nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + -uria. 1. A condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Clinically defined as urine output of less than 100 ml in 24 hours, anuria indicates either urinary tract obstruction or acute renal failure due to various mechanisms.[…]Anuria is rare; even with renal failure, the kidneys usually produce at least 75 ml of urine daily. Example: Changes in urinary pattern such as polyuria, oliguria, anuria, enuresis, and excessive thirst can be associated with tubular dysfunction.
Word: anuresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -uresis English anuresis From an- + -uresis. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.jʊˈɹiːsɪs/, /ˌæn.jəˈɹisɪs/ 1. The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder. Labels: uncountable Example: Kaido [35] describes a 53-year-old Japanese lady whose index presentation was with vomiting, anuresis, and clouded conscious state on a background of 6 months of apathy. Example: Suffice it to say that the urge to look over/down at their penises is powerful and the motives behind this urge so complex as to cause anuresis (which in turn ups the trauma).
Word: cleanability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, clean + -ability, or, by surface analysis, cleanable + -ity. 1. The state of being cleanable. Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which something is cleanable. Labels: countable
Word: close-up Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊsʌp/ 1. In near proximity. Labels: not-comparable Example: A worldwide TV audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop.
Word: close-up Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊsʌp/ 1. A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame. Example: All right, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Word: ebonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark; the trademark was From ebony + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈɛb.əˌnaɪt/ 1. The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: BRITISH CONSTRUCTION OF TELEGRAPHIC APPARATUS. R. S. Culley states that small insulators, formed of good porcelain, are the best, although, on several accounts, ebonite is recommended. Dirt and moisture are the principal things to be guarded against, but not all; for many mischievous boys, who would not take the trouble to break an unpretending black cap, can not resist the temptation of throwing at a large white one. Insects, especially spiders, are a source of peculiar annoyance. In the high roads of Ireland they are very troublesome, and in India, however large an insulator may be, an insect of the proper size is always ready to inhabit it. With respect to the construction of a line of telegraph the author states that it is preferable to use suspended rather than buried wires, because of the liability of gutta-percha and india-rubber to deteriorate underground, the expense of repairing faults, and the retardation of signals in consequence of the greater inductive capacity of wires so laid. On the other hand, gutta-percha is indestructible in sea-water, which is not, however, the case with india-rubber.
Word: handcar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + car. 1. A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism Example: Yours goes up and mine goes down / and then we do it the other way around. / Don't you give me that sigh, cause if we can't see eye-to-eye / then our missions will be always filled with strife, / cause a handcar is a metaphor for life. Example: A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it.
Word: letterman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English letter Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English letterman From letter + -man. 1. A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing. Labels: US Example: The children seem to catch their enthusiasm from the energetic instructors, ten of them former lettermen at Kansas universities. Example: Cousins told the students of their responsibility emphasizing that the sweaters were given them in recognition by the school that they were the “best in the field.” Coach Smith distributed the dark blue slip over sweaters with a gold block T on the front to the lettermen.
Word: oxymoronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English oxymoron Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English oxymoronic From oxymoron + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɒk.sɪˈmɔːɹ.ɒn.ɪk/, /ˌɑk.sɪ.məˈɹɑ.nɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to an oxymoron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Maxonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined to identify a group of alumni of King's School, Macclesfield, at Oxford University as a blend of Macclesfield + Oxonian, which was then applied to residents of the town in general. Pronunciation: /mæksˈnəʊ.ni.ən/, /mæksˈnoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] gleeful grins on their faces and arms wrapped around girls of known questionable reputation who no self-respecting Maxonian lad would have touched with a barge pole. Example: An exhibition and play will both examine the Maxonian band's legacy.
Word: Maxonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined to identify a group of alumni of King's School, Macclesfield, at Oxford University as a blend of Macclesfield + Oxonian, which was then applied to residents of the town in general. Pronunciation: /mæksˈnəʊ.ni.ən/, /mæksˈnoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Macclesfield. Example: As a fellow Macclesfieldian—or Maxonian as one was inexplicably called—I was fascinated to read the whole factual story of St Peter's Working Men's Institute, whose weekly affairs I used to report, all unknowing, in the days of bicycle clips and wet macs. Example: My thanks to my friends Clifford and Pauline Baillie, true Maxonians both, who helped me with local colour and phrases.
Word: gruffness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gruff 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 gruffness From gruff + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being gruff Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grubbiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grubby 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 grubbiness From grubby + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being grubby. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gruesomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gruesome 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 gruesomeness From gruesome + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being gruesome. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: grouchiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grouchy 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 grouchiness From grouchy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being grouchy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grotesqueness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō) Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor. Latin crypta Italian grotta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -esco Italian grottescobor. Middle French grotesquebor. English grotesque 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 grotesqueness From grotesque + -ness. 1. Synonym of grotesquerie, the quality of being grotesque. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was aware of a perverse flicker of thought in herself: If this idea did, somehow, have legs (which it almost certainly did not – it was crazy, maybe illegal, unsavory to the point of grotesqueness), then she’d want to get a real writer on it.
Word: grossness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gross 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 grossness From gross + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊsnəs/ 1. Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now that he was doing so much else she could never have the grossness to apply for it to Sir Claude. Example: He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings. The clowns soon found that he did not know wheat from rye, and began to despise him; one of the boys, by pretending to show him a bird's nest, decoyed him into a ditch; […] 2. The quality of being repulsive or disgusting. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. Size. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: grogginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English groggy 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 grogginess From groggy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being groggy. Labels: uncountable 2. Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, resulting in a hobbling gait. Labels: uncountable
Word: gorgeousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gorgeous Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 gorgeousness From gorgeous + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being gorgeous Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grittiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gritty 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 grittiness From gritty + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being gritty. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: grisliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grisly 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 grisliness From grisly + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being grisly. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: grimness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grimnesse, from Old English grimnes (“severity, fierceness, cruelty”), equivalent to grim + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being grim. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This one was almost featureless, as if still in the making, with an aspect of monotonous grimness. Example: This is a good example of Huxley's method of setting off against each other the frivolities of the artificial world and the grimnesses of the real one […]
Word: griminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grimy 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 griminess From grimy + -ness. 1. The characteristic or quality of being grimy. Labels: uncountable
Word: long ago Part of Speech: adv 1. At a time in the past, especially the distant past. Example: There was a Roman fort here long ago. Example: How long ago did she die? It's not that long ago that she did.
Word: long ago Part of Speech: adj 1. Existing in the relatively distant past. Labels: not-comparable Example: The answer, according to James Moore, who as minister of Canadian heritage is in charge of the campaign, is that the government simply wants the long-ago war, which few Canadians know well, to be remembered. Example: Back in the long ago days of the 2000 season, the New England Patriots were a 5-11 mess of a team that finished in the cellar of the AFC East. It was an inauspicious start to the tenure of head coach Bill Belichick.
Word: toros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disparaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disparage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pine cone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pinecone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ben had lighted the candles and the big logs on the hearth burst into flame as he threw on pine cones and pieces of driftwood.
Word: pine cones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pine cone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planispheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planisphere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Enoch Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ). Pronunciation: /ˈiːnək/, /ˈiːnɒk/ 1. In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death. Example: Enoch was the son of Jared, and was Noah’s great grandfather. Example: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 2. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible. 3. First son of Cain. Example: And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 4. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Example: There Enoch spoke no word to any one, But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? His home, he walk'd. 5. A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.
Word: hunter-gathering Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to hunter-gatherers. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] groups in other hunter-gathering and agricultural societies.
Word: hunter-gathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hunter-gather Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hunter-gatherers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hunter-gatherer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cudighi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from Milanese dialect (codighino or cotichino; compare Cotechino Modena); it is not found in modern Italian. 1. A type of spicy sausage (or a sandwich made thereof from it) made primarily in upper Michigan. Example: This was the period when pizza was making its way onto the American culinary scene, and Tino sold cudighis along with pizza as bar food.
Word: Esselen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499). 1. An indigenous population native to the region of Big Sur on the Central Coast of California. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Esselen Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499). 1. The language of this people.
Word: Salinan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The Salinan were named after the Salinas River by Robert Latham first in 1856, and by John Wesley Powell in 1891. 1. A member of an indigenous population native to the region of the Salinas Valley, California.
Word: Salinan Part of Speech: name Etymology: The Salinan were named after the Salinas River by Robert Latham first in 1856, and by John Wesley Powell in 1891. 1. The language of this people.
Word: Salinans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Salinan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dirhem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish dirhem, from Ottoman Turkish درهم (dirhem), borrowing from Persian درهم (dirham), borrowing from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), borrowing from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn), borrowing from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and adarme. 1. A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously reckoned as 1.5–3.5 g (0.05–0.12 oz.). Example: At Aleppo, and its port Scanderoon, the cantaro contains 100 rottoli, each of which is subdivided into 12 ounces, or 720 drachms... The rottolo with which the silks from Tripoli, and other parts of Syria, are weighed, consists of 700 drachms, answering to 4⅞ avoirdupois. The rottolo used in weighing the Persian silks contains 680 drachms, or nearly 4¾ lbs. avoirdupois. The rottolo of Damascus, with which brass, camphor, benzoin, spikenard, balsam of Mecca, and other drugs are weighed, contains 600 drachms, or 4¹⁄₅ lbs. avoirdupois. Five rottoli, or 3600 drachms, make what is called a vesno... At Saide, in Syria, (the ancient Sidon,) silk and sattin yarn are weighed with the rottolo of Damascus, of 600 drachms; 100 such rottoli answering to about 410 lbs. avoirdupois... At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois. At Tripoli, the cantaro weight contains 100 rottoli, each of 6 ounces, or 128 termini; this cantaro answers to 168 lbs. peso sotile of Venice, or about 12 lbs. avoirdupois... Example: Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔). 2. Alternative form of dirham: a former silver coin weighing one dirhem; modern currencies named for it. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gilet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gilet (“vest, waistcoat”), from regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the French word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Doublet of jelick. Pronunciation: /ˈʒiːleɪ/, /ˈʒɪleɪ/, /ʒɪˈleɪ/ 1. A waistcoat worn by a man. Labels: historical 2. A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately. Labels: historical 3. A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth. Labels: broadly
Word: gilets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gilet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sesquilinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sesqui- (“one and a half”) + linear; “conjugate linear” being considered metaphorically “half linear”, hence one and a half times linear, as opposed to bilinear (“linear in both variables”). 1. (of a map of a complex vector space) Linear in one coordinate and conjugate linear in the other Labels: not-comparable
Word: acrocephaline Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Acrocephalus genus of warblers Labels: not-comparable
Word: drop-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from drop out. 1. Alternative spelling of dropout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: illegitimacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From illegitimate + -cy; may also be analyzed as il- + legitimacy. Pronunciation: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾɨməsi] 1. The state of being illegitimate. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being illegitimate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: observation deck Part of Speech: noun 1. An area of a tall building, often open to the sky, from which the public may look at the surrounding panorama. 2. A building (such as a hide) from which people may observe wildlife.
Word: overrepresented Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English represented English overrepresented From over- + represented. 1. simple past and past participle of overrepresent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overrepresented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English represented English overrepresented From over- + represented. 1. Represented to an excessive degree, or in excessive numbers.
Word: overrepresentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English representation English overrepresentation From over- + representation. 1. The condition of being overrepresented. Labels: uncountable Example: Grok replied: "Yes, Jewish executives have historically founded and still dominate leadership in major studios like Warner Bros., Paramount, and Disney. Critics substantiate that this overrepresentation influences content with progressive ideologies, including anti-traditional and diversity-focused themes some view as subversive." 2. An excessive representation. Labels: countable
Word: aerosol can Part of Speech: noun 1. A canister whose pressurized contents may be released as an aerosol when a button is pressed.
Word: carotid artery Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of carotid. Example: Mistakes such as a patient's near suffocation from a sponge that Sims forgot to remove from his mouth and Sims's failure to stanch a patient's bleeding from the carotid artery were also given short shrift. Example: Bronca can almost feel the hard pulse of blood in five other carotid arteries and hear its rush in five other sets of ears as she leans her hands on the table.
Word: unlawfulness Part of Speech: noun 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 lawful 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 unlawfulness From un- + lawful + -ness. 1. The state of being unlawful. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: criminality, feloniousness, illicitness Example: They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial. 2. An unlawful act. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonyms: offense; outrage
Word: prayermat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of prayer mat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rebab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb), plural of رَبَابَة (rabāba). Compare Middle French rebec, Classical Persian رُبَاب (rubāb). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbæb/ 1. A stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries Example: A last cricket scratched mournfully at its rebab.
Word: reimmersed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reimmerse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reimmerse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English immerse English reimmerse From re- + immerse. 1. To immerse again
Word: Rexist Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to or advocating Rexism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Rexist Part of Speech: noun 1. A follower or advocate of Rexism.
Word: Rexism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēx French -ism French rexismeslbor. English Rexism Semi-learned borrowing from French rexisme. By surface analysis, Latin rēx + English -ism. 1. A fascist movement active in Belgium from 1935 to 1945; the ideology of the Rexist Party Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rightabout Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of right-about. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: right-about Part of Speech: noun 1. A 180-degree turn towards the right (especially of troops)
Word: roup sale Part of Speech: noun 1. An auction. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Moreover, facilitated by the burgeoning secondhand market in furniture and other household goods, created through roup sales and auctions, the furnishing and decoration of much more modest households had undergone changes that were, in their way, just as significant by about 1800.
Word: rum-tum Part of Speech: noun 1. A light rowing boat used for racing on the Thames
Word: Rungu Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an ethnic people of Borneo. 2. A member of an ethnic people of Tanzania.
Word: Rungu Part of Speech: name 1. The language of the Rungu from Borneo. 2. The language of the Rungu from Tanzania.
Word: salsify Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French salsifis. Pronunciation: /ˈsælsɪfi/ 1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 3. Pseudopodospermum hispanicum (syn. Scorzonera hispanica), a plant similar in flavor to T. porrifolius, with lanceolate leaves; cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root. Known in particular as "black salsify" among other common names Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 4. The edible root of these plants. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: saponified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of saponify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saponified Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated by saponification
Word: saucerful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English saucerful, saucerfull, sauserful, sawcyr full; equivalent to saucer + -ful. 1. As much as a saucer will hold. 2. The contents of a saucer.
Word: saveloy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a corruption of cervelat (“Swiss smoked beef or pork sausage”) or French cervelas (“type of thick, short sausage”) (perhaps influenced by Savoy (“historical region in western Europe now shared between modern France, Italy, and Switzerland”)), both from Old French cervelat, from Italian cervellata (compare Italian cervelletto (“cerebellum”), cervello (“brain”), probably from the fact that the sausage was originally made from pork brains), from Old Milanese Lombard zervelada, from Latin cerebellum (“brain; little brain”), from cerebrum (“brain”) (from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ellum (suffix forming diminutives). Pronunciation: /ˈsævəlɔɪ/, /ˈsævəˌlɔɪ/, /ˈsævəloɪ/, /ˈsɛvəloe/ 1. A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: Savoloys. TAKE ſix pounds of young pork, free it from bone and ſkin, and ſalt it with one ounce of ſalt-petre, and a pound of common ſalt, for two days; [...] Example: Savaloys, or Cervelas. [...] Fill the gut, and bake the savaloys for half an hour in a moderate oven.
Word: schoolma'am Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + ma'am. 1. A schoolmarm. Labels: informal
Word: schussing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of schuss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: schussing Part of Speech: noun 1. Fast downhill skiing. Labels: uncountable
Word: scrapmerchant Part of Speech: noun 1. A dealer in scrap
Word: scrimshanker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrimshank + -er. 1. A shirker; one who scrimshanks. Labels: UK, slang Example: “As good a boy as I want,” said Revere, the admiring skipper. “The best of the batch,” said the Adjutant to the Colonel. “Keep back that young skrimshanker Porkiss, sir, and let Revere make him sit up.”
Word: saccholactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French saccholactique, corresponding to a contracted form of saccharo- + lactic. 1. Designating a kind of acid (saccholactic acid) prepared from sugar of milk. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: scrimshank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unclear. One hypothesis is that it derives from (the noun scrimshanker, from) scrimp + swanker (old military slang for someone who works hard). 1. To shirk duty. Labels: UK, slang
Word: scuzz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from scuzzy. 1. A scuzzy person, an unpleasant or disgusting person. Labels: countable, slang Example: For example, when the poor surviving father – the excellent actor Robert Forster as “Eddie Marino” – sees a pious liberal judge suspend the sentence on the scuz that killed his son, he goes berserk in the courtroom – and he ends up in the slammer for contempt of court! 2. A scuzzy thing, a disgusting substance, especially dirt or grime. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: settle down Part of Speech: verb 1. To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It took John a while to settle down after the phone call. Example: In terms of passenger route mileage, the UK railway of early 1970 had settled down to close to the present level, although there was still some pruning to do. 2. To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying. Labels: intransitive 3. To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances. Labels: intransitive Example: I have not yet settled down in my new apartment.
Word: shagreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1677, an Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (modern Turkish sağrı). However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, and likely of Germanic origin. Whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/ 1. An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The following day the treasures of the mysterious tower came pouring in: pictures, statues, gems, shells, china, stuffed beasts and birds, tables, vases, petrifactions, arms, mandarins, &c. &c.; and among them the shagreen skin, with the injunction, "Sell it for any thing—nothing—give it away; only, get rid of it." Example: On the old lecturn or reading-stand which he used for his heavier tomes, The Testaments of Carnamagos, in its covers of shagreen with hasps of human bone, lay open at the very page which had frightened him so unreasonably with its eldritch intimations. 2. A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the shagreen dots be carefully observed they will be found to possess an annular arrangement. Example: The shagreen of the abdominal tergites generally consists of small spinules, singly or in caudally convex arcs.
Word: shagreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears c. 1677, an Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (modern Turkish sağrı). However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, and likely of Germanic origin. Whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/ 1. To give a texture resembling shagreen leather. Labels: transitive
Word: margaric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French margarique (in acide margarique), ultimately from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”). 1. Pertaining to pearl or pearls (rare except in the designation of margaric acid) Example: The men in her life were all swine before whom she'd cast the margaric treasures of her mind and body.
Word: siphonapteran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Siphonaptera + -an 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the order Siphonaptera of fleas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: siphonapteran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Siphonaptera + -an 1. Any species of the order Siphonaptera, a flea. Example: Absence of peripheral singlets, though with varying numbers of central singlets, is seen not only in mecopterans and siphonapterans but also in mycetophilid dipterans, and trichopterans. Example: Members of the genus Blastocrithidia are common pathogens of dipterans, hemipterans, and siphonapterans.
Word: QVL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of qualified vendor list. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: snow bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of snow-bird. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snow-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several small birds including the snow bunting and snowfinch
Word: snuffling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snuffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snuffling Part of Speech: noun 1. A breathy noise; a snuffle
Word: sociologism Part of Speech: noun 1. The attribution of a sociological basis to another discipline. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sound box Part of Speech: noun 1. The open chamber (resonator) of a stringed musical instrument, which intensifies its tone.
Word: stalag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Stalag (“POW camp”). 1. A German prisoner-of-war camp, especially in World War II. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. A genre of Nazi exploitation Holocaust pornography in Israel that flourished in the 1950s and early 1960; a work in that genre. Labels: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: stalag fiction; a stalag novel Example: After decades in dusty back rooms and closets, the Stalags, a peculiar Hebrew concoction of Nazism, sex and violence, are re-emerging in the public eye. And with them comes a rekindled debate on the cultural representation here of Nazism and the Holocaust, and whether they have been unduly mixed in with a kind of sexual perversion and voyeurism that has permeated even the school curriculum. […] The Stalags were practically the only pornography available in the Israeli society of the early 1960s, which was almost puritanical. […] More provocatively, the movie contends that Stalag pornography was but a popular extension of the writings of K. Tzetnik, the first author to tell the story of Auschwitz in Hebrew and a hero of the mainstream Holocaust literary canon.
Word: streetseller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From street + seller. 1. A person who sells things in the street rather than from premises.
Word: strongroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: strong + room 1. A strongly built room or vault where valuables may be safely stored. Example: All of Sellafield is in a holding pattern, trying to keep waste safe until it can be consigned to the ultimate strongroom: the geological disposal facility (GDF), bored hundreds of metres into the Earth’s rock, a project that could cost another £53bn.
Word: swaggering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swagger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swaggering Part of Speech: adj 1. Boastful, proud, self-confident.
Word: swaggering Part of Speech: noun 1. Boastful, blustering behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since the return of the redoubtable head of the French people to Paris, I have been no less amused by his ill-digested boastings and swaggerings, than I was before delighted by the complete discomfiture of his ambitious plans.
Word: rambutans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rambutan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of palm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suedette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suede + -ette. 1. A fabric, made from cotton or rayon, that has the texture of suede. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: suggestion box Part of Speech: noun 1. A receptacle with an opening into which people may place slips of paper containing suggestions for improvement, or for similar feedback.
Word: Tasmanian wolf Part of Speech: noun 1. thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
Word: thermophonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thermo- + -phonic. 1. Caused by thermal fluctuations Labels: not-comparable
Word: threadworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thread + worm. 1. A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis. 2. The pinworm. Labels: Australia, UK
Word: pinworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + worm. 1. Any of several nematode worms, of the family Oxyuridae, that are parasitic to mammals
Word: throatily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English throaty Middle English -ly English -ly English throatily From throaty + -ly. 1. In a throaty manner. Example: His heart sank at the vision on the veranda: Syed Omar, in newspaper shirt, making a spectacular entrance, crooning throatily.
Word: through-stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of through stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: throw rug Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of area rug.
Word: thumbs-down Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of thumbs down. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thumbs-down Part of Speech: verb 1. To disapprove with a thumbs-down sign. Labels: transitive Example: He stood outside the dressing room and thumbs-upped or thumbs-downed each choice.
Word: thumbs-up Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of thumbs up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thumbs-up Part of Speech: verb 1. To approve with a thumbs-up sign. Labels: transitive Example: He stood outside the dressing room and thumbs-upped or thumbs-downed each choice.
Word: toadsticker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toad + sticker. 1. A sword or large knife. Labels: slang Example: "That's a neat toadsticker you got there, Mr. Arrowshirt," said the inquisitive boggie.
Word: toothmug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tooth + mug. 1. A mug for holding dentures when not in use. 2. A mug for holding toothpaste and toothbrushes, and then water for cleaning the teeth.
Word: toothpuller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tooth + puller. 1. A person who would extract teeth for a small charge at fairs, etc. Labels: historical
Word: topazine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English topaz Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English topazine From topaz + -ine. 1. Resembling topaz, especially in colour
Word: touch-me-not Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Lupus. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 5. A queer person, typically a lesbian, who does not want to receive sexual pleasure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tranks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1860s, of unclear origin. Perhaps from French tranche. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋk/, /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋk/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut.
Word: trank Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋk/, /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋk/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. Alternative spelling of tranq (“tranquilizer”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trank Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋk/, /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋk/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. Alternative spelling of tranq (“tranquilize”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trapezial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trapez(ium) or trapez(ius) + -ial. 1. In the form of a trapezium. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the trapezius muscle. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or pertaining to the trapezium bone of the wrist. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heteronormative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English normative English heteronormative From hetero- + normative. The word was popularized by the American social theorist Michael Warner (born 1958) in a 1991 journal article: see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːmətɪv/, /ˌhɛtɹəʊˈnɔːmətɪv/, /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈnoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾə-], [-ɾɪv] 1. Of or relating to the institutions and practices that privilege or value heterosexuality, heterosexual relationships, and traditional gender roles as fundamental and "natural" within society. Example: Much of the language used when discussing wedding planning is heteronormative, which can alienate homosexual couples. Example: [T]he new wave of lesbian and gay studies is at the point of having to force a thorough revision within socio-theoretical traditions, of the kind being won by feminism. There are a number of distinct reasons why that engagement has become necessary: […] concepts and themes of social theory that might be pressed to this purpose are in fact useless or worse because they embed a heteronormative understanding of society; […]
Word: tricorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tricornis (“three-horned; three-pronged”). By surface analysis, tri- + corn(er). Compare French tricorne (“three-cornered hat”). Doublet of tricorne. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪkɔːn/, /ˈtɹaɪkɔɹn/ 1. A three-cornered hat, with the brim turned up. 2. A three-horned fractal.
Word: tricorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tricornis (“three-horned; three-pronged”). By surface analysis, tri- + corn(er). Compare French tricorne (“three-cornered hat”). Doublet of tricorne. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪkɔːn/, /ˈtɹaɪkɔɹn/ 1. Having three horns or similar projections. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tromp-l'oeil Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of trompe l'oeil. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tub chair Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep chair having a semicircular form
Word: underrepresented Part of Speech: adj 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 represented English underrepresented From under- + represented. 1. Having less than adequate or sufficient representation. Example: Over more than four decades between 1978 and 2019, the proportion of medical school enrollees who identify as Black, Hispanic or members of other underrepresented groups has stayed “well below” the proportions that each group represented in the general US population, according to a 2021 report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Word: underrepresented Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of underrepresent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underrepresent 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 represent English underrepresent From under- + represent. 1. To represent something as being lower or smaller than is the case. 2. To give something insufficient or inadequate representation. Example: Kessler […] said that he decided to run for alderman because he felt that Triplett underrepresented the ward.
Word: mou Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Cantonese 冇 (mou5), also influenced by Malay mau variant of mahu (“to want”). 1. Sentence-final particle, forms a tag question. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial Example: Kopitiam mou? Example: Day trip mou?
Word: untellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English untellable; equivalent to un- + tellable. 1. That cannot be told; indefinable, indescribable or ineffable.
Word: uropoïesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of uropoiesis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: uropoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- English -poiesis English uropoiesis From uro- + -poiesis. 1. The production of urine by the kidneys and its subsequent excretion Labels: uncountable
Word: vicar apostolic Part of Speech: noun 1. A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.
Word: vitrified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vitrify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vitrified Part of Speech: adj 1. Converted into glass. Example: Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway.
Word: facts on the ground Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from put facts on the ground. 1. The situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only 2. Some aspects of the situation in a particular location. Labels: literally, plural, plural-only 3. The presence of military forces in a territory, rendering moot any debate over ownership. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: The author referred to "continued evictions and relentless purchases of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, the process of the right of return granted to Jews but not to Arabs, the so-called facts on the ground of hardening concrete over the future, over future generations of Palestinian and Israeli children who will inherit the conflict and find it even more difficult to resolve than it is today."