicious Lady in a Cage (1964), though her career low point was probably being stung to death by killer bees in The Swarm (1978) as disaster movies replaced hagsploitation as the last refuge of the fading Hollywood star. […] Sixty-three-year-old Tallulah Bankhead joined the British studio’s monstrous regiment as the religious fanatic who terrorises her dead son’s girlfriend in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965).
Word: Terylene Part of Speech: name Etymology: British brand name. Blend of terephthalate + polyethylene Pronunciation: /ˈtɛrɪˌliːn/, /ˈtɛrəˌliːn/ 1. A polyester fabric, polyethylene terephthalate.
Word: terylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Terylene, originated as a trademark. 1. A polymer, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used for making thread and cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I saw myself smart and clean in a white blouse and dark-red pleated terylene skirt, with blazer and gloves and a hat.
Word: test bench Part of Speech: noun 1. A laboratory bench upon which a device is physically tested. 2. A virtual simulation of a device for the same purpose.
Word: rotta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rota. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: test case Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal action intended to set a precedent. Example: Although these decisions imply acceptance of gay and lesbian parenting, most of the second-parent adoption cases have been brought following "test-case" criteria that maximize the likelihood of judicial acceptance. The couples usually have had long-term monogamous relationships; they are economically stable; there is often direct economic benefit to the child of granting the adoption […] Also, in these cases there is no heterosexual parent or family member challenging custody, so the child will be raised in a lesbian or gay home regardless of the judge's decision. 2. Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.
Word: tester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tester, from Old French testre, from Latin testura. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstə/, /ˈtɛstəɹ/ 1. A canopy over a bed. Example: And I could as hardly spare my gloves as my shirt, or forbeare washing of my hands both in the mornng and rising from the table, or lye in a bed without a testerne and curtaines about it, as of most necessary things. Example: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane half tester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar. 2. Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit. Example: With our shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp.
Word: tester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tester, equivalent to test + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstə/, /ˈtɛstəɹ/ 1. A person who administers a test. 2. A device used for testing. 3. A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back. Labels: Australia, obsolete, slang 4. A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy. 5. A miniature pot of paint for testing and comparison purposes. 6. A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.
Word: tester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For testern, teston, from French teston. See tester (“a covering”), and compare testone, testoon. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstə/, /ˈtɛstəɹ/ 1. An old French silver coin. 2. A sixpence. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: When after their beaſtly ſport and pleaſure Mounſieur Libid[inoſo] heat of luſt was ſomewhat aſſwaged, and ready to goe, féeling his pocket for a venereall remuneration [i.e., a copper coin] finds nothing but a Teſter, or at leaſt ſo little, that it was not ſufficient to pleaſe dame Pleaſure for her hire. [...] My Ladie would not beléeue Monſ. Libid. a great while, but ſearched and féeled for more coine, [...]
Word: tester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tester; see testiere. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstə/, /ˈtɛstəɹ/ 1. Alternative form of testiere (“armor for a horse's head”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A horse-head tester had cutouts for the animal's eyes and ears. A peytral protected the horse's breast, while the crinet, made of overlapping steel plates joined by leather straps or rivets, protected its neck. Example: The tester and crupper, together with the piser, which probably protected the chest, formed the basis of most horse armour[…]
Word: testify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/ 1. To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. Labels: ambitransitive Example: One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Example: Michael Jackson probably died after he rapidly injected himself with a dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol on top of a large dose of sedatives he swallowed when Dr. Conrad Murray was away, the defense’s propofol expert testified Friday. 2. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. Labels: ambitransitive Example: We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. Example: [T]he pleaſures of ſenſe have no reliſh vvhere thou [Jesus] irradiateſt and teſtifieſt vvith our conſcience, that vve are the children of God, and have done thy vvill ſincerely, […] 3. To be evidence of. Labels: ambitransitive Example: "Iberian-Sardinian" substrate features have been posited time and time again. These have usually been explained as testifying to a migration from the Iberian Peninsula to Sardinia in prehistoric times.
Word: testimonial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony. Pronunciation: /tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/, /tɛstɪˈmoʊni.əl/ 1. A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony. Example: The witness provided a written testimonial to the court. 2. A (usually written) recommendation of someone's worth or character. Example: The company website features a customer testimonial. Example: "Then why don't you take him into the parlour?" grumbled the ex-driver. His face was a testimonial of hard work and general sobriety but at the moment one might hazard from his voice and manner that he had been drinking earlier in the day. 3. A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc. Example: He gave a moving testimonial at the retirement dinner. 4. A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).
Word: testimonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony. Pronunciation: /tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/, /tɛstɪˈmoʊni.əl/ 1. Serving as testimony. Labels: not-comparable Example: a testimonial statement
Word: test paper Part of Speech: noun 1. a paper submitted by a student for academic examination 2. a small piece of paper impregnated with a chemical indicator for making qualitative tests 3. An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting.
Word: mouse mat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + mat. 1. A mouse pad. Labels: UK
Word: letter opener Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes. 2. Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes. 3. Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.
Word: enqueue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English queue English enqueue From en- + queue. 1. To add an item to a queue. Labels: transitive
Word: Teletubby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English tubby English Teletubby From tele- (television) + tubby. 1. Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies. Example: She spoke like the Teletubbies, behaved like a Teletubby, and seemed to live in this harmonious toddler phantasy world. Example: They [wind turbines] turn pristine landscapes into Teletubby-style horror shows.
Word: Teletubbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Teletubby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The video game sense is from the abbreviation of procedure. The folk etymology from programmed random occurrence is a backronym. Pronunciation: /pɹɒk/, /pɹɑk/ 1. Abbreviation of procedure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. A special and possibly random event, typically activated by clicking on an object. 3. Abbreviation of processor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: proc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The video game sense is from the abbreviation of procedure. The folk etymology from programmed random occurrence is a backronym. Pronunciation: /pɹɒk/, /pɹɑk/ 1. To cause a proc to occur. Example: Dunno the weapons' stats, except they both procced fairly frequently - lightning sword procced decapitation (instant death), and the whip procced fire reel (or whatever it was called) which reeled to target into the balor's body, engulfing you in searing flames for big damage. Example: Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).
Word: Faheem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَهِيم (fahīm, “to understand”). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: mouse pad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + pad. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊs.pæd/ 1. A pad with surface used to enhance the movement of a computer mouse. Labels: Australia, US
Word: companion animal Part of Speech: noun 1. A pet. Example: A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.
Word: nictitating membrane Part of Speech: noun 1. A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals. Example: 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text As the wildebeest shrinks, the circle of sated birds lounging in the short grass expands. With bulging crops, the vultures settle their heads atop folded wings and slide their nictitating membranes shut.
Word: nictitating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (“to wink”) (see English nictate). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪktɪteɪtɪŋ/ 1. winking, blinking Example: But she gave me only a dry look. A blink crossed the table. It even seemed to come from the bottom of her eye upward, like a nictitating membrane.
Word: nictitating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (“to wink”) (see English nictate). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪktɪteɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of nictitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nictitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from nictitating. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪktɪteɪ̯t/, [ˈnɪktʰɪtʰeɪ̯t] 1. to wink or blink Labels: transitive
Word: nictitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nictitate. Pronunciation: /nɪktɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. Winking, blinking Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.
Word: nullifidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nūllus (“not any”) + fidēs (“faith”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌnʌl.əˈfɪd.i.ən/, /nul-/ 1. A sceptic; an atheist or unbeliever. Labels: archaic Example: Near-synonyms: infidel, apostate, heretic (either coordinate or synonymous depending on the beliefs of the speaker or writer) Example: [...] Celia was no longer the eternal cherub, but a thorn in her spirit, a pink-and-white nullifidian, worse than any discouraging presence in the 'Pilgrim's Progress.'
Word: nullifidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nūllus (“not any”) + fidēs (“faith”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌnʌl.əˈfɪd.i.ən/, /nul-/ 1. Of no faith or religion; not trusting to faith for salvation. Example: Near-synonyms: atheistic, agnostic
Word: navarin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French navarin, probably from navet (“turnip”), a traditional ingredient. However, a connection with the 1827 Battle of Navarino has been suggested. (See Wikipedia.) 1. A stew of mutton and vegetables.
Word: bullpen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + pen. 1. An enclosed area used to hold bulls. Example: Magnus and Big Dick are over in the bullpen, ready for tonight's rodeo. 2. An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game. Example: After that hit, there is activity in the bullpen. Example: Now the bullpens are hidden away underneath the bleachers, out of sight and sound. 3. The relief pitchers of a team collectively. Example: Their bullpen is worn out after yesterday's doubleheader where both games went 12 innings. 4. A place for someone or something to get ready. Labels: figuratively Example: If this team of consultants fails, I have another warming up in the bullpen. 5. An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort. Example: We have our sales team in a bullpen setup to keep their energy flowing. 6. A military prison or its enclosing stockade. Labels: US, slang
Word: gamelan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese gamelan, from Old Javanese gamĕlan. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæməˌlæn/, /ˈɡæməˌlɑn/ 1. A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a suling). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An ensemble performing this style of music. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: assonance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- + son- + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈæsənəns/, /ˈɛsɘnɘns/ 1. The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "You should try to speak without assonances" said Merlyn. "For instance, 'The beer is never clear round here, dear' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.'"
Word: penknife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English penne knyfe; equivalent to pen + knife. In the original sense, named for its purpose: aiding the use of a (traditional) ink pen through the following tasks: trimming the tip of a quill pen, trimming a reed for a nib, and (in some cases) allowing erasure by scraping away some ink. 1. A small pocketknife; (loosely) any pocketknife. Example: Limpet's penknife was on the table, and he snatched that up and commenced stabbing it into the cork, whether as a means of getting it out, or merely as a relief to his passion, it is difficult to say. Example: The logical distinction between genus and species can, of course, apply to any objects whatsoever. Thus, for example, the genus knife may be divided into several species, such as penknife, table knife, bread knife, razor, etc. We might define the penknife as a knife small enough to be carried in the pocket, with foldable, sheathable elements, characterized by the feature that one blade at least is always suitable for sharpening pencils and erasing ink spots. We are quite sure in which features all the members of a certain species agree, notwithstanding possible individual characteristics, say a monogram on one penknife, or a corkscrew in another. 2. A small knife designed for safe and convenient storage, typically in the form of a miniature clasp-knife, or with blade retractable into the handle. Labels: dated Example: Presently the man took a reed pen from his satchel, and trimmed it with a little ivory knife, carved in the semblance of a fish. "Oh, what a beauty!" cried Dan. "'Ware fingers! That blade is perilous sharp. I made it myself of the best Low Country crossbow steel. And so, too, this fish. When his back-fin travels to his tail—so—he swallows up the blade, even as the whale swallowed Gaffer Jonah." 3. A small knife for cutting the points of quill feathers or reeds into nibs to provide or repair writing implements, early versions were commonly small sheath knives. Labels: archaic Example: If a ſarcell, or other feathers be broken aboue the quyll, towards the poynt of yͤ fethers twoo or three fingers bredth, you muſt cut it off with a ſharpe penknife, aſlope, and (as they ſay) a ſwaſhe, ⁊ then take another feather to the ſame, cutting it in like manner, as you did the other, ſo as it may fitte with yͤ ſame feather, both for length and cutte. Example: Every sin is damning without Christ. "The wages of sin is death". It is no great difference, if a man be killed, whether it be by a sword or a penknife. The least sin violates the whole law. He that offendeth in one point, is guilty of all.
Word: penknife Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English penne knyfe; equivalent to pen + knife. In the original sense, named for its purpose: aiding the use of a (traditional) ink pen through the following tasks: trimming the tip of a quill pen, trimming a reed for a nib, and (in some cases) allowing erasure by scraping away some ink. 1. To cut or carve with a penknife. Labels: transitive
Word: double play Part of Speech: noun 1. A defensive play in which two outs are recorded. Example: It was a 6-4-3 double play. 2. Achieving two results from one action. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Our double play special tonight is scallops & crab.
Word: triple play Part of Speech: noun 1. A defensive play in which three outs are recorded. Example: There has only been one unassisted triple play recorded in the World Series. 2. An offering of three bundled services, especially telephone, television and broadband Internet. Example: The local cable company is offering a triple play service.
Word: twin killing Part of Speech: noun 1. A double play. Labels: slang Example: By grounding to the shortstop, the twin killing ended the inning.
Word: modularize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin moduluslbor. French modulebor. English module English -ar English modular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English modularize From modular + -ize. 1. To make modular. Labels: transitive
Word: pocketknife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pocket + knife. 1. A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle). Example: Jimmy had a pocketknife, and he wandered into the drawing-room with it one day, alone, and reduced ten thousand dollars' worth of furniture to an indeterminable value in rather less than three-quarters of an hour. Example: The Army, the Navy, the Maritime Commission, and Lend-Lease demanded more and more pocketknives — for demolition kits, medical kits, aviators’ kits, electricians’ kits; knives with tools, knives with marlin spikes. The pocketknife attained a new status — as indispensable equipment for all men in uniform.
Word: modularized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having or made up of modules
Word: modularized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of modularize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: still life Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Dutch stilleven. Pronunciation: /ˌstɪl ˈlaɪf/ 1. A work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects. 2. A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next. Labels: countable, usually Example: I think you're talking about a configuration known as "eater," a still life in 6-8 cells. If the glider hits the right spot, the eater will form a bridge and destroy the glider while undergoing little change before reverting. Example: Thus, a natural question, apparently proposed very early, was whether there exists a still life (i.e. period 1 oscillator) that reflects a glider.