nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: valora Part of Speech: noun 1. The official currency of Molossia. Example: In August 2021, Williams visited the Republic of Molossia, an 11.3-acre micronation in Nevada that declared independence from the United States of America in 1998, where he was given a personal tour by “His Excellency President Kevin Baugh.” He learned about the Republic of Molossia’s ongoing “war” with now-defunct East Germany, how the local currency (the “valora”) is backed by chocolate chip cookie dough instead of gold, and had his passport stamped and his photo taken on the “border” with the United States.
Word: valse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French valse. Doublet of waltz. Pronunciation: /vɑls/ 1. Archaic form of waltz. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: valse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French valse. Doublet of waltz. Pronunciation: /vɑls/ 1. Archaic form of waltz. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: valses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of valse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: valses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of valse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: varan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from French varan. Doublet of worral. 1. The monitor lizard.
Word: vare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”). Pronunciation: /vɛə(ɹ)/ 1. A wand or staff of authority or justice. Example: 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel His hand a vare of justice did uphold.
Word: vares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaticine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vāticinium (“prediction, prophecy”). 1. A prediction; a vaticination. Labels: obsolete Example: And thus (according to this vaticine) twise it was left, but the third time it shall be kept.
Word: vaticines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaticine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vegetan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of vegetable + tan. 1. Vegetable-tanned leather, typically cow skin tanned using plant-derived tannins rather than chemicals. Example: Vegetan is a stiffer leather that takes tooling very well, but it is easily damaged by water without further treatment. 2. A synthetic microfibre, intended to be used as a vegan substitute for leather. Example: Today, its shoes are made from 'vegetan' and chrome-free leather (chrome is usually used in the dyeing process) for the uppers,
Word: vegete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetusbor. English vegete Borrowed from Latin vegetus. Pronunciation: /vɛˈd͡ʒit/ 1. lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. Labels: obsolete Example: […] we may by these means, with some little inconvenience, avoid the pain and arrive at a vegete old age.
Word: vegetare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from the 19th century (see quotation below). Likely a back-formation from vegetarian. Pronunciation: /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə/, /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛər/ 1. To adhere to a vegetarian diet; to eat vegetables and not meat. Labels: rare Example: The dietary of the coming century shall be in harmony with its aspirations and the human race will vegetare. Example: No, I don’t think vegetaring will help you. Of course you have quit coffee?
Word: vele Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of veil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Then forth he brought his snowy Florimele, / Whom Trompart had in keeping there beside, / Covered from peoples gazement with a vele […]
Word: veles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vendido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish. 1. a traitorous Latino or Hispanic person Labels: derogatory
Word: vended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ventile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian venti (“twenty”), Late Latin vĭnti, from Latin vīgintī. 1. Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population. 2. Any one of the twenty groups so divided.
Word: ventiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ventile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jenglish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Japanese + English; compare Singlish, Yinglish, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡlɪʃ/ 1. Japanese-influenced English, especially when nonstandard or ungrammatical. Labels: uncountable Example: 1997, James W. Rinehart, Christopher Huxley & David Robertson, Just Another Car Factory?: Lean Production and Its Discontents That this company is half Japanese-owned is obvious. Japanese words spelled out in English (what someone referred to as “Jenglish”) are used and posted throughout the plant. Example: 1998, Robert Brenner & Gregory Capelo, VCR Troubleshooting & Repair Since many VCRs are designed and built in Japan, a mixture of Japanese-to-English writing style sometimes called “Japanenglish” or “Jenglish” is often found in much documentation. This makes some of the expressions difficult to understand.
Word: vibro Part of Speech: noun 1. A vibrator (sex toy) Labels: informal Example: Taking the finger out she reached for a vibro and started to circle her arsehole with it. 2. A haptic actuator inside a mobile phone, a smartwatch etc. to notify the user with a trembling rather than with a sound Example: Notifications are killing me, i can use my phone has ^([sic]) a vibro at this point.
Word: violas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: violan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of violane. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: viole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vyole, from either Middle French violer or Latin violāre. Compare violate. 1. To violate, especially to rape. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: viole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian viole. 1. plural of viola (“stringed instrument”) Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, transitive, uncommon Example: On his right, in two rows, were twelve violins, two viole, two ’celli, and two basses. Example: I hadn’t used viole on West Side or Gypsy, so I thought let’s use four viole and no violins.
Word: virando Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of veranda. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: vira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Vira or New Latin vīra. 1. plural of virus Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: Seeing, however, that neither virus Ordinary, Tzaneen, nor Bulawayo protected completely against horse-sickness in the various parts of the Transvaal I now decided to make a combination of the two vira and to add to it the third virus, Bulawayo. Example: Then the idea occurred to unite all these various vira and to obtain in this way a polyvalent virus which would protect against any of the vira of which it was composed, and by this means I hoped to reduce the mortality in practice.
Word: vire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French vire, from virer (“to turn”). Compare veer, vireton. Pronunciation: /vaɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement. Example: For example, in 1993, only 8 per cent of the survey schools said that they were likely to vire funds if problems arose during the year. Example: Prison education budgets were placed in the hands of prison governors who could vire money to other areas of the prisons.
Word: vires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vire Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of vis Labels: form-of, plural 3. the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court's, legislature's, or other government entity's jurisdiction to do something. Example: The United Kingdom, in particular, argued that the adoption of universally applicable rules for determining the law applicable to non-contractual obligations was not necessary for the proper functioning of the Internal Market and that some territorial restriction on the situations to which the Regulation’s rules would apply was appropriate. Although that position was apparently supported by a legal opinion given by the Council’s legal service (Opinion of the Council Legal Service on the proposal for a Regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (“ROME II”) of 2 March 2004, 7015/04), the Commission, with the support of the vast majority of Member States, fiercely resisted limits of this kind. Its wish ultimately prevailed, and a challenge to the vires of the Regulation now appears a remote prospect given the broadening of EU competence in the area of justice by the Lisbon Treaty (see now art 81 TFEU).
Word: vires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: visitas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of visita. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: visite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French visite. See visit. 1. A light cape or short cloak made of silk or lace, formerly worn by women in summer.
Word: visites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of visite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vomito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vómito and Portuguese vómito, from Latin vomitus. 1. The most virulent form of yellow fever. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The black vomit associated with the worst form of yellow fever. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vomita Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vomitus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vulnera Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vulnus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xerocopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xerocopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zanjas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zanja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brash ice Part of Speech: noun 1. A patch of accumulated small fragments of floating ice (less than about 2 metres big) Labels: uncountable
Word: zanje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish zanje. 1. An irrigating canal.
Word: zanjes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zanje Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zapateado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish zapateado. Pronunciation: /zæˌpætiˈɑːdəʊ/, /ˌzɑpətiˈɑːdəʊ/, /ˌsɑpəˌteɪˈɑdoʊ/, /ˌzɑpətiˈɑdoʊ/ 1. A Mexican dance of Spanish-Indo origin characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes.
Word: zapateo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish zapato Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish zapateardeverb. Spanish zapateobor. English zapateo Borrowed from Spanish zapateo. Pronunciation: /ˌzɑpəˈteɪ.oʊ/ 1. A competitive stamping dance with percussive footwork, historically popular among the gauchos of South America.
Word: zonas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wattles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wattle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wavelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + -let; a calque of French ondelette, from onde (“wave”) + -ette (diminutive suffix). 1. A small wave; a ripple. Example: 1851, “Speaker’s Meaning dimly descried” (Fragment) in Poems, London: William Pickering, p. 110, I know not whether I see your meaning: if I do, it lies Upon the wordy wavelets of your voice, Dim as an evening shadow in a brook, When the least moon has silver on’t no larger Than the pure white of Hebe’s nail. Example: 1856, Herman Melville, “The Piazza” in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix & Edwards, pp. 6-7, […] long ground-swells roll the slanting grain, and little wavelets of grass ripple over upon the low piazza, as their beach, and the blown down of dandelions is wafted like the spray […] 2. A fast-decaying oscillation.
Word: waverer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waver + -er. 1. A person who wavers.
Word: waviness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wavy 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 waviness From wavy + -ness. 1. The quality of being wavy; the extent to which something is wavy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A tendency to form waves or curls. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: waxen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈwæksən/ 1. Grown. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: waxen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈwæksən/ 1. alternative past participle of wax. Labels: alternative, archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: waxen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Equivalent to wax + -en (plural simple present ending). Pronunciation: /ˈwæksən/ 1. plural simple present of wax Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte. Example: When the rayne is faln, the cloudes wexen cleare.
Word: waxen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English waxen (“made of wax”), from Old English weaxen (“waxen, made of wax”), equivalent to wax + -en (“made of”). Pronunciation: /ˈwæksən/ 1. Made of or covered with wax. Example: a waxen tablet Example: She is fair; and so is Julia that I love— That I did love, for now my love is thaw’d; Which, like a waxen image, ’gainst a fire, Bears no impression of the thing it was. 2. Of or pertaining to wax. 3. Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy. Example: It was hard to imagine that the broken thing had once been new; that those withered, waxen cheeks had been fresh and tinted. That her eyes had long ago glinted with laughter. 4. Easily molded, influenced, or bent; yielding, impressible. Example: The traveller hears me now and then, ⁠And sometimes harshly will he speak: ⁠‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’ 5. Easily effaced, as if written in wax. Labels: rare
Word: waxiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English waxy 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 waxiness From waxy + -ness. 1. The quality of being waxy Labels: uncountable
Word: bethought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Past participle of bethink, equivalent to be- + thought. Pronunciation: /bɪˈθɔːt/ 1. Intended; purposed; contrived. 2. Minded; disposed.
Word: bethought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Past participle of bethink, equivalent to be- + thought. Pronunciation: /bɪˈθɔːt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bethink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: waybill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From way + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.bɪl/ 1. A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
Word: waybill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From way + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.bɪl/ 1. To provide (cargo) with a waybill document. Labels: transitive Example: […] the Association may counteract the tendency to place an embargo on the free movement of freight in order to perpetuate an inadequate system of waybilling and rewaybilling at junction points.
Word: wayfaring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wayferande, weyverinde, wayverinde, from Old English weġfarende, weġfērende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Icelandic vegfarandi. More at wayfare. 1. Travelling, especially on foot. Labels: not-comparable Example: If a traveller, emancipating himself slowly from the endless suburbs, and smoke, and din of dirty Wolstanstone (corrupted into Wolstone), a manufacturing town not in the South of England, proceed westward, he enters into a region of peace and rural beauty, refreshing as the vision of Beatrice was to Dante, the glimpse of earth to Satan, the thoughts of home to them who know that their lot is to perish in the wave. The village of Northington, which the wayfaring man from Wolstone may be thought thus to hail, reflects, nevertheless, the wealth of its great and smoky neighbour. 2. Peripatetic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wayfaring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wayferande, weyverinde, wayverinde, from Old English weġfarende, weġfērende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Icelandic vegfarandi. More at wayfare. 1. Travel, especially on foot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wayfaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wayfare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: waylayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waylay + -er. Pronunciation: /weɪˈleɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈweɪleɪə(ɹ)/ 1. a person who waylays someone
Word: waywardness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wayward 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 waywardness From wayward + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.wə(ɹ)d.nəs/ 1. The state or quality of being wayward. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He made no offer of molestation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of the road, jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his fright and waywardness. Example: Heretofore, the mother, while loving her child with the intensity of a sole affection, had schooled herself to hope for little other return than the waywardness of an April breeze, which spends its time in airy sport, and has its gusts of inexplicable passion, and is petulant in its best of moods, and chills oftener than caresses you, when you take it to your bosom; […]
Word: spark gap Part of Speech: noun 1. A gap, between two electrical terminals, across which sparks are generated. 2. A gap, between two electrical terminals, across which sparks are generated.
Word: spark knock Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound produced, in an internal combustion engine, by the ignition of the fuel-air mixture before the piston reaches top dead center. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: specific charge Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the electric charge to the mass of a particle
Word: specific fuel consumption Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the mass of fuel used to the output power of an engine (especially an aircraft engine). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: specific impulse Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the thrust produced by a rocket or other jet engine to the rate of use of propellant.
Word: speckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛkəl/ 1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Kind; sort. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 4. A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: speckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛkəl/ 1. To mark with speckles.
Word: spectral type Part of Speech: noun 1. an indication of the physical and chemical characteristics of a star based on the spectrum of light that it emits
Word: spectroheliograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- English heliograph English spectroheliograph From spectro- + heliograph. 1. an instrument that produced monochromatic photographs of the sun using light at a selected wavelength
Word: spectroheliogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- English heliogram English spectroheliogram From spectro- + heliogram. 1. A photograph taken using a spectroheliograph.
Word: sphalerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σφαλερός (sphalerós, “unstable, unsteady, precarious”) + -ite; named in 1847. Pronunciation: /ˈsfæl.əˌɹaɪt/, /ˈsfeɪ.ləˌɹaɪt/ 1. A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium. Example: The Monte Cristo and Philadelphia sphalerites have similar mean Pb concentrations (80 ppm) that are lower than the Lucky Dog sphalerites (119 ppm).
Word: spherical harmonics Part of Speech: noun 1. The solutions to Laplace's equation using spherical coordinates Labels: uncountable
Word: driver fatigue Part of Speech: noun 1. symptoms of fatigue in a person driving a motor vehicle. Labels: uncountable
Word: short-sighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects. Example: a short-sighted man Example: a short-sighted person 2. Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight. Labels: figuratively Example: a short-sighted idea Example: The line used to continue to Ilfracombe, but that was closed in 1970 - another short-sighted decision that is still rued today.
Word: spiked Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing alcohol or drugs, often without the knowledge of those who partake. Example: The large punch bowl has the special spiked punch, the small punch bowl is for the kids. 2. Having spikes. 3. Of a graph or trend that has rapidly reached a maximum.
Word: spiked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spike Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: springald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from spring, with an uncertain final element. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋəld/ 1. A young man, a stripling, a youth. Labels: archaic Example: There came two Springals of full tender yeares, / Farre thence from forrein land where they did dwell […] Example: Sure the diuell, God blesse us, is in this Springald, why George, dist ever see such a fire-drake, I am afraid my boie's miscaried, if he be, though hee were Maister Mery-thoughts sonne a thousand times, if there bee any Law in England I'le make some of them smart for't.
Word: springald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French espringale; of Germanic origin, akin to English spring. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋəld/ 1. An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring. Labels: historical Example: The springald is a somewhat more problematic weapon as it is completely unclear whether it was the same weapon as the Roman ballista which some historians believe never disappeared from the battlefield and remained in use throughout […] Example: Although generally more powerful than the great crossbow, the springald was not as versatile, since it could not be moved quickly during a siege, nor would it operate properly in wet conditions at sea.
Word: bloodmobiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bloodmobile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nansy pansy Part of Speech: adj 1. effeminate; wimpy; weak Labels: informal
Word: short-sightedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English short-sighted 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 short-sightedness From short-sighted + -ness. 1. Myopia: impairment of vision's acuity for distant objects. Labels: uncountable 2. The propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains. Labels: uncountable
Word: weakener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weaken + -er. 1. a person who, or thing that weakens
Word: weakfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Dutch weekvis, weekvisch (“weakfish”), equivalent to weak + fish, because of its tender mouth. 1. Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters. Example: Weakfishes have no adipose fin, such as fresh-water trouts possess:[…]. Example: Larger fish tend to migrate farther north than smaller ones; thus, the New England weakfish fishery may possess a higher percentage of large individuals than is characteristic of the coastwide fishery. Weakfish tend to move about in schools of similar-sized individuals.
Word: thriven Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɪ.vən/ 1. past participle of thrive Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The Brahmin cattle of India, as coming from a tropical region, were thought specially adapted to the Floridian climate, and have thriven well here.
Word: single out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From single (“to take alone, or one by one”, intransitive archaic verb) + out. First attested in 1629. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/, /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈæɔ̯t/, /ˌsəŋ.ɡəl ˈæʊ̯t/, /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈʌʊ̯t/ 1. To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag. Example: Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
Word: urus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”). Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹəs/ 1. The aurochs. Example: Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag. Example: He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.
Word: urus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of urs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shortsighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of short-sighted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly.
Word: challengers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of challenger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neither here nor there Part of Speech: adj 1. Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand. Labels: idiomatic Example: The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter. Example: I had life troubles and heart troubles which are neither here nor there in this narrative. But, combined with them, were intellectual troubles which are indeed germane.
Word: vendue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch vendu and Norman vendue, from Old French vendre, from Latin vēndere. 1. A public auction. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: alchemistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmīabor. Old French alkimieder. English alchemy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English alchemistic From alchemy + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kə.mɪ.stək/ 1. Of or pertaining to alchemists. Labels: not-comparable
Word: MMS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Multimedia Messaging Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Sending a picture taken with a phonecam as MMS may be fun on occasion, but sending thousands or millions of pictures is not the work of a casual user. Example: So if the handset is only for calls and texts for arranging pickups and emergency phone calls, then a basic “dumb” phone could be the answer. […] The downside is that many dumb phones still have limited internet access, and only a handful have basic parental controls for locking down the camera, the browser and picture messaging (MMS). 2. Initialism of moment magnitude scale. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MMS Part of Speech: noun 1. A message sent using Multimedia Messaging Service.
Word: maximums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maximum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alchemistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Latin alchēmīa Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Medieval Latin alchēmistader. Old French alquemisteder. English alchemist 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 alchemistical From alchemist + -ical. Pronunciation: /ælkəˈmɪstɪkəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to alchemists. Labels: not-comparable Example: metaphysical and alchemistical legislators
Word: centésimo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of centesimo (“monetary unit in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I knew you were waiting for somebody or something, a woman, a baggage, some señorita who doesn’t care two centésimos for you and is after your bolivars! Example: A coinage of bronze centésimos had been struck in Lyons, Paris, and Birmingham between 1840 and 1869, but only in 1877 was a proper coinage of silver 10, 20, and 50 centésimos, and 1 peso struck to the specifications of the Latin Monetary Union.
Word: suicide note Part of Speech: noun 1. A message, usually a written note, left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide, usually explaining the reason for the suicide. Example: Park left a suicide note to efface his trail and vanished - to turn up here the next day as Bonnie's grandfather. Example: Twice I bought barbiturate pills, enough to finish anyone, and once I wrote a suicide note.
Word: fizzes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪz/ 1. plural of fizz Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of fiz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fizzes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fizz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person 2. third-person singular simple present indicative of fiz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pharmacopeic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pharmacopoeic. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: fizzed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fizz Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of fiz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pharmacopeist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pharmacopeia Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pharmacopeist From pharmacopeia + -ist. 1. One who maintains, researches or studies pharmacopeia.
Word: pharmacopeists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharmacopeist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paradigmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós). Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/, /ˌpæɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a paradigm. Example: Throughout much of the 19th and up to the late 20th century, a decidedly biomedical model was adopted to explain the presence of disease. […] Midway through the 20th century, however, paradigmatic changes took place that increased both the scope and complexity of the concept of disease […] 2. Related as members of a substitution class. 3. Exemplary. Labels: obsolete
Word: paradigmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós). Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/, /ˌpæɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/ 1. A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence. Labels: historical
Word: apothecaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apothecary Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of apothecarie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispensing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dispense Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dispensing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is dispensed or served out. Example: One tank furnishes enough oxygen for 30 dispensings.
Word: dispensary Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpɛnsəɹi/ 1. A place or room where something is dispensed 2. A place or room where something is dispensed 3. A place or room where something is dispensed Labels: dated Example: He watched for a while, pacing the small, slippery cobbles, then made for the deep shade of a stone porch on the other side of the square, where a sheet with a red cross on it had been draped around a pillar. A two-wheeled field dispensary with no driver stood outside the building.
Word: dispensaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispensary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electronic resource Part of Speech: noun 1. Any source of information available through electronic means, now usually via the Internet.
Word: Darvon cocktail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trade name (Darvon) for propoxyphene. 1. A mixture of drugs used to commit suicide (containing propoxyphene as one of the constituents). Labels: informal
Word: wing walking Part of Speech: noun 1. A stunt performed at airshows, particularly in the interwar years, in which a person climbs through the struts of a biplane in flight, or flies strapped in a frame on the top wing of the aircraft Labels: uncountable
Word: expendables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expendable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Republic of Ireland Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/ 1. Long form of Ireland: an island country in northwestern Europe.
Word: peacefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English peaceful 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 peacefulness From peaceful + -ness. 1. The state of being peaceful. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His trust in God was exemplified in his constant peacefulness and freedom from all concern on the question of supplies, no matter how unassuring the outlook happened to be.
Word: laide Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of laid. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: menacer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From menace + -er. 1. One who menaces. Example: Like a frightened deer Pan-at-lee cast a single startled look at these menacers of her freedom and leaped quickly toward the bushes in an effort to escape […]
Word: hamza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza). 1. A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule". Example: Written words such as Qurʼan (which in written Arabic uses a symbol know as hamza to indicate the glottal stop) are rendered with an apostrophe.
Word: triple jump Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump. Labels: uncountable
Word: triple jump Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform in this athletics event.
Word: long jump Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋ ˌdʒʌmp/ 1. An athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up; a jump such as one performed in such an event.
Word: long jump Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋ ˌdʒʌmp/ 1. To perform a long jump; to compete in the long jump event. Example: Then again, if it hadn't been for that unattractive yearbook picture, I wouldn't have realized how crazy I looked long jumping and thus I would not have improved my technique. Example: I was long jumping and totally turned my ankle over and almost broke it.
Word: ski jump Part of Speech: noun 1. The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping 2. A course prepared for ski jumping. 3. A jump made in ski jumping. 4. The ramp at the prow of an aircraft carrier which uses STOVL or STOBAR aircraft.
Word: hewn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically hew + -n. Pronunciation: /hjuːn/ 1. Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down. 2. Having been cut or mown down.
Word: hewn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically hew + -n. Pronunciation: /hjuːn/ 1. past participle of hew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blue-green Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism 1. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan. Example: The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper. 2. Synonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism.
Word: blue-green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism 1. Alternative form of blue green. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: tripler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triple + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹɪp.l̩.ə(ɹ)/ 1. The simplest form of frequency multiplier, that has an output frequency of three times the value of the input frequency. Example: A frequency tripler can be designed with two multipliers and a summing amplifier without any additional filter by using any one of the following trignometric identities: […]
Word: up to no good Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /ˌʌp tə ˌnoʊ ˈɡʊd/, /-tʊ-/ 1. Misbehaving, being mischievous. Labels: idiomatic Example: Some people are made of plastic / And you know some people are made of wood / Some people have hearts of stone / Some people are up to no good
Word: up to something Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʌp tuː ˈsʌmθɪŋ/, /ˈʌp tə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ 1. Doing something mischievous or scheming. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He looks like an angel, but I can tell he's up to something. Example: I took my mare and went down to the swamp, for I knew they had been up to something there from the signs I saw.
Word: under a spell Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Bewitched; held (as if) by the power of a magical spell. Labels: idiomatic
Word: under one's wing Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage. Labels: idiomatic Example: He took the promising student under his wing. Example: The promising student came under the professor's wing.
Word: crows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹəʊz/, /kɹoʊz/ 1. plural of crow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹəʊz/, /kɹoʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: assaults Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assault Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assaults Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of assault Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Lingala Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Lingala lingála (“Lingala”). Pronunciation: /lɪŋˈɡɑːlə/ 1. A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
Word: mariners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mariner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of union Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of union Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: assures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of assure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disturbances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disturbance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exclamations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exclamation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: villains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of villain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chests Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛsts/ 1. plural of chest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chests Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sentinels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sentinel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gowns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡaʊnz/ 1. plural of gown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gowns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡaʊnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gown Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trophies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trophy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garlands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of garland Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: darkest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of dark: most dark Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: cloaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cloak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meditations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meditation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: troopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: troopers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trooper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tress Labels: form-of, plural 2. a head of hair, particularly when the hair is of length
Word: tresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anxieties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anxiety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parcels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parcel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parcels Part of Speech: noun 1. A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels. Labels: UK, dated, in-plural Example: An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels.
Word: parcels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parcel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hinges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒəz/ 1. plural of hinge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hinges Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hinge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: partisans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partisan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superiors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superior Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scream Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: excesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burghers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burgher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revelations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revelation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: openings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: failures Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.ljəz/, /ˈfeɪ.ljɚz/ 1. plural of failure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concessions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concession Labels: form-of, plural 2. A concessions stand.
Word: concessions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of concession Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concessions stand Part of Speech: noun 1. A place in a public location where food and drinks are sold.
Word: concessions stands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concessions stand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʊlz/ 1. plural of bull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulls Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʊlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bull Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: defenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fern Labels: form-of, plural