nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cross-legged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one leg over and across the other. Labels: not-comparable Example: Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff. 2. Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart. Labels: not-comparable Example: She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.
Word: cross-legged Part of Speech: adv 1. In a cross-legged position. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crossness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cross 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 crossness From cross + -ness. 1. the state of being cross; mild anger Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings[…] Example: At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
Word: crosspatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross (“grumpy”) + patch (“fool”). 1. A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.
Word: cross-pollinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + pollinate. 1. To fertilize by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to the stigma of another. Labels: transitive 2. To inspire, stimulate, or influence between diverse elements. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: cross-purpose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested (in the plural form) since the 1660s, originally meaning ‘contradictory intentions.’ 1. A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one. Labels: idiomatic Example: We are working at cross-purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.
Word: cross-purposes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross-purpose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-purposes Part of Speech: noun 1. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: I danced; and so till 12 at night, and to supper, and then to cross-purposes, mighty merry; and then to bed - my eyes being sore.
Word: at cross-purposes Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings. Labels: idiomatic
Word: cross-refer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + refer. 1. To make or use a cross-reference
Word: crossectional Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cross-sectional. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: Beam elements with various crossectional configurations are considered. Example: The major limitation of crossectional surveys is their inability to determine any temporal relationship between the factor and the event.
Word: cross-sectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross section + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cross-stitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + stitch. 1. A double stitch that forms a cross. Labels: countable 2. Embroidery or needlework made using such stitches. Labels: uncountable
Word: cross-stitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + stitch. 1. To embroider with such stitches. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: cross-train Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English cross- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train English cross-train From cross- + train. 1. To train in a different task, skill or sport 2. To train in a variety of tasks, skills or sports
Word: crossways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossways Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cross + -ways. 1. transversely; crosswise Labels: not-comparable Example: I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire.
Word: croupy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English croup Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English croupy From croup + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːpi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
Word: crowfoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crow + foot. 1. Any of many plants, mostly of subgenus Ranunculus subg. Batrachium, that have a leaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially the buttercups.
Word: crow's-feet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crow's feet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crow's-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crow's foot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crow's-nest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crow's nest. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was becoming increasingly clear, with every successive sighting from the crow’s-nests, that the Ottomans had more ships.
Word: cruller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kruller (“curler”), from krullen + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌlə/, /ˈkɹʌləɹ/ 1. A donut in the form of a twisted ring. Labels: Northeastern, US Example: "Take a cruller, any way," said she, handing him a cake-basket containing a dozen or so of those unspeakable, Dutch indigestibles. Example: Whoa. Pastry Pete's Patisserie. Pastry Pete is so brilliant. Did you know he won a Tasty Num Nums Award last year for combining crullers and Bundt cakes? They're called "crunts"!
Word: crumby Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmi/ 1. Alternative spelling of crummy (“bad, poor”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs. Example: Near-synonym: crumbly
Word: crustal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crust + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌstəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet. Example: The hope was to lower a drill through over 4,000 metres of Pacific Ocean water off the coast of Mexico and drill some 5,000 metres through relatively thin crustal rock.
Word: cuber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cube (verb) + -er. 1. Any device designed to cut things into cubes. Example: Another interesting exhibit was a bread cutter with circular revolving blade. Their newest machine is the Sterling vegetable cuber […]
Word: cuber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cube Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cuber From cube (noun) + -er. 1. A player of Rubik's cube.
Word: cultism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo. 1. The system or practice of a cult. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Also keep in mind that the Democrats of today are part of a new woke cultism – They are not necessarily the same Democrats from 30 years ago. 2. Synonym of culteranismo. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. learned borrowing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cultivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French cultivable, from Old French coutivable. 1. Capable of being cultivated or farmed. Example: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 183. These, and such as these, were all the cultivated and cultivable land in Provincetown.
Word: cultivator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur. 1. Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage. Example: Near-synonyms: scarifier, scuffler (not always precisely differentiated; dialectal usage has varied) Example: As the crop gets bigger, the shank spacing on the cultivator will need to be adjusted accordingly. 2. A person who cultivates. Example: The cultivators were out among the row crops, keeping the weeds in check. 3. A person who cultivates. Example: Near-synonyms: grower, planter, farmer Example: She was a devoted cultivator of roses and orchids. 4. A person who cultivates. Labels: figuratively Example: She was a wonderful cultivator of potential in her direct reports.
Word: cupolaed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cupola + -ed. 1. Having one or more cupolas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: curability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English curability From cure + -ability. 1. The state of being curable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: curbing Part of Speech: noun 1. A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb. 2. The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb).
Word: curbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of curb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: curer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cure Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English curer From cure + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊəɹə/, /ˈkjɔːɹə/, /ˈkjʊɹɚ/ 1. A healer. 2. A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.
Word: curler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English curl Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English curler From curl + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)lə(ɹ)/ 1. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair. Example: Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair / Waiting for a girl, she has no money anywhere Example: There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…]. 2. A sportsman who plays curling. 3. A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves. Example: The captain sent a curler into the top corner of the net. Example: Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech. 4. A wave which breaks with a barrel Example: Oft considered the most even playing field on which to measure surf mastery, Slater’s innovative machine is a barrel-synthesizing environment and engineering feat. In a single round, The Wave produces a 6-foot curler capable of traveling 2,300 feet for up to one gnarly minute. Example: There’s the mesmeric, thrumming beat. (Sound very much “on” for this one.) Dark purples and roiling seas under heavy storms. Then Manuel, barreling perfect curler after perfect curler.
Word: curlicue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curly + cue. 1. A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops. Example: I put in plenty of curlicues after the figures so that no one could raise the check into $400,000; then I got out my old rattan suit case and put in some clothes. Example: There was not the slightest use in trying to make its twisty curlicue streets conform to any engineering plan on earth; so those sensible old-time folk didn't try.
Word: curlicue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From curly + cue. 1. To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: A chandelier the shape of an anchor, hanging over Smith's head as he passed out through this vestibule. Walls curlicued with comb marks of some fancy plasterer. Example: I was looking, obliquely, at Bunny slumped over his bowl when all of a sudden, in the window behind his head, I saw the distant figure of Mr. Hatch, walking across the open field beyond the garden, carrying the dark, curlicued ruins of the Malacca chair to the rubbish heap.
Word: whitest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of white: most white Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: curlicue fractal Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a family of fractal shapes generated iteratively from a given irrational number
Word: iteratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English iterative Middle English -ly English -ly English iteratively From iterative + -ly. 1. In an iterative manner; using iteration. Labels: not-comparable
Word: curmudgeonly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English curmudgeon Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English curmudgeonly From curmudgeon + -ly. Pronunciation: /kə(ɹ)ˈmʌdʒənli/ 1. Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish. Example: In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure. Example: Since Swift and Kelce debuted their relationship early in the season, certain (curmudgeonly) NFL fans grumbled over the numerous camera shots of the singer’s private box.
Word: currycomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curry + comb. 1. A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses. Example: One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]
Word: currycomb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From curry + comb. 1. To groom using such a comb. Labels: transitive
Word: cursedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English cursedly, cursidli, curstely, corsedlich, equivalent to cursed + -ly. 1. In a cursed manner; miserably
Word: cursively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cursive Middle English -ly English -ly English cursively From cursive + -ly. 1. In a cursive manner.
Word: curtailment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English curtail Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English curtailment From curtail + -ment. Pronunciation: /kɚˈteɪlmənt/, /kɜːˈteɪlmənt/ 1. The act of curtailing. Example: The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable. Example: Curtailment was said to be imminent of services on the ex-Caledonian Glasgow-Carlisle main line via Carstairs, also between Glasgow and Lanark and on other ex-C.R. lines in the Glasgow area.
Word: curtness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English curt 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 curtness From curt + -ness. 1. The state of being curt. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: curvy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin curvusder. English curve Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English curvy From curve + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɚ.vi/, /ˈkɜː.vi/ 1. Having curves. Example: A city is entangled in straight lines, while nature is curvy. Fast is straight, but slow is curvy and patient. 2. Buxom or curvaceous. Example: I love this woman and her curvy body. Example: He tried to shift his focus back to Jessica and their wedding, but the soft, curvy blonde he'd met recently was stealing more and more of his attention. 3. Overweight. Labels: euphemistic Example: (see title)
Word: custodial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From custody + -al; compare French custodial. Pronunciation: /kʌsˈtoʊ.di.əl/ 1. Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding. Labels: comparable, not-comparable Example: custodial account, custodial care Example: My custodial efforts have kept my daughter safe her whole life. 2. Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: parental Example: custodial dispute, custodial parent, custodial guardian 3. Providing punishment by incarceration. Labels: not-comparable Example: custodial sentence, custodial status Example: People don't usually get any custodial time for those charges. 4. Occurring while in custody. Labels: not-comparable Example: custodial interrogation, custodial rape Example: Suspects must be treated respectfully during custodial processing. 5. Related to the work of a custodian. Labels: not-comparable Example: custodial closet, custodial area Example: Don't neglect your custodial duties.
Word: custodianship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English custodian Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English custodianship From custodian + -ship. 1. The office, or the duty of a custodian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The erection and splendour of these structures - tunnels, shafts, stations and bridges included - of which landowners, with their centuries of custodianship over long-sheltered environs, were uniquely situated to ensure.
Word: custom-built Part of Speech: adj 1. Built according to the specifications of a particular individual. Labels: not-comparable
Word: death factors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death factor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: customhouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of custom house. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: death factor Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various substances that cause apoptosis in cells Example: Pivotal Role of the Cell Death Factor BNIP3 in Ceramide-Induced Autophagic Cell Death in Malignant Glioma Cells Example: The Fas ligand (FasL) is a key death factor of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
Word: ligands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ligand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: custom house Part of Speech: noun 1. An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
Word: custom-made Part of Speech: adj 1. Made according to the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: custom-built, tailor-made, tailored; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
Word: cutoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from cut off. Pronunciation: /kəˈtɒf/, /kəˈtɔːf/, /kəˈtɔf/, /kəˈtɑf/, [kəˈɾɑf] 1. The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A device that stops the flow of a current. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A cessation in a flow or activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the treatment is approved, a script is written. If the script is approved, it goes into production. But this is usually a long and painful process. A cutoff can take place (and often does) at any step along the way. 7. The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: […] I spotted through the window a young woman casually crossing Astor Place wearing a pair of cutoffs, some sandals and — it is fully legal to do this — naked above the waist. 9. A sleeveless shirt, especially one made by cutting the sleeves off of a t-shirt. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A horizontal line separating sections of the page. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Light-face type, cutoffs, borders and rules are the universal plan. No black body matter and almost no black headlines appear.
Word: cutoff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from cut off. Pronunciation: /kəˈtɒf/, /kəˈtɔːf/, /kəˈtɔf/, /kəˈtɑf/, [kəˈɾɑf] 1. Constituting a limit or ending. Labels: not-comparable 2. Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cutoffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cutoff Labels: form-of, plural 2. trousers (most often jeans) that have been shortened by cutting off part or most of the legs
Word: cutout Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cut-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: According to these keyboard warriors, the young men and women who survived the shooting are part of a big hoax, are liars, are mere cardboard cutouts – “crisis actors” who roam the country looking for mass shootings from which to promote their anti-gun message – all being pushed forward by the giant liberal machine that is Hillary Clinton’s robot attack army.
Word: cut-price Part of Speech: adj 1. Offered for sale at less than the normal price. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are still taking any chance—the opening of the full Ashford line electric timetable is the latest instance—of stressing that two or three hours' traffic a day in trains crowded with passengers on cut-price season mileage rates does not generate enough revenue to support twenty-four hours a day the resources of men, rolling stock and track needed to cope in comfort with an ever-increasing peak passenger demand. Example: And the checkout chick is too busy taking money to tell you how to operate your cut-price, multi-purpose, plastic encased kitchen magician.
Word: cut-rate Part of Speech: adj 1. Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sometimes cut-rate airfares are available because the seat would otherwise go empty. Example: Cut-rate first class return fares are again on offer for weekend travel between London and Glasgow or Edinburgh until March 25; compared with the ordinary fare of £10 16s, £7 10s is the Saturday price of a first class return between Euston and Glasgow, while £7 7s 6d, instead of £10 13s, buys a first class return on Saturdays between Edinburgh Waverley and Kings Cross ... 2. Cheaply made. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: second-rate, third-rate, fourth-rate, fifth-rate Example: For this jobsite, we'll have none of those shoddy, cut-rate materials, please. Send us the good stuff for this job.
Word: emergency medical service Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of professional responders with medical skills who attend to emergencies or disasters by coming to the location of the event. Labels: often, plural
Word: emergency medical services Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emergency medical service Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sexually transmitted infections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexually transmitted infection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sexually transmitted diseases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexually transmitted disease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faciodigitogenital dysplasia Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare genetic disorder causing defects in bones and cartilage, and characterised by abnormalities of the face, hands and genitals. Labels: uncountable
Word: faciodigitogenital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From facio- + digito- + genital. 1. Pertaining to the face, fingers and genitals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enslavement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъbor. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English enslave Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enslavement From enslave + -ment. 1. The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I should like to take this opportunity to express my wish for success and victory in our struggle against Communism and enslavement and for freedom and peace.
Word: astasia-abasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astasia (“not stand condition”) + abasia (“not step condition”). Pronunciation: /əˈsteɪ.ʒi.ə əˈbeɪ.ʒi.ə/, / əˈsteɪ.ʒə əˈbeɪ.ʒə/, / əˈsteɪ.zi.ə əˈbeɪ.zi.ə/ 1. The inability either to stand or walk due to loss of motor control. Labels: uncountable
Word: ballottement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ballottement, from ballotter (“ballot”). 1. A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: daunting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From daunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/, /ˈdɔntɪŋ/ 1. Discouraging; inspiring fear. Example: Deathes daunting dart where so his buffet lights, / Shall shape no change within my friendly corse: / But dead or liue, in heauen, in earth, in hell, / I wilbe thine where so my carkase dwell. Example: As for his menacing and daunting threats / I nill regard him nor his Daniſh power: / For if he come to fetch her forth my Realme, / I will prouide him ſuch a banquet here. 2. Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming. Example: [W]iſdome, much more all the excellencies of this Spirit) makes a mans face to ſhine; as the light of a Lanterne puts a luſtre upon the Lanterne, ſo the brightneſſe of theſe ſpirits puts a luſtre upon the men in whom they are. Men of ſuch ſpirts^([sic – meaning ſpirits]) as theſe are, have a daunting preſence in the eyes of thoſe who behold them. Example: She reached it soon after half-past two. She found its gloomy nineteenth-century façade, black with the smuts of ninety years, a little daunting, and mounted its broad steps in some trepidation. But she rang the bell hard and knocked firmly. 3. Appearing to be difficult; challenging. Example: It was a daunting task, but it was accomplished with some forward planning. Example: A trip of sixteen miles, through dark forests, in which they would not pass a single house, was an exploit sufficiently daunting for two such young and inexperienced boys. Love triumphs over fear and death; and these boys so dearly loved their father, that nothing was formidable to them, which they could do for him.
Word: daunting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/, /ˈdɔntɪŋ/ 1. gerund of daunt. Example: Face to face with the true mountains, / I stood silently and still; / Drawing strength for fancy's dauntings, / From the air about the hill, / And from Nature's open mercies, and most debonaire goodwill. Example: But stigmatise it as we please there never was a great man without a strong will, and an infusion of self-reliance sufficient to raise him above the dauntings of opposition and reliance on props. 2. gerund of daunt. Example: Then came in two by two, other Troopes, whoſe onſets, and ouer-throwes, honours, and diſgraces, darings, and dauntings, merit an ample Chronicle, rather than an Abſtract; [...]
Word: daunting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From daunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/, /ˈdɔntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of daunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drowse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is either: * a back-formation from drowsy, which is attested earlier; or * possibly from Middle English *drousen (no known attestations), from Old English drūsan, drūsian (“to droop, sink; to become feeble, inactive, low, or slow, drowse”), from Proto-Germanic *drūsijaną (“to look down; mourn”) (possibly merged with *dreusaną (“to fall”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewHs- (“to break off; to fall down”). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Danish drøse (“to be negligent; to slow down”) * Dutch drozen (“to doze; muse”) * German trauern (“to mourn, be sad”) * Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (driusan, “to fall; to fall down”) * Norwegian døse (“to drowse”) * Old English drēosan (“to fall; to perish; to rush”) (whence Middle English dresen (“to fall down”)) * Swedish drösa (“to be slow”) Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaʊ̯z/, /ˈdɹæʊ̯z/, /ˈdɹaːz/ 1. An act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy. Example: in a drowse Example: He saw his mother's face, accepting it / In change for heaven itself, with such a smile / As might have been learnt there,—never moved, / But smiled on, in a drowse of ecstasy, / So happy (half with her and half with heaven) / He could not have the trouble to be stirred, / But smiled and lay there. 2. A state of dullness or inactivity, as if from sleepiness. Labels: figuratively Example: Here, in this latest August dawn, / By windows opening on the lawn, / Where shadows yet are sharp with night, / And sunshine seems asleep, though bright; / And, further on, the wealthy wheat / Bends in a golden drowse, how sweet / To sit, and cast my careless looks / Around my walls of well-read books, […]
Word: carnotite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Carnot Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English carnotite From Carnot + -ite. 1. A yellow mineral that is a potassium uranyl vanadate that is a major ore of uranium, with the chemical formula K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: potcher Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper 2. The operator of such a machine; a potcherman
Word: carpoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several classes of extinct echinoderm previously placed in the class †Carpoidea, now placed within the subphylum †Homalozoa.
Word: hardline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hard + line. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdlaɪn/, /ˈhɑɹdlaɪn/ 1. A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer. Example: The Hardlines Digest is an Internet mailing list for members of the retail hardware and home center industry. 2. A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, and sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above. Example: Comparable-store sales in hardlines declined in the mid single-digit range, with the strongest performance in sporting goods. 3. A physical wire or cable connection; landline.
Word: hardline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + line. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdlaɪn/, /ˈhɑɹdlaɪn/ 1. Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Smith's hardline approach to drugs gained him the support of many local citizens. Example: To come up with common, honorable, flexible, sensible, creative, meaningful, non-coercive "codes" or expectations of ethical behavior while avoiding laying down hard-line, guilt-inspiring "politically correct" rules and superficial judgements is no small feat. 2. Belonging to a hardline. Labels: not-comparable Example: hardline product Example: Safety, product quality and performance are prerequisites for all hardline products such as toys, cosmetics, furniture, jewellery, DIY, etc.
Word: goofing off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of goof off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cassiterite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”). Pronunciation: /kəˈsɪ.təˌɹaɪt/ 1. A generally black mineral, composed of tin oxide, SnO₂, which is an important ore of tin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.
Word: cat scratch fever Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cat-scratch fever. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: facetiae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1520–30 from Latin facētiae, plural of facētia (jest); see facete+-ia and facetious. 1. Witty or amusing writings or remarks. Labels: plural, plural-only, rare Example: The Facetiae of Poggio Bracciolini. 2. Indecent books. Labels: archaic, euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: potchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goofing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of goof Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: goofing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːfɪŋ/ 1. The making of mistakes or blunders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Teach them some of the general principles of RET and its views on self-acceptance and show them how to accept all people, including themselves, with their failings and their goofings.
Word: CCSL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of combined continuity and spotting list. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of combined continuity and subtitle list, specialized scripts created for a production (movie, TV show, etc.) after principal photography is complete. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: astable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English stable English astable From a- + stable. Pronunciation: /eɪˈsteɪbəl/ 1. Not stable. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having multiple states, none of which is stable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ducana Part of Speech: noun 1. An Antiguan dish made using sweet potatoes, white flour, sugar, vanilla essence, grated coconut and sometime raisins, blended and wrapped in large grape leaves or aluminum foil and boiled, often served with salted fish in tomato sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: ayat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian آیت, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/ 1. Alternative form of ayah (“verse of the Quran”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ayat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian آیت, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/ 1. plural of ayah (“verse of the Quran”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skeleton key Part of Speech: noun 1. A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit". 2. A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks. 3. A master key. 4. A key (A crucial step or requirement) or (An idea, theory or observation that explains, justifies or renders (something) comprehensible). Labels: figuratively Example: The skeleton key to this plan is the marketing, which will make the plan make sense when you see it.
Word: keychain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + chain. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːˌt͡ʃeɪn/ 1. A chain or ring to which a key may be attached. 2. An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring. 3. A digital repository for the storage of cryptographic keys.
Word: endart 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- Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart English endart From en- + dart. 1. To throw or shoot out like a dart. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: animalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English animal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English animalic From animal + -ic. 1. Of or concerning animals. Labels: rare Example: Real oud is complex material, with honey, tobacco, leaf, minty-fresh and castoreum animalic notes all mixed together.
Word: baggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English baggy Middle English -ly English -ly English baggily From baggy + -ly. 1. In a loose baggy manner
Word: banteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bantering Middle English -ly English -ly English banteringly From bantering + -ly. 1. In a bantering manner. Example: 'What? Have you found your treasure-trove, Ursula?' he asked banteringly, but looking with envious interest at the instinctive maternity of her sheltering arms. Example: 'Now I shall have to dine by myself,' he continued, no longer banteringly.
Word: barefacedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English barefaced Middle English -ly English -ly English barefacedly From barefaced + -ly. 1. In a barefaced manner.
Word: barometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English barometric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English barometrically From barometric + -ally. 1. By means of a barometer
Word: basally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English basal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English basally From basal + -ly. 1. In a basal manner
Word: basely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin bassus Old French basbor. Middle English bas English base Middle English -ly English -ly English basely From base + -ly. 1. In a base manner. Example: With that, out of his bouget forth he drew Great ſtore of treaſure, therewith him to tempt; But he on it lookt ſcornefully askew, As much diſdeigning to be ſo miſdempt, Or a war-monger to be baſely nempt; Example: Bar. Oh earth-mettall'd villaines, and no Hebrews born! And will you basely thus submit your selves To leave your goods to their arbitrament? Gov. Why Barabas wilt thou be christned?
Word: befittingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English befitting Middle English -ly English -ly English befittingly From befitting + -ly. 1. In a befitting manner
Word: beguilingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English beguiling Middle English -ly English -ly English beguilingly From beguiling + -ly. 1. In a beguiling manner
Word: behaviorally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English behavioral Middle English -ly English -ly English behaviorally From behavioral + -ly. 1. With respect to behavior.
Word: belatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English belate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English belated Middle English -ly English -ly English belatedly From belated + -ly. 1. In a belated manner; tardily. Example: Bennett was belatedly sent off for a second yellow card after fouling Brahim Diaz in added time but there was no shame in Cardiff losing to a City side who have enjoyed similar dominance over far superior teams this season. Example: However, the Japanese battleships and cruisers now come to Chikumas aid, and, within ten minutes, the Roberts is knocked out of action, as the Japanese ships firing at her also belatedly' switch to high explosive, and, within minutes of this change, several massive holes are blasted into her side and she begins to sink.
Word: belligerently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English belligerent Middle English -ly English -ly English belligerently From belligerent + -ly. 1. In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility. Example: They swaggered unsteadily but belligerently toward the bar and looked at Pete with bleared and blinking eyes. Example: “How’d you get a job like this?” she asked. “A fella got to eat,” he began; and then, belligerently, “A fella got a right to eat.”
Word: bemusedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bemused Middle English -ly English -ly English bemusedly From bemused + -ly. 1. In a bemused manner
Word: beneficently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English beneficent Middle English -ly English -ly English beneficently From beneficent + -ly. 1. In a beneficent manner
Word: beneficially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English beneficial Middle English -ly English -ly English beneficially From beneficial + -ly. 1. In a beneficial manner
Word: benevolently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English benevolent Middle English -ly English -ly English benevolently From benevolent + -ly. 1. In a benevolent manner. Example: […] if the simple look benevolently on money, how much more do your old worldlings regard it! Their affections rush out to meet and welcome money. Example: The Temple of Bounty loomed benevolently over the square, its columns carved with fruit and flowers; shrinekeepers passed out the merchants’ leftover grain and bruised fruit to the poor on its steps.
Word: benightedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English benighted Middle English -ly English -ly English benightedly From benighted + -ly. 1. In a benighted manner. Example: "That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."
Word: beseechingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English beseeching Middle English -ly English -ly English beseechingly From beseeching + -ly. 1. In a beseeching manner. Example: Such heavy days, such long, long nights, such aching hearts and imploring prayers, when those who loved her best were forced to see the thin hands stretched out to them beseechingly, to hear the bitter cry, "Help me, help me!" Example: Now she opened the window and called beseechingly.
Word: bestially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From late Middle English bestially; equivalent to bestial + -ly. 1. In a bestial manner.
Word: bewilderingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bewildering Middle English -ly English -ly English bewilderingly From bewildering + -ly. 1. In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent. Example: ‘Yes,’ said Slartibartfast, ‘staggeringly dull. Bewilderingly so.[…]’ Example: Believe me, there are few more bewilderingly birdless places than a New England woodland in early fall.
Word: bewitchingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bewitching Middle English -ly English -ly English bewitchingly From bewitching + -ly. 1. In a bewitching manner. Example: In her aspect, manners, voice, there is something bewitchingly attractive; her countenance, [...] Example: Of all that the sky presents there is perhaps no one object so bewitchingly beautiful as the evening star at its largest phasis.
Word: bilaterally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bilateral Middle English -ly English -ly English bilaterally From bilateral + -ly. 1. In a bilateral manner.
Word: bilingually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bilingual Middle English -ly English -ly English bilingually From bilingual + -ly. 1. In a bilingual manner; using two languages. Labels: not-comparable Example: Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little.
Word: bisexually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bisexual Middle English -ly English -ly English bisexually From bisexual + -ly. 1. In a bisexual manner.
Word: bitchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bitchy Middle English -ly English -ly English bitchily From bitchy + -ly. 1. In a bitchy manner. Labels: vulgar Example: The play's opening scene could be happening anywhere. A gay male couple argues bitchily over the drunken behavior of one of them the previous evening. Max, in his stupor, brought home a handsome, blond soldier, much to the chagrin of his whining, slightly effeminate love, Rudy. The banter, the accusations, the reconciliation — the whole thing could have happened this morning.
Word: bitingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English biting Middle English -ly English -ly English bitingly From biting + -ly. 1. In a biting manner. Example: The wind was bitingly cold. Example: She is known to be bitingly sarcastic without provocation.
Word: bizarrely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bizarre Middle English -ly English -ly English bizarrely From bizarre + -ly. 1. In a bizarre manner. Example: And, placed discreetly among these commonplaces, a few pieces of genuine quality, bizarrely distinguished by craftsmanship from the vulgar products of the machine. Example: The forms can be bizarrely funny when blown up to fill a canvas, as in "Supergastrico Compensado" (the artist prefers that his often punning titles remain untranslated), whose eroticized digestive systems have an appealing decorative flair.
Word: fast forward Part of Speech: verb 1. To rapidly progress the playback of a recording. Labels: transitive 2. (Of playback of a recording) to rapidly progress. Labels: intransitive 3. To shift one's attention or focus toward a later point in time. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Antarctica was remote, little of value […] was at stake, and few states had the capacity to get to Antarctica or otherwise challenge the claimants. […] Fast-forward to the present, and the picture looks somewhat different. 4. To advance rapidly in time. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Metallica have revealed that they plan to ‘fast-forward to the next chapter’ of working with Lady Gaga – sparking rumours of a collaborative album. 5. To accelerate. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Lippman said Crispr is an incredibly useful tool in research, allowing him to ask new questions of the tomato plants he breeds, by fast-forwarding the research process. “The amount of genetics that we’re currently able to do has at least quintupled in the last three years,” he said.
Word: fast forward Part of Speech: noun 1. The feature that allows media to be fast-forwarded. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A button that causes media to be fast forwarded. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A state of rapid advancement. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: In addition to her simple, punchy opening lines, Roupenian likes to begin stories at true beginnings, like childhood or a brand-new relationship, her tales often ones of maturation in fast-forward.
Word: fast-forward Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of fast forward. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fast-forward Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fast forward. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable