nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dalesman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dale + -s- + -man. 1. A person from the Yorkshire Dales, or sometimes a person from Lakeland. Example: And soon my lady put a pretty little tombstone over Tom’s shell in the little churchyard in Vendale, where the old dalesmen all sleep side by side between the lime-stone crags. Example: January 28 2002, A Harry Griffin, The Guardian, A time to kill. The dalesmen's sport, fox-hunting on the fells, is gradually returning after its 11-months' foot-and-mouth ban.
Word: nanohole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole English nanohole From nano- + hole. 1. A hole of nanoscale dimensions; but especially one of an array of such holes on a semiconductor surface.
Word: dalesmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dalesman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demodulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English demodulate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English demodulator From demodulate + -or. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒdʃəleɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. Any device that demodulates a signal
Word: podcaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English internetwork English Internet English i- English pod English iPod Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast blend English podcast 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 podcaster From podcast + -er. 1. One who podcasts. Example: Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber^([sic]) have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.[…] When alpha male podcasters and bloggers boast that “Men’s Peak SMV is Age 37”, I agree. Example: The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).
Word: galet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gallet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: presentation software Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slideshow. Labels: uncountable
Word: pine tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pine tre, pynetre, pyne tree, pyn-tree, pintreow, from Old English pīntrēow (“pine tree”), also as pīnbēam (“pine tree”, literally “pine-beam”), equivalent to pine + tree. Compare West Frisian pynbeam (“pinetree”), Dutch pijnboom (“pine tree”). 1. Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus
Word: podcasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of podcaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rot + -er. 1. A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel. Labels: Australia, UK, slang Example: Calvin could be anywhere in this zoo. I hope he at least has the sense to stay put, wherever he is. Where would the little rotter go if he was lost and separated from his stuffed toy? Example: Some Johnny with brains produces a hypothesis. Everybody calls him a rotter at first. But he remains calm in the face of opprobrium.
Word: rotters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cream crackered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From knackered. 1. Knackered; tired, exhausted. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: 2019, Hop (character), Pokémon Sword and Shield, Game Freak Now, I'm cream-crackered! I'm for the Budew Drop Inn and some sleep. Example: It would have been about four in the morning in the UK and I’m sure Vicky was utterly cream crackered, but she’d never let me hear that in our daily calls.
Word: agony box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Suggesting that the sounds produced are painful to the listener. 1. A piano. Labels: slang 2. A phonograph. Labels: slang 3. A radio. Labels: slang
Word: albocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin albus (“white”) + -cracy, equivalent to albo- + -cracy. 1. Governance by white people, especially Europeans. Labels: uncountable
Word: alevin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French alevin. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ə.vən/ 1. Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.
Word: beer and skittles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Found as early as 1837, in Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, where it appears in the form, “It’s a reg’lar holiday to them—all porter and skittles”. The most common form, as a negative admonition, appears to have been popularized by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days (1857, see quotation below). 1. Fun times; pleasure and leisure. Labels: UK, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Well, well, we must bide our time. Life isn't all beer and skittles—but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education. Example: Being a soldier's wife isn't all beer and skittles.
Word: alevins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alevin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: back vowel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.
Word: intrigant Part of Speech: noun 1. An intriguer.
Word: decede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēcēdō (“to withdraw”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːd/ 1. To withdraw. Labels: obsolete Example: God had ordered them not to decede from this form
Word: poor power Part of Speech: noun 1. Limited ability. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. Example: Gibbie held her fast, and with all the ways in his poor power sought to comfort her.
Word: bedarken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English darken English bedarken From be- + darken. Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɑːkn̩/ 1. To make dim, or to darken, or obscure. Example: #*: for light spreads; all human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads, till all is luminous Example: Even if there had been a glimmer of light, the dust would have robbed us of it; it was dense enough to bedarken an out-of-doors spot.
Word: sandbur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + bur. Pronunciation: /ˈsændbəɹ/ 1. Any of several grasses, of the genus Cenchrus, found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr
Word: sandburs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandbur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burdocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burdock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedarkens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bedarken Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bedarkening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bedarken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bedarkened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bedarken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedarkened Part of Speech: adj 1. Dim, dark, or obscure Example: I walked into the bedarkened hallway and tripped over something.
Word: bulletproof vest Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʊl.ɪtpɹuːf vɛst/ 1. A garment worn over the torso that protects against projectiles.
Word: ballistic vest Part of Speech: noun 1. A bulletproof vest.
Word: ballistic vests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballistic vest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulletproof vests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bulletproof vest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: international law Part of Speech: noun 1. Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations. Labels: uncountable Example: The country's environmental ministry first set out to use international law to get Russia to pay for the environmental damages caused by the war in 2022, originally planning to file a claim to international courts when the war ended.
Word: maritime law Part of Speech: noun 1. The body of law concerning international trade on the high seas. Labels: uncountable
Word: consummations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consummation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English clutch English declutch From de- + clutch. Pronunciation: /diːˈklʌtʃ/ 1. To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
Word: double-declutch Part of Speech: verb 1. A method of changing gear in a vehicle which doesn't have synchromesh. The clutch is depressed to disengage the current gear, released while in neutral, and depressed again to obtain the next gear. Labels: dated Example: The Talbot-Darracq, with its leather seats And Biddy in beside me! I could show. Double-declutching to perfection now.
Word: synchromesh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From synchro- + mesh. 1. A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A device which functions like a synchronized transmission. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: synchromesh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From synchro- + mesh. 1. Having the quality of smoothly exchanging interlocking forces. Labels: not-comparable
Word: credit cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of credit card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hustling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hustle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hustling Part of Speech: noun 1. Act of one who hustles. Example: In every tableau sex is made volubly vocal and polyaudible: with a variety of unorthodox stage directions, we are cued to hear the whisperings, hustlings, solicitings, gossipings, bawlings, chortlings and cooings of Glebe's rabble […]
Word: put something into perspective Part of Speech: verb 1. To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea. Labels: idiomatic Example: You can put your worries into perspective when you realise how many people in the world are so much worse off than you.
Word: maply Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English mapel English maple English -y English maply From maple + -y. 1. Of, or pertaining to, maple.
Word: find one's feet Part of Speech: verb 1. To grow in confidence in a new situation as one gains experience. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you ask for help when you need it, you will soon find your feet.
Word: Bambi bucket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trade name. 1. Synonym of helicopter bucket.
Word: flat feet Part of Speech: noun 1. A physical condition where the soles of the feet are in full contact with the ground, either because the arches have collapsed or because they never developed. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: flat-footed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flat (adjective) + footed (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˌflætˈfʊtɪd/, /ˈflætˌfʊtəd/, /ˌflætˈfʊtəd/, [-ɾəd] 1. Of an animal: having feet which are naturally flat; (specifically) of a horse: having hoofs with soles close to the ground. Example: Bears are flat-footed animals. Example: [T]here have ben novv of late, Serpents knovvn flat-footed like Geeſe. 2. Of a person: having the physical condition of flat feet (“a condition where the soles of the feet are in full contact with the ground, either because the arches have collapsed or because they never developed”). Example: [T]he volunteer from the 9th company was shot because he wouldn't advance and made the excuse that he had swollen legs and was flat-footed. Example: The figure came up and squatted flatfooted on his haunches next to Patsy. In the dim glow of starlight and streetlight he saw a wrinkled face and a silvery goatee. 3. Of a thing (especially (rail transport) a rail): having a flat base; flat-bottomed. Labels: broadly Example: These rails, […] were of the "fish-bellied" pattern, but in practice, and as the demand increased, these were found troublesome to roll, and this difficulty led to the introduction of the flat-bottomed or "flat-footed" section of rail, combining a solid head with a flanged base. 4. Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse; clumsy. Labels: figuratively Example: The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flat-footed and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way. Example: Two Saudi battalions and a Qatari armored battalion were tasked with retaking the town, which they did in a slow and flat-footed fashion, supported by ample U.S. artillery and air power. 5. Unprepared, unready. Labels: US, figuratively Example: They were caught flat-footed when Clancy filed to enter the race. Example: To those who are younger, perhaps still building a career, I say to you, plan for it! No one should be caught flatfooted by the lengthening of middle age. 6. Direct, downright, straightforward; also, holding firmly to and maintaining a decision; standing one's ground. Labels: dated, figuratively, informal Example: Now, you need'nt talk 'bout your shoes, kase you see I'm barefooted, I haint got no shoes, tis true, but I stand flat-footed and damn the man who can move me one inch—do you hear that Wolfe! Example: All these remarks are in strict confidence, and I write in this way to urge you [Charles Follen McKim] to be explicit and flat-footed in your wishes.
Word: flat-footed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flat-foot + -ed (suffix forming past tense forms of regular verbs). Pronunciation: /ˌflætˈfʊtɪd/, /ˈflætˌfʊtəd/, /ˌflætˈfʊtəd/, [-ɾəd] 1. simple past and past participle of flat-foot. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: explement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin explēmentum, from expleō (“to fill up”). 1. The remainder of subtracting an angle from a full circle.
Word: milk teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milk tooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beyond one's pay grade Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Possibly from the correspondence of the pay grade to the level of authority in the U.S. civil service and in the U.S. armed forces. 1. Beyond one's level of authority. Labels: idiomatic Example: 1971, Testimony before U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Sir, I think that is a policy decision only the President can make. That is beyond my pay grade. 2. Beyond one's capability. Labels: idiomatic Example: Figuring out how it would work logistically is above and beyond my pay grade and my brain power.
Word: senior theater Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of dramatic art in which older adults perform. Labels: uncountable
Word: down cellar Part of Speech: adv 1. Downstairs; the opposite of upstairs. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I had to run down cellar to turn off the water main.
Word: kukri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali खुकुरी (khukurī). Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɹi/ 1. A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme. Example: In the later part of the Second World War it was customary in the French army to vaunt the ferocity of ‘their’ Algerian Tirailleurs against the Germans, much as the British took pride in the deeds performed by the Gurkhas with their terrible kukris. Example: Soon, however, the bayonets of the 72nd Highlanders and the kukris of the 2nd Gurkhas began to tell.
Word: kukris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kukri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bat-shit Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of batshit (in adjective sense “crazy”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: birdlife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + life. 1. Birds collectively; avifauna. Labels: uncountable Example: Introduction to California Birdlife describes the representative birds in California's seven major bioregions: ocean, seashore, coastal ranges, Central Valley, mountains and foothills, Great Basin, and deserts. Example: The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]
Word: hoaxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hoax Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: voice votes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voice vote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardballs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hardball Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: behind in the count Part of Speech: adj 1. Having fewer strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having more strikes than balls against a pitcher in an at-bat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ahead in the count Part of Speech: adj 1. Having more strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having fewer strikes than balls against a pitcher in an at-bat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: entrustment 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- English trust English entrust Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entrustment From entrust + -ment. 1. the act of entrusting Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: entrustments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entrustment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off-roader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English off- English road English off-road 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 off-roader From off-road + -er. 1. A vehicle that is designed to drive off the road. Labels: idiomatic
Word: crystallizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crystallize Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English crystallizable From crystallize + -able. 1. That can be crystallized.
Word: high and dry Part of Speech: adj 1. Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock. Labels: not-comparable 2. Abandoned, stranded, helpless. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 3. Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry" and austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" Broad Church. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: "There are two recognized parties in the church of England, the old High-and-dry church party, and the so-called Evangelical. To one or other of these two the Anglo-Catholic must conform." 4. With no condiments. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable, slang
Word: pick off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove by picking. Labels: literally Example: Before you recycle the bottle you need to pick off the label. 2. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one. Example: Let's pick off these issues starting from the top. Example: England's batsmen were nothing more than sitting ducks waiting to be picked off by these unerringly accurate marksmen. 3. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one. Example: The sniper picked off the incoming police one at a time. 4. To throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate. Example: The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe. 5. To intercept, such as a ball in flight. Example: But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.
Word: pick off Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of throwing out a batter leading off base. Example: The final out of the game was determined by a pick off.
Word: judgment call Part of Speech: noun 1. A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement. Example: The rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate. The reason for the rare judgment call? According to Rule 7.09 (i), a coach cannot "assist" a runner. 2. Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation. Example: This probably ought to be a judgment call made by individual teachers who know their students well. 3. The summons which will call the spirits of the deceased to their heavenly reward at the time of Final Judgment. Example: So stood I, by an atmosphere beguiled Of glad surprise, when first thy lips let fall The name I lightly carried when a child, That I shall rise to at the judgment call.
Word: judgement call Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of judgment call. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: negligent entrustment Part of Speech: noun 1. A tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality. Labels: uncountable
Word: incurrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin incurrēns (stem incurrēnt-), present active participle of incurrō (“run into, towards or upon”) (whence also incur), from in + currō (“run”). 1. Carrying inward; relating to an inward current. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity, water enters the ostia through small radially arranged incurrent canals formed by folding of the body wall.
Word: meself Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From me + -self. Pronunciation: [ˌmiˈsɛlf] 1. Alternative form of myself. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, slang Example: ‘True, I haven’t introduced meself.’
Word: unacted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + acted. 1. Not acted. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unacted drama
Word: unacted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unact Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unclenched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English clenched English unclenched From un- + clenched. 1. Not clenched Labels: not-comparable
Word: unclenched Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English clenched English unclenched From un- + clenched. 1. simple past and past participle of unclench Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underdevelop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English develop English underdevelop From under- + develop. 1. To develop insufficiently.
Word: underdevelops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underdevelop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: captation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin captatio, captationis, from capto. Compare French captation. Pronunciation: /kæpˈteɪʃən/ 1. A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: captation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin captatio, captationis, from capto. Compare French captation. Pronunciation: /kæpˈteɪʃən/ 1. Misspelling of coaptation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: underdeveloping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underdevelop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sneckdraw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneck + draw? 1. One who is sly, cunning, devious. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: sneckdraws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneckdraw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nimshy Part of Speech: noun 1. A fool.
Word: soodle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsuːdəl/ 1. To walk slowly. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: And as I soodled on and on, / The ground was warm to look upon. Example: […] we would gladly soodle a sloomy way home with a burred moon over us and the fern-owls chittering in the pingles and the holts.
Word: labefy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin labefacere. 1. To weaken. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: killick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of killock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: killicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of killick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: huckabuck Part of Speech: noun 1. A frozen dessert popular in Louisiana, consisting of a frozen sweet drink usually served in a paper cup. 2. Misspelling of huckaback. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: habnab Part of Speech: adj 1. Happening randomly. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: I put it Ev'n to your worship's bitterment, habnab; I shall have a chance of the dice for it.
Word: garboil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French garbouil, connected with Latin bullire (“to boil”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bɔɪl/ 1. Disorder; uproar. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: With greate vproares & garboile shal there bee arisinges of nacion against nacion & royalme against royalme. Example: She’s dead, my queen: Look here, and at thy sovereign leisure read The garboils she awaked; at the last, best: See when and where she died.
Word: enrollee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enroll + -ee. 1. A person who is enrolled, as in a school. Example: “For example,” the report said, “a number of obstetricians had wait times of more than one month, and one had wait times of more than two months for an enrollee who was eight weeks pregnant. Such lengthy wait times could result in a pregnant enrollee receiving no prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy.” Example: All of it focuses on the fall open enrollment season, the annual opportunity to change coverage. From Oct. 15 until Dec. 7, enrollees can shop Medicare’s marketplace for the prescription drug and Advantage plans offered by commercial insurance companies. They can also switch between fee-for-service original Medicare and Advantage.
Word: eesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ee Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English eesome From ee (“eye”) + -some. 1. Pleasing to the eye; attractive. Labels: obsolete Example: Look at them now, my leddy—Will onybody deny that that's an eesome couple ?
Word: clodpolish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clodpole Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English clodpolish From clodpole + -ish. 1. Awkward. Labels: obsolete
Word: bibble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bibben (whence bib; see there for more) + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪbəl/ 1. To eat and/or drink noisily. 2. To tipple. Labels: intransitive
Word: bibble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A false Yiddishism, based on no actual attested Yiddish. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪbəl/ 1. To worry. Labels: colloquial Example: "Foxes have holes,' Uncle Abner," said Daisy, " 'and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.' Why should we worry when we have such a bully place as this tent?" "Ish ka bibble," said the Reverend Frank. "Well," said I, "about the time the mosquitoes begin to come out of the marsh, you'll begin to bibble."
Word: bibble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Staffordshire dialectal bibble (pebble). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪbəl/ 1. A bit. Labels: uncommon Example: She burst into his studio one afternoon as the light failed, in disarray, a tear freezing on her cheek, her lips trembling and a little bibble of moisture working back and forth in her nostril as she breathed. Example: […] punish Glori because she prefers to rinse its cotton dress at home, in the toilet bowl? This time I wrapped the doll in corduroy before I chucked it in. "No bleach, Glori. Just a bibble of soap."
Word: bibble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of the aboriginal name "bimbil" for certain species of Eucalyptus. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪbəl/ 1. A species of Australian tree, the forest red gum, glossy-leaved box, or shiny-leaved box, Eucalyptus tereticornis. Labels: uncommon Example: "Bibble Box," " Broad-leaf Box," or " Peppermint Box." Useful for fencing purposes, &c. Strong and durable. Habitat, open forests and low flats. Plentiful in some localities. Flowering period varies. Example: The timber on the estate consists of white and bibble box, apple tree, red gum, ironbark, pine, and river oak. There are about 2,695 acres of dense pine scrub, interspersed with many of the natural scrubs and trees peculiar to[…]
Word: amurcous Part of Speech: adj 1. Smelly; stinky. Labels: archaic
Word: ananym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. English -nym English ananym From ana- (“backward”) + -nym (“name”). 1. A pseudonym derived by spelling one's name backwards.
Word: ananyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ananym Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: blinkard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblɪŋkə(ɹ)d/ 1. One with bad eyes. Labels: obsolete 2. A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot. Example: For I was of Christ's choosing, I God's knight, No blinkard heathen stumbling for scant light; I can well see, for all the dusty days Gone past, the clean great time of goodly fight.
Word: blinkards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blinkard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyalophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek, hyalo- + -phagy 1. The act of eating glass. Labels: uncountable
Word: Gradgrind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thomas Gradgrind, a pedantic teacher in Charles Dickens' Hard Times (1854). 1. One who relies solely on scientific measurements and observable facts without taking human nature into consideration. Example: They do just what all the practical men of this practical age are doing, what even the Gradgrinds are doing: they embody ideas; they put thoughts into facts. Example: “I was purring. I'm a Gradgrind—it's quite right—anything you can say about Herbert Spencer, vivisectors, materialistic Science or Atheists, applies without correction to me. […]”
Word: Gradgrinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gradgrind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a metathetic variation of gird (“to strike, smite, upbraid, scold, jibe”), from Middle English girden, gerden (“to strike, thrust, smite”, literally “smite with a rod”), from gerd, yerd (“a rod, yard”). More at yard. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪd/ 1. To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Where feeling one cloſe couched by her ſide / She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, / And to her weapon ran, in minde to gride / The loathed leachour. 2. To travel through something. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: So ſtoutly he withſtood their ſtrong aſſay, / Till that at laſt, when he aduantage ſpyde, / His poynant ſpeare he thruſt with puiſſant ſway / At proud Cymochles, whiles his ſhield was wyde, / That through his thigh the mortall ſteele did gryde[…] 3. To produce a grinding or scraping sound. Example: Fiercely flies The blast of North and East, and ice Makes daggers at the sharpen’d eaves, And bristles all the brakes and thorns To yon hard crescent, as she hangs Above the wood which grides and clangs Its leafless ribs and iron horns Together, in the drifts that pass To darken on the rolling brine That breaks the coast.
Word: gride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a metathetic variation of gird (“to strike, smite, upbraid, scold, jibe”), from Middle English girden, gerden (“to strike, thrust, smite”, literally “smite with a rod”), from gerd, yerd (“a rod, yard”). More at yard. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪd/ 1. A harsh grating sound. Example: The tumultuous noise resolved itself now into the disorderly mingling of many voices, the gride of many wheels, the creaking of waggons, and the staccato of hoofs.
Word: saponifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English saponify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English saponifiable From saponify + -able. 1. Suitable for use in soap production. 2. That can be saponified.
Word: phthisicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phthisic + -y. 1. Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
Word: shunpike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of shun + turnpike. 1. A side road or route. Example: In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called.
Word: shunpike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of shun + turnpike. 1. To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.
Word: auxetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”). Pronunciation: /ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/, /ɔkˈsɛtɪk/, /ɑkˈsɛtɪk/ 1. Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched. 2. Relating to auxesis
Word: auxetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”). Pronunciation: /ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/, /ɔkˈsɛtɪk/, /ɑkˈsɛtɪk/ 1. An auxetic material.
Word: capriped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin capriped-, capripēs. 1. Having or relating to feet like those of a goat. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] so deep in the confidence of nature in general that they seem to belong to the forest, and to be fellows with its denizens, like the capriped satyrs […]
Word: capriped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin capriped-, capripēs. 1. A goat-footed person; a satyr. Example: And into the hall twirled six capripeds, footing it lightly as the music swept ever faster, and a one-footer that leaped hither and thither about and about, as the flea hoppeth, till the Witches grew hoarse with singing and shouting and hounding of him on.
Word: Destot's space Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for radiologist Étienne Destot (1864-1918). 1. The space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones. Example: The wound on the back of the hand on the Shroud of Turin appears on the thumb side of the wrist, and any anatomy textbook will confirm that Destot's space is on the pinkie side of the wrist, where Barbet indeed sank his nails into his cadaver wrists."
Word: pythagorize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of Pythagorize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: magnetized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of magnetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: magnetized Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been made magnetic.
Word: interbreeding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interbreed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interbreeding Part of Speech: noun 1. breeding within a narrow range of individuals Labels: countable, uncountable 2. breeding between heterogeneous individuals Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: faculae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of facula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: facula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”). Pronunciation: /ˈfækjʊlə/ 1. A bright spot or patch between sunspots. Example: Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform, / Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]
Word: inspissated Part of Speech: adj 1. Thickened or dried by evaporation. 2. Concentrated or accentuated. Labels: figuratively Example: Fresh from the furnace glare, I can see nothing in this inspissated gloom. (James Bridie pseudonym Osborne Henry Mavor, A Change for the Worse, 1943) Example: I watched the right hon. Gentleman's face as his predecessor spoke this afternoon and I have never seen such inspissated gloom etched on a human visage in my life. When the right hon. Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher) said that she planned to support him in the next election, he must have been reminded of Lenin's promise to support the social democrats as the rope supports the hanged man. (Denis Healey, speaking in the UK House of Commons, 26 June 1991)
Word: inspissated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inspissate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: only fools and horses work Part of Speech: proverb 1. A philosophy of life, holding that people who do not look for (and find) an easy way of earning a living are foolish.
Word: mad dogs and Englishmen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verse/song by Noel Coward: "Mad dogs and Englishmen / Go out in the midday sun." 1. To express that it is very hot weather. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Only mad dogs and Englishmen would go out in this heat!
Word: duello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian duello. Doublet of duel. 1. A duel. Labels: obsolete Example: Come ſir Andrew, there's no remedie, the Gentleman will for his honors ſake haue one bowt with you: he cannot by the Duello avoide it: but hee has promiſed me, as he is a Gentleman and a Soldiour, he will not hurt you. Example: the duello or monomachia
Word: duelli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duello Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elastica Part of Speech: noun 1. A curve that minimizes bending energy; the shape that a thin flexible rod assumes when its endpoints are fixed. Example: This paper studies the snap-through of a pinned-clamped elastica when the support of the clamped end can be moved arbitrarily in plane. The universal snap curve, which describes the critical boundary conditions of the pinned-clamped elasticas, is firstly obtained by determining the saddle-node bifurcation points of the moment-rotation response curves. 2. Connective tissue that contains elastic fibers, such as that found in blood vessels or skin. Example: That the elastica interna becomes so modified in its staining properties, so swollen as to exceed ten times the original elastica in thickness, is a fact that cannot be doubted.
Word: iconodule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἰκονόδουλος (eikonódoulos), a compound of εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”) + δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”). 1. A person who supports the veneration of religious icons; an iconophile or iconodulist
Word: live by the sword, die by the sword Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From the Bible, Matthew 26:52, where Jesus rebukes one of his disciples for having used his sword against a servant of the High Priest of Israel. 1. One who uses violence can expect a violent response; it is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible. 2. One can expect dire outcomes from any vice; used to convey a sense that poetic justice is inevitable. Labels: figuratively 3. The means of one's success can become the means of one's downfall. Labels: figuratively Example: And in Dirk Diggler's most anguished scene, as he shouts at Jack Horner, "I'm ready to shoot my scene RIGHT NOW!" we learn that those who live by the sword can also die by it. Example: In the “live by the sword, die by the sword” category of ironic litigation, consider the fate of struggling hardware and software maker Sun Microsystems.
Word: kick down Part of Speech: verb 1. To break or demolish something by physical bodily force, especially stomping. Labels: transitive Example: The elderly woman was rescued off the floor after a young paramedic managed to kick her door down.
Word: put across Part of Speech: verb 1. to explain or state something clearly and understandably. Example: All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas. 2. to convey or communicate. Example: Yet, though the piece is preposterous hokum, the show is put across with enormous zest.
Word: pocket-handkerchief Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pocket handkerchief. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Here Mrs. Higgs paused for a moment, and drew out a huge red pocket-handkerchief, with which her face was for some minutes confounded. Example: Sheets, tablecloths, white gowns, and pocket-handkerchiefs were instantly in demand, and every one, as has been seen, entered, con amore, into the extempore entertainment of Pandemonic Revels.
Word: pocket-handkerchief Part of Speech: adj 1. Of small or restricted size. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: Throughout the land there is a great variation in the shape and size of village greens, from the many of pocket-handkerchief size to a roadside common of 20 acres or more - as at Lindfield in West Sussex. Example: The pocket-handkerchief garden had trees of cypress, olive, lemon and orange, she emphasized.
Word: pocket handkerchief Part of Speech: noun 1. handkerchief
Word: put oneself across Part of Speech: verb 1. To explain one's ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality. Labels: idiomatic Example: It is very important to put yourself across well at a job interview.
Word: rowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firecrackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firecracker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greater good Part of Speech: noun 1. The benefit of the public, of more people than a singular person or a small amount of people (especially if it requires some expense or sacrifice). Example: Cutting pensions is for the greater good of all citizens. Example: Moral powers therefore, and their improvements, must be the chief object of that infinitely good being's care and concern, whole scope in creating is the greater good of the whole.
Word: Xocomil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Xocomil, from Kaqchikel Xokomil, from xokom (“left; south”). 1. A wind over Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Word: ideolog Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of ideologue. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: That is the core of his beliefs in terms of takings. So he is an ideolog. He does not have the temperament for the bench.
Word: Satanists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Satanist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Erica. 1. Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants Example: I have now arrived at the third year since the ericas were seedlings and cuttings; and, as much can be said in this stage of their growth applicable to future years, it is my intention to do so.
Word: safecracker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From safe + cracker. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪfˌkɹækɚ/ 1. One who breaks into safes. Example: His fingers were slender and delicate, an evolutionary advantage for a safecracker.
Word: safecrackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safecracker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yegg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeggs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yegg Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seabirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seabird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seacoasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seacoast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of simulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autunite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Autun + -ite, after Autun, France, near which it was discovered in 1852. 1. A yellow mineral with tetragonal crystals, Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aerinite Part of Speech: noun 1. A blue mineral with monoclinic crystals, Ca₄(Al,Fe³⁺,Mg, Fe²⁺)₁₀Si₁₂O₃₅(OH)₁₂CO₃·12H₂O, made of clay and sometimes used as pigment. Labels: uncountable
Word: laytime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lay + time. 1. In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: repayable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English repay Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English repayable From repay + -able. 1. Able to be repaid. Labels: not-comparable Example: . I owe her a debt not repayable for how she has reared William. Example: The debt for being alive, the debt for being loved is only repayable by mercy. 2. to be repaid; owing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: repayable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English repay Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English repayable From repay + -able. 1. An amount, a loan, etc. to be repaid. Example: Proponents long have urged that these repayables be taken out of the picture of government's running expenses.
Word: virogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From viro- + -genesis. 1. The production or formation of a virus Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: turlough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish tur (“dry”) + loch (“lake”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.lɒx/ 1. A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season. Labels: Ireland Example: Naisi said that it was a turlough, or a disappearing lake, and that before the year's end, it would be full of water again. Example: How deep was that small lake—more a turlough really, filled with water in autumn and winter, a dry hollow in summer[…]
Word: turloughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turlough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin evitatus, past participle of evitare (“to shun”); e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”). 1. To shun; to avoid. Labels: obsolete Example: Since therein she doth evitate and shun / A thousand irreligious cursed hours
Word: bunching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bunch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present