nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: walking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/, /ˈwaːk.ɪn/, /ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/, /ˈwɑ.kɪŋ/ 1. verbal noun of walk. Labels: countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable Example: Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens. Example: Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.
Word: carrying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈkaɹɪj.ɪŋ/, /ˈkɛɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈkaɾe.ɪŋ/, /ˈkaɹi.ɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of carry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carrying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈkaɹɪj.ɪŋ/, /ˈkɛɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈkaɾe.ɪŋ/, /ˈkaɹi.ɪŋɡ/ 1. Transportation. Example: carryings away of goods Example: More depressing was an 11 per cent drop of over £2.8 million in receipts from merchandise and livestock carryings, compared with the first 12 weeks of 1958, when the results were themselves poor in relation to previous achievements.
Word: vaporise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From vapor + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vaporize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Overheating of the secondary winding had vaporised the circulating oil in the transformer tank and the vapour had passed into the conservator tank, which was not adequately vented to the atmosphere; increasing internal pressure then lifted the tank cover, allowing vapour to escape.
Word: teratophiliac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English terato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English teratophilia English -ac English teratophiliac From teratophilia + -ac. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹ.ə.təˌfɪl.i.æk/ 1. Someone who is sexually attracted to deformed and/or monstrous people.
Word: raised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of raise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: raised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹeɪzd/ 1. Embossed, in relief. Example: The colour finish is the latest Southern green, with gold lines, with the name Channel Packet in raised lettering on a red background on a cast brass ring, surrounding a replica of the house flag of the S.R. fleet in vitreous enamel in the centre. 2. Leavened, especially with yeast. Example: raised dough
Word: moved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /muːvd/ 1. Emotionally affected; touched. Example: What happened to that girl in the film was so awful – I was extremely moved. 2. Convinced. Labels: obsolete Example: I am ſtrongly moou’d, That if I ſhould deſire the Perſean Crowne, I could attaine it with a woondrous eaſe, […]
Word: moved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /muːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of move Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: observed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvd/, /əbˈzɜːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of observe Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich N-substituted pyrroles are much less reactive than the other 5-membered 1,3-dienes; no reaction was observed between N-(trimethylsilyl) pyrrole or N-benzylpyrrole with Smith’s diene (4) under thermal or high pressure (4 days at 14 kbar) conditions, even in the presence of Lewis acids.
Word: observed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvd/, /əbˈzɜːvd/ 1. Exceptionally celebrated on a date other than the usual date. Example: Sunday, July 1: Canada Day; Monday, July 2: Canada Day observed.
Word: offered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɒfəd/, /ˈɔfɚd/, /ˈɑfɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of offer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intended Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/ 1. Planned. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2002, United States General Accounting Office, Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance read at https://web.archive.org/web/20060516081005/http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02787.pdf on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for intended purposes and not misused. 2. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The same advauncing high above his head, With sharpe intended sting so rude him smott
Word: intended Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/ 1. Fiancé or fiancée. Example: His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended. Example: That the monsters exceed the boundaries of scale produces much stageplay for the male suitors. For instance, when they must approach their "intendeds," the suitors slowly and with great trepidation approach, quickly speak, and scurry away like the frightened bunnies they are; when they must make actual contact, Fetherfool runs up and down a ladder to salute the Giant.
Word: intended Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of intend Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay.
Word: produced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːst/, /pɹəˈdjuːst/, /pɹəˈdust/ 1. simple past and past participle of produce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: declared Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛəd/, /dɪˈklɛɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of declare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: declared Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛəd/, /dɪˈklɛɹd/ 1. Openly avowed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: named Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /neɪmd/ 1. Having a name. Labels: not-comparable Example: The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones. 2. An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: named Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /neɪmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of name Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Near-synonym: called (verb) Example: Her dog is named Lucky.
Word: required Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹd/, /ɹɪˈkwaɪəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of require Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: required Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹd/, /ɹɪˈkwaɪəd/ 1. Necessary; obligatory; mandatory. Example: required course Example: legally required
Word: ordered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dəd/, /ˈoɹ.dɚd/, /ˈoː.dəd/ 1. In order, not messy, tidy. Example: If Euston is not typically English, St. Pancras is. Its façade is a nightmare of improbable Gothic. It is fairly plastered with the aesthetic ideals of 1868, and the only beautiful thing about it is Barlow's roof. It is haunted by the stuffier kind of ghost. Yet there is something about the ordered whole of St. Pancras that would make demolition a terrible pity. Example: Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team. 2. Equipped with a partial or total order which, in any of several technical senses, respects the algebraic structure of the object (if such structure exists). See . Labels: often
Word: ordered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dəd/, /ˈoɹ.dɚd/, /ˈoː.dəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of order Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: forced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔɹst/, /fɔːst/, /fo(ː)ɹst/, /foəst/ 1. simple past and past participle of force Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: forced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɔɹst/, /fɔːst/, /fo(ː)ɹst/, /foəst/ 1. Obtained forcefully, not naturally. Example: The forced labor went on for 14 years. 2. Opened or accessed using force. 3. Produced by strain; not spontaneous; insincere. Example: forced laughter
Word: repeated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of repeat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repeated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/ 1. Having been said or done again. Example: The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification. Example: The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
Word: decided Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of decide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decided Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/ 1. Determined; resolute. Example: A woman of decided opinions 2. Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable. Example: It was a decided victory. Example: There was a decided ugliness to the patch of waste ground.
Word: decided Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/, /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/ 1. A voter etc. who has reached their decision. Example: […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.
Word: mentioned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnʃənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mention Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accepted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept English -ed English accepted From accept + -ed. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/, /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/, /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of accept Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accepted.
Word: accepted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept English -ed English accepted From accept + -ed. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛp.tɪd/, /ækˈsɛp.tɪd/, /ɪkˈsɛp.tɪd/ 1. Generally approved, believed, or recognized.
Word: talked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɔːkt/, [tʰɔːkt], /tɔkt/, /tɑkt/, /tɑːkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of talk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dropped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹɑpt/, [dɹɑpt], [d͡ʒɹɑpt], /dɹɒpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of drop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dropped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɹɑpt/, [dɹɑpt], [d͡ʒɹɑpt], /dɹɒpt/ 1. allowed to drop or fall. Labels: not-comparable 2. suddenly disconnected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: finished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃt/ 1. Processed or perfected. Labels: comparable Example: He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance. 2. Completed; concluded; done. Example: I won't be finished until just before lunch. Example: The program was finally finished after three hours. 3. Done for; doomed; used up. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Six years ago, I inherited a Labour Party that was politically, financially and morally bankrupt. I was told, time and time again, that my party was finished.
Word: finished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of finish Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.
Word: presented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈzɛntɪd/ 1. Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified properties. Labels: not-comparable
Word: presented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈzɛntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of present Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remembered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚd/, /ɹɪˈmɛmbəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of remember Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: regarded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɑː.dəd/, /ɹɪˈɡɑɹ.dəd/, /-dɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of regard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: regarded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated on imageboard website 4chan. Popularized on Reddit beginning around 2022 in response to increasing censorship of the words retard and retarded. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɑː.dəd/, /ɹɪˈɡɑɹ.dəd/, /-dɪd/ 1. Filter-avoidance spelling of retarded. Labels: Internet, euphemistic Example: Don't listen to them they're regarded Example: Statists are very regarded
Word: obtained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈteɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of obtain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: expressed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛst/, /ɛkˈspɹɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of express Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: expressed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛst/, /ɛkˈspɹɛst/ 1. transcribed Labels: not-comparable
Word: refused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfjuːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of refuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: occupied Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɒkjʊpaɪd/, /ˈɑkjəpaɪd/, /ˈɒkjəpaɪd/, /ˈɔkjəpɑed/, [ˈɔ̟kjəpɑe̯d] 1. Reserved; engaged. Example: The stall on the left is occupied. 2. Busy; unavailable. Example: She is occupied at the moment. 3. Subjugated; under the control of a foreign (usually military) presence. Example: My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945. Example: As he creeps towards the main road, someone, another occupied former human, pokes their head around the corner, then calls to others in the strange language, pointing him out. Wheeler stops in his tracks. In another moment, ten or eleven non-people are advancing on him from the road. Two of them are carrying something with them, a limp, badly broken human— a normal human, Wheeler realises with some shock, like him.
Word: occupied Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈɒkjʊpaɪd/, /ˈɑkjəpaɪd/, /ˈɒkjəpaɪd/, /ˈɔkjəpɑed/, [ˈɔ̟kjəpɑe̯d] 1. Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.
Word: occupied Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɒkjʊpaɪd/, /ˈɑkjəpaɪd/, /ˈɒkjəpaɪd/, /ˈɔkjəpɑed/, [ˈɔ̟kjəpɑe̯d] 1. simple past and past participle of occupy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: permitted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɚˈmɪtɪd/, /pəˈmɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of permit Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
Word: permitted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɚˈmɪtɪd/, /pəˈmɪtɪd/ 1. Allowed, authorized.
Word: played Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pleɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of play Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suffered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəd/, /ˈsʌfɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of suffer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pointed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪntɪd/, /ˈpɔɪnɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of point Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pointed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪntɪd/, /ˈpɔɪnɪd/ 1. Sharp, barbed; not dull. Labels: comparable Example: The warrior brandished a pointed spear. 2. Having a certain number of points. Labels: in-compounds Example: a five-pointed star 3. Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant. Labels: comparable 4. In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat. 5. Directed negatively at a person or topic. Labels: comparable Example: a pointed remark Example: Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment […] 6. That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations. Example: The class of all pointed spaces forms a category - Top_• - with basepoint preserving continuous maps as morphisms. 7. precise, on the dot. Labels: dated Example: With their usual punctuality, the boys arrive at the pointed hour of three.
Word: failed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /feɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of fail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: failed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /feɪld/ 1. unsuccessful Labels: not-comparable 2. Decayed; worn out. Labels: not-comparable 3. Bankrupt. Labels: not-comparable Example: The government is unwilling to bail out the failed bank.
Word: established Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of establish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: established Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/ 1. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted. Example: Near-synonyms: long-standing, accomplished (of faits accomplis) 2. Having been successful for a long time and therefore recognized and generally respected. Example: Near-synonym: accomplished 3. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area. Example: Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen. 4. Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”). 5. Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
Word: joined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of join Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: worked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɜːkt/, /wɝkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of work Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: worked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /wɜːkt/, /wɝkt/ 1. Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: A heavy rich loam is, perhaps, the best of any; but carse lands, and well worked and manured clay soils, are also very suitable. 2. Wrought. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...the light and elastic spear, made of the India bamboo, and tipped with the most perfectly worked steel, which he now held in his hand... 3. Wrought. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...and many of them, at least when young, wear only a worked piece of linen over their head. 4. Prepared so as to demonstrate the steps required. Labels: not-comparable Example: Place each error opposite its supposed number, as in the worked example.
Word: noticed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ.tɪst/, /ˈnoʊ.tɪst/, [ˈnoʊ.ɾɪst] 1. simple past and past participle of notice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: appointed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ 1. Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the United States, the Secretary of State is an appointed position.
Word: appointed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of appoint. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”
Word: published Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of publish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: published Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ 1. Issued for sale to the public Labels: not-comparable 2. Who has had a publication published Labels: not-comparable
Word: distinguished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From distinguish + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/ 1. Celebrated, well-known or eminent because of achievements or rank; prestigious. Example: The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians. 2. Having a dignified appearance or demeanor. Example: Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one. 3. Specified, noted. Example: Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.
Word: distinguished Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From distinguish + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of distinguish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suggested Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/, /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: suggested Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/, /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of suggest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: distributed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/, /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/, [dɪˈstɹɪbjuɾɪd], [ˈdɪstɹɪbjuɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of distribute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: distributed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/, /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/, [dɪˈstɹɪbjuɾɪd], [ˈdɪstɹɪbjuɾɪd] 1. Spread across a relatively wide area. Example: Webster and Wong (2008) found that semivirtual teams had more positive perceptions of their local teammates compared to the distributed teammates […] 2. Involving numerous separate computers or entities, rather than the traditional one. Example: distributed computing Example: distributed ray tracing
Word: explained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspleɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of explain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: increased Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹiːst/ 1. simple past and past participle of increase Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: needed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From need + -ed. The adjective is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈniː.dɪd/, /ˈni.dɪd/ 1. Necessary; being required. Example: A much-needed rest. Example: Just-in-time as-needed support for in-house training
Word: needed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From need + -ed. The adjective is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈniː.dɪd/, /ˈni.dɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of need Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: occurred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɝd/, /əˈkɜːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of occur Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of occurre (obsolete form of occur) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: proposed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpoʊzd/, /pɹəˈpəʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of propose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: proposed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpoʊzd/, /pɹəˈpəʊzd/ 1. Suggested or planned but not yet implemented. Example: We discussed the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Example: She presented her research on the proposed merger between the two companies.
Word: pressed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of press Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pressed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹɛst/ 1. Under strain or deprivation. Example: The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities. Example: He found himself hard pressed. 2. Upset, bothered. Labels: Internet Example: She did what she always does: laid out a trap, and the well-intended took the bait. Like clockwork. Why do we stay so pressed instead of just ignoring her? 3. Recruited by a press gang. Example: The most obvious source for tracking pressed men is the muster books of the individual ships, for these encompass those impressed both afloat and ashore. Yet the muster books are notoriously uneven in quality as an historical source.
Word: seated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsiːtɪd/ 1. Sitting. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a woman's skirt, stretched out and baggy over the wearer's buttocks from much sitting while wearing the skirt. Labels: not-comparable Example: ... but she was very conscious, too, of her Saturday-morning appearance - of her blouse, which she'd once unpicked and refashioned in an attempt at 'make-do and mend', and her old tweed skirt, rather seated at the back. 3. Fixed; confirmed. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Why, everything about the colonel seems so seated, so ingrafted in his nature, so--so very self-satisfied, that I am afraid it would be a difficult task to take the first step in amendment--to convince him of its necessity? 4. Located; situated. Labels: not-comparable 5. Furnished with a seat. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was a rush-seated chair with a hole in the seat, — and that […] seemed to be all that the room contained.
Word: seated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsiːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of seat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prevision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/ 1. Advance knowledge; foresight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address. Example: it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce. 2. A prediction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prevision Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/ 1. To predict or envision the future.
Word: problematical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin problēmaticus + -al. By surface analysis, problematic + -al. 1. Doubtful or disputed. 2. Dubious or ambiguous. Example: The salt seer attentively listened, accompanying the Foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his wrinkles and problematical little sparkles of his small ferret eyes.
Word: gonads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gives Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of give Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of give Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appears Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɪəz/, /əˈpɪɹz/, /əˈpiːɹz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of appear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.
Word: highest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ɪst/ 1. superlative form of high: most high Labels: form-of, superlative Example: On the Guliya glacier in the western Kunlun, they hand-drilled three cores, including one from the twenty-two-thousand-foot summit that was the highest ever retrieved at the time.
Word: highest Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ɪst/ 1. superlative form of high: most high Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: carefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛːf(ə)li/, /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ 1. Sorrowfully. Labels: obsolete Example: […] there was she faine / To call them all in order to her ayde, / And them conjure, upon eternall paine, / To counsell her, so carefully dismayd, / How she might heale her sonne […] 2. With care; attentively, circumspectly. Example: As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone. Example: He carefully studied the papers, while planning his next move. 3. Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously
Word: kazan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian каза́н (kazán), from a Turkic language. Cognate with Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Turkish kazan, Uzbek qozon. 1. a cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine Example: A proper kazan also has to be well greased by constant use — it should never be washed with water, or, God forbid, actually scrubbed and scoured. The Uzbeks just wipe it carefully with an oiled cloth; and they will insist and I will second this — that the older the kazan, the better the pilaf.
Word: skirted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English -ed English skirted From skirt + -ed. 1. Wearing a skirt. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] a small glass box in which you wander, swivel, waver, flashing your flesh like a skirted girl doing cartwheels on the lawn. 2. Having a skirt. Labels: not-comparable Example: Carefully the child tried to cover her deformed leg under her skirted pyjamas. Example: Women should wear skirted suits or dresses with dress shoes; pantsuits are not usually worn. 3. Bordered. Labels: not-comparable 4. Passed around; evaded. Labels: not-comparable Example: a skirted topic of conversation 5. Narrowly missed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skirted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English -ed English skirted From skirt + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of skirt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: keikaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 計画 (keikaku, “plan”), in reference to a meme parodying overly literal fansubs in which a line from Death Note is rendered as "Just according to keikaku. (Translator's note: keikaku means plan)". 1. A plan, particularly a devious or complicated one. Labels: humorous, slang Example: "Marie, I broke out of HELL to see my keikaku through. You think this pit can hold me?" Example: Let's address some of the most standout keikakus of the show in the eyes of the fans that were either too clever or just the opposite.
Word: sasanach Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sassenach. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *padan Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *padan Proto-Oceanic *padran Proto-Polynesian *fara Hawaiian halabor. English hala Borrowed from Hawaiian hala, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of pandan via Malay. 1. Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
Word: hala Part of Speech: adj 1. Embarrassed or ashamed. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: Hack. Kiſs, kiſs her, Man; this Town affords ſuch every where; you'll hate the Country, when you ſee a little more; kiſs her, I ſay. Lolp. I am ſo hala; I am aſhamed.
Word: trendy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trend Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English trendy From trend + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛndi/ 1. Of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype. Labels: informal Example: I hate those trendy pre-wrinkled shirts. Example: MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.
Word: trendy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trend Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English trendy From trend + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛndi/ 1. A trendy person. Labels: informal Example: They're the kids who care. Yet they're the bad kids, and the trendies, the ones who are too cool to let anything matter, are the good kids. It's all twisted around.
Word: commentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən.t(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/ 1. A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This letter […] was published by him with a severe commentary. Example: Under each coin was a circular ticket with written particulars of the specimen accompanying it. For some time Carrados took little interest in these commentaries, but presently Hosier noticed that his guest was submitting many of them to a close but quiet scrutiny. 2. A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable Example: Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War 3. An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We listened to the football commentary while watching the match.
Word: commentaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commentary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polytheist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English theist English polytheist From poly- + theist. Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈθiːɪst/ 1. a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism
Word: Irishwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Irish womman, equivalent to Irish + -woman. 1. A woman from Ireland.
Word: bootleg Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen. Pronunciation: /ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ 1. To engage in bootlegging. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Only certain dishes are allowed—-not fish and lobster, reserved to the state restaurants—-and those paladares that break the rules operate like speakeasies in the time of Prohibition, the fish-bootlegging owners keeping a nervous eye out for informers. 2. To engage in bootlegging. Labels: US, ambitransitive Example: In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet. Example: In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg whiskey from a still hidden in the backwoods. 3. To engage in bootlegging. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg under some sort of Robin-Hood-esque notion. Example: In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg Windows CD-ROMs. 4. To engage in bootlegging. Labels: US, ambitransitive Example: In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet. Example: In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg coal from a shaft hidden in the backwoods.
Word: bootleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen. Pronunciation: /ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ 1. The part of a boot that is above the instep. Example: Holonyms: upper < boot 2. An illegally produced, transported, or sold product. Example: He thinks he can cross this border with bootleg and get away with it. I doubt he's right. Maybe years ago, but not nowadays. 3. An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert. Example: Years ago I heard a fantastic bootleg of that song. It was my favorite rendition. 4. A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene. 5. A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
Word: bootleg Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen. Pronunciation: /ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ 1. Illegally produced, transported, or sold. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: pirated 2. Being an inferior imitation of something, possibly a counterfeit. Labels: not-comparable Example: bootleg coffee
Word: uninteresting 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 interest English -ing English interesting English uninteresting From un- + interesting. 1. Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful. Example: To many, a railway ticket is but an uninteresting bit of pasteboard, which must be purchased before a journey is undertaken, and once obtained, may be stowed away in a convenient pocket and forgotten, until a watchful railway official requests its production.
Word: heterophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛtəɹəʊfəʊn/ 1. A word with multiple pronunciations.
Word: self-assertive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English assertive English self-assertive From self- + assertive. 1. determined to advance one's own personality or views
Word: booner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Suggestions are: * From boondocks. * From the name of the town of Boonah or the Shire of Boonah, Queensland. 1. A person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off. Labels: Australia, slang 2. A bogan. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang
Word: booner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Boone and Crockett Club. 1. A trophy size big game animal, as measured by the Boone and Crockett ranking criteria. Labels: US
Word: booner Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of boon: more boon Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: vivification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīvificātiō. By surface analysis, vivificate + -ion. 1. The giving of life; vitalization; animation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: date palm Part of Speech: noun 1. A palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, whose fruit is the date. Example: The date palms of the little fertile spot they had just left, and the circle of goatskin tents, stood out in sharp relief against the yellow sand—a phantom paradise upon a phantom sea.
Word: gum tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various types of trees in various taxa; an individual of any such type. 2. Any of various types of trees in various taxa; an individual of any such type.
Word: allomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + -morph. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ə.mɔːf/, /ˈæl.oʊ.mɔɹf/, /ˈæl.ə.mɔɹf/ 1. Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance. 2. Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.
Word: makeweight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + weight. 1. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. Example: 1893, Richard Le Gallienne, in a publisher's report on stories by Ernest Dowson, quoted in Jad Adams, Madder Music, Stronger Wine, page 88. I would advise you to accept these as an instalment of a volume, (they are not big enough to make one themselves) with the promise that the stories to come should be more striking, more original in theme — not less so, not mere makeweights — than those under consideration. 2. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument. Example: He added a long litany of peripheral precedents which the judge dismissed as mere makeweights. Example: Other railway schemes of the earliest period certainly mentioned benefits to agriculture, but only as a make-weight; most of them justified themselves by improved transport of minerals for shipment, […], or by carriage of bulk loads of manufactured goods.
Word: Guadalcanal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Guadalcanal. The Pacific island was named in 1568 by Álvaro de Mendaña, after his hometown of Guadalcanal, Spain. From Arabic وَادِي الْخَانَات (wādī l-ḵānāt, “Valley of the Stalls”). Pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑː.dəl.kəˈnɑːl/ 1. A town in Andalusia, Spain. 2. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands. 3. A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.
Word: Great Satan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Iranian Persian شیطان بزرگ (šeytân-e bozorg), which is more often the name of the largest of the three jamarat at which stones are thrown during the hajj. The derogatory sense was coined by Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, one day after the onset of the Iran hostage crisis. 1. The United States of America, particularly with regard to its perceived imperialist foreign policy. Labels: derogatory Example: Ahmadinejad, facing serious political problems, can posture about standing up to the Great Satan. Example: Or, have Muslims been alienated from the Congress because of the Prime Minister's warm embrace of the Great Satan?
Word: dermasurgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δέρμᾰ (dérmă)der. English derma- Latin chīrūrgiader. Old French surgie Old French surgeriebor. Middle English surgerie English surgery English dermasurgery From derma- + surgery. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜːməˌsɜːdʒəɹi/ 1. The surgical treatment of benign and malignant skin conditions; dermatologic surgery. Labels: uncountable
Word: dermasurgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δέρμᾰ (dérmă)der. English derma- English surgeon English dermasurgeon From derma- + surgeon. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜːməˌsɜːdʒən/ 1. A dermatologist who specializes in dermasurgery.
Word: stating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtɪŋ/ 1. statement Example: Most of Quayle's and Bush's slips follow the basic formula of what the French call lapalissades, the tautological statings of the obvious attributed to the mythical figure of Monsieur la Palice […]
Word: stating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of state Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending). Pronunciation: /ˈteɪstɪŋ/ 1. A small amount of food or drink. 2. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
Word: tasting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tastinge, taastynge, equivalent to taste + -ing (present participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈteɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of taste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anagram dictionary Part of Speech: noun 1. a list of words, or groups of words, ordered according to the number of each letter in the word; used for solving crosswords and similar puzzles
Word: myrtle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːtl̩/, /ˈmɝtl̩/, [ˈmɝtɫ̩], [ˈmɝɾɫ̩] 1. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa. Example: In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation. 2. Cyrilla species. 3. A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
Word: folio Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English folio (“leaf of a book”), borrowed from Medieval Latin foliō, Late Latin foliō, Latin foliō, the ablative singular form of Late Latin folium (“leaf or sheet of paper”), Latin folium (“leaf of a plant”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”). Doublet of foil and folium, and distantly related to phyllo and phyllon. Senses 1, 2, 3.1, 5, and 6 relating to a leaf or page are derived from Medieval Latin foliō in references; sense 5 (“page in an account book”) may be derived from Italian foglio (“rectangular sheet of paper”), from Latin folium. Senses 3.2 and 3.3 relating to a paper size are from Italian in foglio or its etymon Latin in foliō. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/, /ˈfəʊljəʊ/, /ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/, /ˈfəʉliˌəʉ/, /ˈfɐʉliˌɐʉ/ 1. To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page. Labels: transitive Example: And all the pleadings and other proceedings and copies thereof shall be fairly and legibly written; and if not so written, and folioed, and indorsed as aforesaid, the clerks shall not file such as may be offered to them for that purpose, nor will the court hear any motion or application founded thereon. Example: Folioing. The rule previously stated as to affidavits and other papers in respect to folioing applies also to petitions. They must be fairly and legibly written and indorsed, and where they are of more than two folios in length must be folioed.
Word: fantasise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor. Latin phantasia Old French fantasiebor. Middle English fantasie English fantasy English -ise English fantasise From fantasy + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fantasize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: He's so hot. I used to fantasise about him constantly. Example: “Yeah sex is cool, but have you ever fantasised about an infrastructure renewal program funded by the taxes of billionaires?” is a representative Numtot fantasy.
Word: assorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of assort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: assorted Part of Speech: adj 1. Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous. Example: Nor was I ever able to treat myself to the national drunkard's delight that is the ‘munchy box’: a foot-square pizza carton crammed with onion rings, doner meat shavings, hunks of nan bread and nuggets of assorted bhaji, all served on a bed of Glasgow salad.
Word: fantasize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fantasy + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/, [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əˌsaɪz], [ˈfænəˌsaɪz] 1. To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Example: I fantasized about my ideal date. 2. To portray in the mind, using fantasy. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive Example: Not that Mom and I didn't have our "shared experiences" — it's just that I'd like to forget most of them. I'd rather fantasize us together in that little cafe. Example: Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.
Word: flâneur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flaneur. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mocking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkɪŋ/, /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present