nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: distilled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪld/ 1. Having been produced by means of distillation. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The distilled spirits are bottled and sold at a handsome profit. 2. Having been subjected to distillation. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Once the spirits have been removed, the distilled mash is a waste product, although it is salable if a buyer can be found who can put it to some other productive use.
Word: distilled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of distil Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of distill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: validation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French validation. By surface analysis, validate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌvæl.əˈdæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of validating something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not. 2. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions or perspective. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Praise is a judgment. It says, “I like the way you look or perform.” Validation demonstrates acceptance. It says, “I accept who you are, independent of how you look or perform.” When people claim that we shouldn’t rely on “external validation,” they are confusing validation with praise. 4. The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: cafetière Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa)bor. Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)bor. Italian caffèbor. French café French -t- French -ière French cafetièrebor. English cafetière Borrowed from French cafetière. Pronunciation: /ˌkæf.ə.tiˈɛəɹ/, /ˌkæf.əˈtjɛəɹ/ 1. A cylindrical glass or metal jug, fitted with a filter on a rod, used to make coffee.
Word: prepayment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English payment English prepayment From pre- + payment. 1. A payment in advance. 2. A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized
Word: Jesuit's bark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introduced it to Europe in 1632. 1. Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine). Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: distill Part of Speech: verb 1. US standard spelling of distil. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly diſtill it out. Example: My doctrine ſhall drop as the raine: my ſpeach ſhall diſtill as the deaw, as the ſmal raine vpon the tender herbe, and as the ſhowres vpon the graſſe.
Word: disturbing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/, /dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/ 1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. Example: A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer. Example: His behaviour is very disturbing.
Word: disturbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/, /dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of disturb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enjoyed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪd/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪd/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪd/, /enˈd͡ʒoɪd/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒoɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of enjoy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: extending Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɛndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of extend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: freshness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fresh 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 freshness From fresh + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/ 1. The state or quality of being fresh. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: the clear freshness of water from a mountain spring 2. Impudence; cheek. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually Example: "Now we're getting on, sir," was the mollified admission. "You mustn't mind a bit of freshness, so to speak. You took me by surprise, that's what it was, and I've been wound up ever since that happened."
Word: impractical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English practical English impractical From im- + practical. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹæktɪkəl/ 1. Not practical; impracticable. Example: "I can't leave you here alone with these cutthroats, and you certainly can't venture into the jungle with me; yet someone must go in search of your father. He is more than apt to wandering off aimlessly, regardless of danger or direction, and Mr. Philander is only a trifle less impractical than he. ...
Word: impracticable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English practicable English impracticable From im- + practicable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/ 1. Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice. Example: It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership. Example: Prison abolitionists are dismissed as utopians and idealists whose ideas are at best unrealistic and impracticable, and, at worst, mystifying and foolish. This is a measure of how difficult it is to envision a social order that does not rely on the threat of sequestering people in dreadful places designed to separate them from their communities and families. 2. impassable (of a passage or road) 3. unmanageable Labels: obsolete Example: And yet this tough impracticable heart / Is govern'd by a dainty-finger'd girl ; […] Example: H. is a person of extraordinary health & vigor, of unerring perception, & equal expression; and yet he is impracticable, and does not flow through his pen or (in any of our legitimate aqueducts) through his tongue.
Word: impracticable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English practicable English impracticable From im- + practicable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/ 1. an unmanageable person Labels: obsolete Example: They were not allowed, of course, to join us in the sitting room, partly that their practice might not be disturbed, but principally, that I was looked upon as an utter impracticable. Example: The strict constructionists had dwindled to a few impracticables, headed by John Randolph.
Word: impracticality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impractical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English impracticality From impractical + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪmˌpɹæktəˈkæləti/, /ɪmˈpɹæk.tɪˌkæl.ɪ.ti/ 1. The state or quality of being impractical. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fashion has often deliberately hindered bodily functions and emphasized impracticality. 2. Something which is impractical. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: impractically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impractical Middle English -ly English -ly English impractically From impractical + -ly. 1. In an impractical manner.
Word: impracticalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impractical 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 impracticalness From impractical + -ness. 1. The state of being impractical; impracticality. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: impracticability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impracticable + -ability. 1. The quality or condition of being impracticable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is more than possible that the distress I was now in for money, and the impracticability of going on in this manner, might have restored me at once to my senses and to my studies, had I opened my eyes before I became involved in debts from which I saw no hopes of ever extricating myself. 2. An impracticable thing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: impracticableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impracticable 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 impracticableness From impracticable + -ness. 1. The state of being impracticable; impracticability. Labels: uncountable
Word: impracticably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impracticable Middle English -ly English -ly English impracticably From impracticable + -ly. 1. In an impracticable way.
Word: eroticise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic English -ise English eroticise From erotic + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of eroticize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Fremantle Doctor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the city (now within Perth suburbs) of Fremantle, which is the direction the wind comes from to reach central districts of Perth; called the "doctor" for the relief it brings on hot summer days. 1. The sea breeze that blows from the Indian Ocean over Perth, Western Australia. Labels: Australia Example: Afterwards, you go up with your oldies to the beer garden and you get a lemon squash and sit in the shade and wait for the Fremantle Doctor. Example: Just offshore from Rous Head, the Fremantle Doctor had its effect on the America′s Cup defence in 1987, where the course was positioned.
Word: extraordinaire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French extraordinaire. Doublet of extraordinary. Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/ 1. Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional 2. (of a person) Particularly skilled; unusually active; particularly successful. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: He was a dancer extraordinaire. Example: Charlie Parker, saxophonist extraordinaire, released many records.
Word: extraordinaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French extraordinaire. Doublet of extraordinary. Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/ 1. Something particularly remarkable or outstanding. Labels: uncountable Example: "The very best of Swiss dining in this essentially rural country is as much about experience as culinary extraordinaire."
Word: eroticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English eroticize From erotic + -ize. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɒtɪsaɪz/, /ɪˈɹɑtɪsaɪz/ 1. To make erotic. Labels: transitive
Word: Belvoir Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name is of Old French origin, from bel (“beautiful”) + voir (“view”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːvə/, /ˈbivɚ/ 1. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, 13 kilometres west of Grantham, famous for the Belvoir Hunt (OS grid ref SK8233).
Word: occupying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑk.jə.paɪ.ɪŋ/, /ˈɒk.jʊ.paɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of occupy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: river rat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: river + rat 1. A rat that lives on or along a river. Labels: literally Example: 2000, Elvira Woodruff, The Christmas Doll http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0590318799&id=lHd3LzrLmDcC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&sig=Db_PVv86h_T9YfO5JyIsw6XRaTM To her horror, she discovered that the rope she was holding was not a rope at all, but a tail. And attached to the tail was a large river rat that scrambled frantically in midair, thrashing to get away. 2. A lower-class person living on or along a river. Labels: derogatory Example: 1989, Orson Scott Card, Prentice Alvin http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0812502124&id=u8x5Q2IHw_8C&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&sig=frn2Tg8bgUQjDpkNJJxvJOcUm9c The river rat he fought was one of a gang of them lolling under the eaves of the porthouse, probably waiting for a gaming house to open. Example: 1993, Peter Filichia, Let’s Put on a Musical! http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0823088170&id=-d20I7gBCs8C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&sig=UvFcIJYiS-CwLdeKLlKGo7fT2Ck Cap’n Andy claims that his show boat is “one big happy family”—and that includes his wife, daughter Magnolia, as well as stars Julie and husband Steve, and black help Queenie and Joe. But it won’t be for long; because a river rat’s love for Julie goes unrequited, and he informs the sheriff that she’s a “half-breed” with Negro blood. 3. A poker player that wins a Texas Hold'em hand by making the winning hand on the river card. Labels: derogatory
Word: erratical Part of Speech: adj 1. erratic Labels: rare
Word: Connacht Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish or Old Irish Connacht, genitive form of Connachta (“Connacht”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.nɔːt/, /ˈkɒ.nɔt/, /ˈkɑ.nɑt/, /ˈkɒ.nəkt/, /ˈkɒ.nəxt/ 1. The western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. 2. See also: Connacht Irish
Word: cutround Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cut + round. 1. A bun made with a yeast fermented white dough which is rolled like pastry and cut into rounds. Traditionally a constituent of a North Devon (UK) cream tea. Now largely replaced by the common scone. Labels: UK
Word: victimless crime Part of Speech: noun 1. An act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole.
Word: speed limit Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/ 1. The maximum speed permitted by law for vehicles. Example: John is a careful driver. He never exceeds the speed limit. Example: Sam has already gone over the speed limit thrice. 2. The hand consisting of a pair of 5s, so called in reference to the common speed limit of 55 mph. Labels: slang
Word: faena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish faena. Doublet of hacienda and fazenda. Pronunciation: /fɑˈeɪ.nə/ 1. A series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill. Example: Faena is the vital third act in which the matador exhibits his skill with the muleta. Tradition requires that during the faena he keep his sword in his right hand, which usually also holds the muleta. Experts judge that the excellence of any single fight depends about sixty to seventy percent on the faena, which can excuse poor work elsewhere.
Word: religiopolitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religionclip. Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English religio- English political English religiopolitical From religio- + political. 1. Of or pertaining to both religion and politics.
Word: SPC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of St. Petersburg College. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of State Property Committee (of Mongolia) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Storm Prediction Center (United States NOAA) Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Software Productivity Consortium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Southwest Preparatory Conference. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of St Peter's College, Oxford. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of secretariat of the Pacific Community. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Supreme Political Council (of Yemen). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of supplementary protection certificate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of saeclum post Christum (“era after Christ”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of security in pervasive computing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of serum protein concentrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of soy protein concentrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of special purpose carbine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of special purpose cartridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of structure-property correlation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of segregated portfolio company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of single pill combination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: blinded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/, /ˈblaɪn.dəd/, /ˈblɑɪn.dɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blinded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/, /ˈblaɪn.dəd/, /ˈblɑɪn.dɪd/ 1. Deprived of sight; thus: Labels: not-comparable Example: blinded by perinatal vertical transmission of gonorrhea 2. Deprived of sight; thus: Labels: not-comparable Example: blinded by the light 3. Lacking intellectual discernment, as for example because of greed or stupidity. Labels: not-comparable 4. Willingly prevented from knowing certain information that, were it known, might bias an outcome or decision (either consciously or unconsciously). Labels: not-comparable 5. Covered by blinds. Labels: not-comparable Example: blinded windows 6. Displaying a particular destination or route number on the blinds. Labels: not-comparable Example: The bus was blinded for route 100 to the city centre.
Word: quavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quavers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quaver Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feitorias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feitoria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lex lata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēx lāta (“the law borne”) (see below). 1. The law as it is. Labels: uncountable Example: 1997, Lyal S Sunga, The Emerging System of International Criminal Law http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN9041104720&id=Dbb8eQH-vbQC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&sig=3A8fBOXMx7bQAO7AWXOIUA6Lzyw At that point, little purpose would be served in maintaining categories fashioned so closely to the lex lata that the Code would crystallize traditional technical distinctions. Example: 2000, Nikolaos K. Tsagourias, The Jurisprudence of International Law http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0719054656&id=V_YiUMuaIQwC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&sig=Gpm22qlBVtypDtVqQreLbz6pDrw This also betrays an interest in transforming world order by approximating lex lata with lex ferenda.
Word: feitoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese feitoria. 1. A Portuguese trading post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas along the West and East African coasts, Indian Ocean and Brazil, from 1445 onward. Labels: historical
Word: howff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of howf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: howff Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of howf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dub sack Part of Speech: noun 1. A bag of marijuana worth twenty dollars. Labels: US, slang
Word: dana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit दान (dāna) or Pali dāna. 1. The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy. Labels: uncountable
Word: haemostat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haemo- + -stat. 1. A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding. Labels: UK
Word: Hacky-Sack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of hacky sack. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: old woman Part of Speech: noun 1. An elderly woman. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable 2. A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation. Labels: countable, derogatory, informal Example: Stop being such an old woman and get on with it. 3. One's wife. Labels: countable, informal, slang 4. One's mother. Labels: countable, informal, slang 5. The plant sea wormwood. Labels: uncountable
Word: square drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot played by swinging the bat down through the line of the ball, hitting it along the ground in the direction of point.
Word: Jewdar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jew + -dar. 1. The supposed ability of a person to detect or intuitively sense whether another person is Jewish. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: And slap on a gag order if we dare say that these traits triggered our "Jewdar" (my Semitic equivalent of gaydar) and allowed us to identify someone as a fellow Jew. Example: So she was Jewish. It wouldn't have occurred to me, but Melissa always faulted my Jewdar.
Word: game drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A safari. A trip into the wild to see animals in their own environment. Labels: South-Africa
Word: brouter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bridge + router. 1. A network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.
Word: pings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ping Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: If he pings my bra strap once more, I shall flatten him.
Word: raccoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raccoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Orange County Part of Speech: name Etymology: The county in Vermont is named after William III (1650 - 1702). Pronunciation: /ˈɒ.ɹɪndʒ ˈkaʊn.ti/ 1. One of 58 counties in California. County seat: Santa Ana. Abbreviation OC (usually with "the.") 2. One of 67 counties in Florida, home to various tourist destinations. County seat: Orlando. 3. One of 92 counties in Indiana. County seat: Paoli. 4. One of 62 counties in New York. County seat: Goshen. Example: A macro look at where the population grew in upstate New York since 2010 shows enormous gains in Orange County. But there is a unique reason. 5. One of 100 counties in North Carolina. County seat: Hillsborough. 6. One of 254 counties in Texas. County seat: Orange. 7. One of 14 counties in Vermont. County seat: Chelsea. 8. One of 95 counties in Virginia. County seat: Orange.
Word: sporgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spam + forgery; coined by Tilman Hausherr in 1999 on the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup. 1. The disruptive act of posting a flood of articles to a newsgroup, the article headers having been falsified so as to make the articles appear to have been posted by people other than the true poster. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable Example: Since February the poetry-bot has dominated the discussions, forging the names of legitimate human posters and blindly countering every argument-- pro or con-- with such succinct rebuttals as "Above no cough at no writer every considerate profit addressed," and mind-bending riddles like "Why is another horseman either cytoplasm enchantingly?" Usenet defenders are countering the assault with automation of their own, crafting programs that kill the "sporgeries" -- a term coined by ARS's Tilman Hausherr "because it's both spam, and forgery." Example: Nobody's going to mistake any of the fakes for the real you once they hear a few words, of course, but there's no easy way for them to tell which is which without listening to them all in turn. Which means, in all likelihood, that many of them will never find the real you. If it happens often enough, sooner or later everyone's going to just give up and go home, and newcomers will be both mystified and discouraged. This extraordinary state of affairs is happening right now on Usenet [and yes, it is to a first approximation still happening in late 2006], and it's called "sporge". Sporge is a neologism coined by German software developer Tilman Hausherr; it's a contraction of "spammed forgery". "Spam" is here used in its original meaning; not unsolicited commercial e-mail, but irrelevant or inappropriate messages posted to Usenet, which were annoying people - though far fewer people - long before Amazing Business Opportunities and come-ons for porn sites started routinely cluttering up e-mail in-boxes.
Word: aboulia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbu.li.ə/, /eɪˈbu.li.ə/ 1. Alternative spelling of abulia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: desktop computer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsktɒpˌkəmˈpjuːtə/ 1. A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.
Word: aeolipyle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiːəʊlɪpʌɪl/ 1. Alternative form of aeolipile. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aeolipile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French éolipyle, from Latin Aeoli pylae (“doorway of Aeolus”). Pronunciation: /ˈiː.əʊ.lɪ.pʌɪl/ 1. A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation.
Word: aerolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -lite. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.ɹə.laɪt/ 1. A meteorite consisting of silicate minerals.
Word: -lite Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Representing Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”). Pronunciation: /-ˌlaɪt/ 1. Used to form the names of rocks and minerals. Labels: morpheme
Word: aggiornamento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian aggiornamento (“updating; adjournment”), from aggiornare (“update; postpone”) + -mento (“-ment”), from French ajourner (“to postpone”), q.v. Doublet of adjournment. Pronunciation: /əˌdʒɔːnəˈmɛntəʊ/, /əˌd͡ʒɔɹnəˈmɛntoʊ/ 1. Synonym of update, especially in reference to Italian scholarship or (Roman Catholicism) the updating of doctrine and practices by the Roman Catholic Church as part of the 1962–1965 Second Vatican Council. Example: Buonocore's comments and bibliographical aggiornamenti are again exemplary. Example: Aggiornamento with the increasingly truculent magistrates was a major plank of Choiseul's recovery strategy for the state.
Word: agrise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English āgrīsan. Compare and see English grisly. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹaɪz/ 1. To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And powring forth their bloud in brutishe wize, That any yron eyes to see it would agrize. 2. To make tremble, to terrify. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: bollocking Part of Speech: noun 1. A severe reprimand. Labels: Ireland, UK, vulgar Example: "[…] He told me what to expect, he didn't wrap me in cotton wool, and was always a great guide who treated me the same as everybody else, which is really what I needed. He didn't treat me any differently from the male managers in his team. I got a bollocking the same way everyone else did!"
Word: dog's bollocks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. 1. Something that is outstandingly good. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Example: That new flat screen TV you bought is the dog's bollocks.
Word: akasha Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkɑːʃə/ 1. Alternative spelling of akasa. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: akasa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH Sanskrit आ (ā) Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- Sanskrit काश् (kāś) Sanskrit काश (kāśa) Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa)bor. English akasa Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa). Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkɑːʃə/ 1. ether or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy Labels: uncountable
Word: coromandel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Coromandel Coast in India, a source of this wood. 1. Synonym of calamander. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rhoda took their battered hats, led the women upstairs for hairpins, and presently fed them all with tea-cakes, poached eggs, anchovy toast, and drinks from a coromandel-wood liqueur case. 2. Synonym of Chinese violet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: akroposthion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκροπόσθιον (akropósthion), from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip”) + Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “penis; foreskin”). By surface analysis, akro- + Ancient Greek πόσθιον (pósthion). Pronunciation: /ækɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒsθɪən/ 1. The tip of the foreskin which extends beyond the glans. Labels: no-plural
Word: WML Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Westmünsterländisch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: WML Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of wireless markup language: an XML-based document description language for creating content and user interfaces targeted at narrow-band devices implementing WAP such as mobile telephones and pagers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Alcaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Alcaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, Alcaeus + -ic. Pronunciation: /ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600 BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented.
Word: Alcaic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Alcaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, Alcaeus + -ic. Pronunciation: /ælˈkeɪ.ɪk/ 1. An Alcaic verse. Labels: in-plural
Word: alectoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin alectoria, formed from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”). 1. A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.
Word: confiture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin cōnficiō Latin cōnfectus Old French [Term?] French confit Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -(ā)tūram Old French -(ë)ure French -ure French confiturebor. English confiture Borrowed from French confiture. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑnfɪt͡ʃɚ/ 1. a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Upper Volta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Volta river, from Portuguese. 1. Former name of Burkina Faso: a country in West Africa, used from 1958-1984. Example: Richard Wharton: Where is the Upper Volta? / Bernard Woolley: Emm...
Word: algedonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) ‘pleasure’. Coined by Henry Rutgers Marshall in 1894. Pronunciation: /æld͡ʒɪˈdɒnɪk/ 1. Pertaining to both pleasure and pain. Example: I have restrained myself, however, from the temptation to invent terms except in one particular, viz. in the word “algedonic” […] which I use adjectively to describe any phase of pain-pleasure experience […]. Example: For him even the most painful social confrontations and contrasts, which would have stabbed the conscience of even the vulgarest nouveau riche, were stingless. Without significance except as vignettes, as interesting discords, as pleasurable because vivid examples of the algedonic polarity of existence. 2. Relating to algedonics.
Word: dorgi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of dachshund + corgi. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɡi/, /ˈdɔɹɡi/ 1. A crossbreed dog resulting from the breeding of a dachshund and a corgi. Example: This wasn't the first time that one of the Queen's pets had been a victim; in 1989 her dorgi Chipper was killed by the Queen Mother's Corgi Ranger. Example: Back when the dorgi had been a small puppy he had ignored the more serious lessons and only seemed to be interested in the darker animal myths and legends.
Word: traipse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪps/, [tɹeɪps], [t͡ʃɹeɪps] 1. To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. Labels: intransitive Example: Lo next two slipshod Muses traipse along, In lofty madness, meditating song, / With tresses staring from poetic dreams, / And never wash'd, but in Castalia’s streams [...]. 2. To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough. Example: ... if I was you, babylove, I wouldn't go traipsin [sic] over there. 3. To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad! Example: So after all that work, I traipsed down to the shop to grab something to eat. 4. To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: She only got handy the Union-house on Sunday morning 'a b'lieve, and 'tis supposed here and there that she had traipsed every step of the way from Melchester. 5. to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. Labels: colloquial, transitive
Word: traipse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪps/, [tɹeɪps], [t͡ʃɹeɪps] 1. A long or tiring walk. Example: It was a long traipse uphill all the way home. 2. A meandering walk. Example: it was an easy traipse down the rocky slope
Word: peekapoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Pekingese + poodle; formed as a pun on peekaboo. 1. A crossbreed dog resulting from the breeding of a Pekingese and a poodle.
Word: pekeapoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peekapoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alidade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French alidade, from Spanish alidada, from Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda), perhaps from عَضُد (ʕaḍud, “upper arm”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/ 1. A type of sighting device used for measuring angles.
Word: influenced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.flu.ənst/, /ɪnˈflu.ənst/, /ˈɪn.flʊənst/ 1. simple past and past participle of influence Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: influenced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.flu.ənst/, /ɪnˈflu.ənst/, /ˈɪn.flʊənst/ 1. Subject to an effect caused by a person or thing outside of the subject's control.
Word: sleepless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slepeles, from Old English slǣplēas; equivalent to sleep + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpləs/ 1. Characterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful. Example: I spent a sleepless night worrying about the exams.
Word: feat. Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of featuring. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: At his peak, just how many music videos was Hype Williams directing? […] "California Love (Version 2: Mad Max)" by Tupac Shakur feat. Dr. Dre […] "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)" by Nas feat. Lauryn Hill […]
Word: daimyō Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of daimyo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The classes of daimyōs as arranged and established by Ieyasu were not altered by his successors, although the number included under each class was liable to minor changes. Example: Many daimyō followed the example of the Bakufu reformers and periodically attempted to reduce their expenses by implementing austerity programs, but these measures repeatedly failed to solve their financial problems.
Word: cleptomania Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of kleptomania. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: cnidarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Cnidaria + -an, derived from New Latin Cnīdāria, derived from Ancient Greek κνῑ́δη (knī́dē, “sea nettle”). Pronunciation: /naɪˈdɛəɹ.i.ən/, /naɪˈdɛɹ.i.ən/, /nɑɪˈdeːɹ.i.ən/, /naɪˈdeə̯ɹ.i.ən/, /naɪˈder.i.ən/ 1. Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. Example: A general feature of cnidarians, as I noted above, is their stinging cells.
Word: cnidarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Cnidaria + -an, derived from New Latin Cnīdāria, derived from Ancient Greek κνῑ́δη (knī́dē, “sea nettle”). Pronunciation: /naɪˈdɛəɹ.i.ən/, /naɪˈdɛɹ.i.ən/, /nɑɪˈdeːɹ.i.ən/, /naɪˈdeə̯ɹ.i.ən/, /naɪˈder.i.ən/ 1. Of or relating to a cnidarian.
Word: cion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scion. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1621–1626 (published posthumously in 1627): Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum : or, A Natural History ; in ten centuries, century V, Experiments in consort touching the putting back or retardation of germination, ¶ 421; reprinted in: Example: 421. Men have entertained a conceit that showeth prettily ; namely, that if you graft a late-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh early, the graft will bear early ; as a peach upon a cherry ; and contrariwise, if an early-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh late, the graft will bear fruit late ; as a cherry upon a peach. But these are but imaginations, and untrue. The cause is, for that the cion overruleth the stock quite : and the stock is but passive only, and giveth aliment, but no motion to the graft.
Word: neoconservatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English conservatism English neoconservatism From neo- + conservatism. 1. A right-wing political movement that supports free markets, supply-side economics and an interventionist foreign policy. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: clichéd Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cliché + -ed. 1. Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed. Example: While most of these small, family-owned eateries were mired in drab décor and had clichéd names like Golden Wok or China Gate, they made up for the kitsch with inexpensive prices.
Word: clichéd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cliché + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of cliché Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cliched Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of clichéd. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cliched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cliche Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clichéed Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of clichéd. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: clichéed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cliché Labels: form-of, participle, past, rare
Word: compresence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From com- + presence. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹɛzn̩s/, /kɒm-/, /kəmˈpɹɛz(ə)ns/, /kɑm-/ 1. The state of existing together concurrently. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The properties of redness and juiciness have compresence in apples. 2. The tie or relation responsible for holding properties in the bundle theory of substance. Also called 'togetherness' Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alkahest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin alcahest, apparently coined by Paracelsus, as Pseudo-Arabism. Pronunciation: /ˈal.kə.hɛst/ 1. A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: This perspective stimulated the alchemical quest for a ‘universal solvent’, that would dissolve and homogenize all substances – a solvent that Paracelsus named the alkahest.
Word: nonhomologous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos)der. Late Latin homologusder. English homologous English nonhomologous From non- + homologous. 1. Not homologous. Labels: not-comparable Example: The nonhomologous RNA recombination resulted in an enhanced hemagglutinin cleavability.
Word: unitary state Part of Speech: noun 1. A state or country that is governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature.
Word: yinzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yinz + -er, in reference to the Pittsburgh dialect's use of that pronoun. 1. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Labels: informal
Word: crater face Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crater + face. 1. Someone whose face is scarred or pockmarked. Labels: derogatory
Word: nilometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Nile Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English nilometer From Nile + -o- + -meter. 1. a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood
Word: aludel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin aludel, from Arabic الأُثَال (al-ʔuṯāl, “the sublimation vessel”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.jʊ.dɛl/ 1. A pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation.
Word: ambages Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ambages, from Old French ambages (modern French ambages), from Latin ambāges, from ambi- + agere (“to drive”). Pronunciation: /ˈam.bɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: Thus from her cell Cumæan Sibyl sings / Ambiguous ambages, the cloyster rings / With the shrill sound thereof, in most dark strains. Example: Having thus briefly anatomized the body and soul of man,[…]I may now freely proceed to treat of my intended subject, to most men's capacity; and after many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is[…]. 2. Indirect or roundabout routes or directions. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered.
Word: East Midlands Part of Speech: name 1. An administrative region in the geographical centre of England, consisting of the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire.
Word: ambsace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French ambes as (“both aces”), from Latin ambo + as. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪmz.eɪs/, /ˈæmzˌeɪs/ 1. Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: MARLOW (flirting with a maid). And why not now, my angel? Such beauty fires beyond the power of resistance.—Pshaw! the father here! My old luck: I never nicked seven that I did not throw ames ace three times following. [Exit MARLOW.] 2. Bad luck, worthlessness. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: anabasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάβασις (anábasis, “a going up, an ascent”), from ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). Compare typologically Proto-West Germanic *raisu (“a travel, journey”) (akin to Proto-Germanic *raizijaną (“to cause (someone, something) to rise; raise”)) (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”)). Pronunciation: /əˈnæbəsɪs/ 1. A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia. Labels: historical Example: During the French anabasis to Moscow he entered our service, made himself a prodigious favorite with the whole imperial family, and even now is only in his twenty−second year. Example: ‘I have a feeling that if we follow a scent of spring on the air with sufficient eagerness we’ll come to a south without snow more quickly than we think. Thalassa, thalassa. This is what the Greeks called an anabasis.’ They looked at him as if he were barmy. 2. The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. Labels: obsolete
Word: metalsmith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal Proto-Germanic *smiþaz Proto-West Germanic *smiþ Old English smiþ Middle English smyth English smith English metalsmith From metal + smith. 1. A craftsman fashioning objects such as tools or works of art out of various metals; one who engages in metalsmithing. Example: THE THREE DOMINANT FORMS IN METALSMITHING […] At present, there are but three basic volumetric forms dominating the work of metalsmiths, the spherical (usually in its most practical form, the domical), the cylindrical, and the cubical. […] The possibilities for further variations on them are all but exhausted, there being little chance to express new and unusual ideas within the framework of such limited choices. As a result, much of twentieth-century metalsmithing has relied on surface enrichment rather than formal development for its originality. Example: Between 1865 and 1880, the supply of German silver increased greatly, leading to an abundance of items manufactured from it and a decline in its value as a rare commodity. Southern Plains metalsmiths produced horse gear, pectorals and crosses, earrings, finger rings, other jewelry, and decorative objects with German silver.
Word: anaclitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάκλιτος (anáklitos, “for reclining”), from ἀνακλίνω (anaklínō). Originally in the phrase anaclitic type, translating Freud's term Anlehnungstypus. Pronunciation: /ænəˈklɪtɪk/ 1. Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g., hunger). Labels: not-comparable Example: I don’t think I have to gloss the true anaclitic purport behind your need to humiliate a woman doctor symbolically. 2. Pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons. Labels: not-comparable Example: When introjects are weak (or even absent), an anaclitic personality configuration results, characterized by dependency, insecurity, and feelings of helplessness and emptiness.