nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shorties Part of Speech: noun 1. Short socks. Labels: uncountable Example: Also for business and formal wear, knee high's are preferable to shorties so that your shanks are not exposed when crossing your legs. 2. Diminutive of shorts. Labels: diminutive, form-of, informal, uncountable Example: It is true they are pygmy clubs; just wee bits o’ things, toys. It is true that no self respecting golfer, all togged out in his shorties and tam, would deign to use them. Example: His clean white blouse was tucked neatly into his shorties that ended at the sturdy healthy legs and even the knees below were clean and bare and the smell of shoe polish was evidence enough that the school week was starting “slick and clean.”
Word: funster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fun Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English funster From fun + -ster. 1. A fun person. Labels: childish, colloquial, humorous
Word: mouse deer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊs.dɪɹ/, /ˈmaʊs.dɪə/ 1. Synonym of chevrotain.
Word: sensitized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sensitize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sensitized Part of Speech: adj 1. Made sensitive, especially to some specific agent.
Word: unaddressed 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 addressed English unaddressed From un- + addressed. 1. Not bearing an address. Labels: not-comparable Example: Unaddressed mail cannot be delivered. 2. Not discussed or considered. Labels: not-comparable Example: Have we left any points unaddressed?
Word: unaddressed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English addressed English unaddressed From un- + addressed. 1. simple past and past participle of unaddress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attenuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of attenuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attenuated Part of Speech: adj 1. Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation. Example: attenuated power Example: He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter of a penny loaf—our crug—moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggins, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from. 2. Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation. Example: Near-synonym: nonreplicating (often synonymous) Example: the live attenuated type of vaccines 3. Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
Word: adrenoleukodystrophy Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare genetic disorder where the body can’t break down certain fatty acids, causing them to build up and damage the brain’s white matter, spinal cord, and adrenal glands. This leads to neurological problems, movement difficulties, and sometimes adrenal insufficiency. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thalassemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) (see also thalass-) and -emia (“blood”) (from αἷμα (haîma)). The etymology is suggestive of the epidemiology of the disorder, which is more common in people of Mediterranean descent. First attested in 1932. Pronunciation: /ˌθæləˈsiːmiə/ 1. Any of a group of inherited disorders in which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood is reduced.
Word: civil engineering Part of Speech: noun 1. The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones. Labels: uncountable
Word: flame out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: flame + out 1. To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up. Labels: archaic Example: [O]n being brought home, and giving us ground to suppose he was much worse hurt than he really was, and a fever ensuing, every one flamed out; and all was laid at my door. 2. To fail due to extinction of flame. Example: If on flame out, steam pressure goes below 75# you must go back on gas to return [....] The grievant replied that If he did so, the boiler would flame out. Example: On 24 July 1998, the silo THC analyzer's FID flamed out and could not be relighted. 3. To fail, usually spectacularly. Labels: figuratively 4. To stop due to exhaustion. Labels: intransitive
Word: luminesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from luminescent. Pronunciation: /ˌlumɪˈnɛs/ 1. To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent. Labels: intransitive Example: Phosphorus will only begin to luminesce at a certain small pressure of oxygen.
Word: luminesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of luminesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: luminesced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of luminesce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: luminescing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of luminesce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flame-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from flame out. 1. Alternative spelling of flameout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: splices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splices Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of splice Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: double chin Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin. Example: "In the coach in which I rode, there was a vacant seat till our arrival in Birmingham. Leaving Birmingham I found it filled with a fat Englishman, in drab breeches and gaiter boots, the finest specimen of a thorough John Bull that I had seen—weight about sixteen stone. He wore two top coats, a broad brimmed hat, and an enormous red travelling shawl, behind the folds of which his portly double chin was entirely hidden.
Word: uncloak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cloak English uncloak From un- + cloak. 1. To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal. Labels: transitive Example: And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to? Example: She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […] 2. To remove one's cloak. Labels: intransitive Example: Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside. 3. To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device. Labels: intransitive Example: Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.
Word: unstably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unstable + -ly or un- + stably. 1. In an unstable manner. Example: The message from this week’s election – and from the angry, at times overtly sexist and authoritarian rhetoric that Mr. Trump used on the campaign trail – is that America is a deeply, angrily, unstably divided country.
Word: ethicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ethical 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 ethicalness From ethical + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being ethical. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.
Word: untypical 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 typical English untypical From un- + typical. 1. not typical, atypical, unusual
Word: ethicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ethical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ethicality From ethical + -ity. 1. The state, quality, or manner of being ethical. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some reformers and sociologists, though the majority stuck by the older internationalist ethicalities, began to adopt imperialist and group Social Darwinist views. Example: As compared to the numerous studies focused on the incidence of student-faculty sexual involvement, few researchers have examined student perceptions of the ethicality of this form of sexual intimacy.
Word: unvarnished 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 varnished English unvarnished From un- + varnished. 1. Not having been coated with varnish. Labels: not-comparable Example: unvarnished furniture 2. Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated. Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable Example: She told the unvarnished truth. Example: There were no socialist countries or liberation movements to blame for World War I. It was a plain, unvarnished racist war for colonial empire.
Word: unfledged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + fledged (“furnished with feathers or wings”, adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈʌnflɛd͡ʒd/, /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ 1. Not having feathers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ambition is firſt Miniſter of State; / Love's but a ſecond in the Cabinet; / nor can he feather there his unfledg'd Shaft / But from Ambition's VVing: […] Example: This knave, […] shoes horses better than e'er a man betwixt us and Iceland; and so he gives up his practice on the bipeds, the two-legged and unfledged species, called mankind, and betakes him entirely to shoeing of horses. 2. Not having feathers. Labels: not-comparable Example: [W]e poore vnfledg'd / Haue never vving'd from vievv o' th'neſt; nor knovves^([sic – meaning know]) not / VVhat Ayre's from home. Example: [T]his ſuperannuated Beldame gapes for Flattery, like a Neſt of unfledged Crovvs for Food; and vvith them too, gulps dovvn every Thing that's offer'd her—no matter hovv Coarſe; […] 3. Of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced; hence, of or relating to youth. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: But do not dull the palme vvith entertaine, / Of euery nevv vnfledg'd courage, […] Example: Temptations haue ſince then been born to's: for / In thoſe vnfledg'd dayes, vvas my VVife a Girle; / Your precious ſelfe had then not croſs'd the eyes / Of my young Play-fellovv. 4. Of a thing: not yet fully developed; imperfect, incomplete, unfinished. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Beſides, it is not poſſible to give a young perſon a juſt vievv of life; he muſt have ſtruggled vvith his ovvn paſſions before he can eſtimate the force of the temptation vvhich betrayed his brother into vice. Thoſe vvho are entering life, and those vvho are departing, ſee the vvorld from ſuch very different points of vievv, that they can ſeldom think alike, unleſs the unfledged reaſon of the former never attempted a ſolitary flight. Example: Yet they who watch your God-compelled return / May see your happy perihelion burn / Where the calm sun his unfledged planets broods.
Word: unfledged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unfledge (“to remove feathers from (a bird)”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense forms of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈʌnflɛd͡ʒd/, /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unfledge. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: come-all-you Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the common occurrence in such songs of an exhortation beginning "come all you". 1. A traditional folk or country song. Labels: Ireland, UK, dialectal Example: He slapped his thighs and whooped and catcalled, encouraging anyone who knew it to join in the ‘traditional come-all-you’!
Word: epiglottal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis English -al English epiglottal From epiglottis + -al. Pronunciation: /ɛpɪˈɡlɒtəl/, /ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/, [ɛpɪˈɡlɑ.ɾɫ̩] 1. Pertaining to the epiglottis. Labels: not-comparable 2. Produced using the epiglottis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epiglottal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis English -al English epiglottal From epiglottis + -al. Pronunciation: /ɛpɪˈɡlɒtəl/, /ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/, [ɛpɪˈɡlɑ.ɾɫ̩] 1. An epiglottal consonant.
Word: palladium hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of metallic palladium that has adsorbed a substantial amount of elemental hydrogen into the interstices of its structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: norteño Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish norteño (“Northern [Mexico]”). 1. A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century. Labels: uncountable Example: At a party in an isolated mountain community in central Mexico, the host may well take out his accordion and play norteño corridos until the dawn breaks. Example: The two-stage festival's lineup reads like a who's who of norteño, duranguense and banda sinaloense acts, including Los Tigres del Norte, Banda el Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and K-Paz de la Sierra.
Word: chechias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chechia Labels: form-of, plural Example: Chechias were for sale at the bazaar.
Word: officina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin officīna. Doublet of oficina and usine. 1. A monetary office that issues coins. Example: There ought to be only one officina for the issuing of currency; there ought to be only one officina for the control of that issue. Example: […] there may have been variations in method of describing an officina used to distinguish different series issued therefrom.
Word: -in-law Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, etc., equivalent to in + law. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌlɔ/ 1. Related through marriage. Labels: morpheme Example: cousin-in-law
Word: Magnolia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌmæɡˈnəʊ.li.ə/, /ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/ 1. A female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century. Example: Our blooming friend, the handsome and stalworth Magnolia, having got a confidential hint from agitated Mrs. Mack, trudged up to the mills, in a fine frenzy, vowing vengeance on Mary Matchwell, for she liked poor Sally Nutter well. Example: "Nobody could have a name like Magnolia." "They could if they came from South Carolina, as she did. In the southern states of America you can't throw a brick without hitting a Magnolia." 2. Several places in the United States. 3. Several places in the United States. 4. Several places in the United States. 5. Several places in the United States. 6. Several places in the United States. 7. Several places in the United States. 8. Several places in the United States. 9. Several places in the United States. 10. Several places in the United States. 11. Several places in the United States. 12. Several places in the United States. 13. Several places in the United States. 14. Several places in the United States.
Word: karyology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “kernel, nucleus”) + -ology. Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gang sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A verbal or visual way that gang members identify their affiliation. 2. Any distinguishing mark, such as a tattoo, that serves to identify a member of a particular gang.
Word: antvireo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + vireo. 1. Any of eight species of birds in the genus Dysithamnus.
Word: hobnobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hobnob + -er. 1. One who hobnobs.
Word: hobnobbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hobnobber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hobnobs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hobnob Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hobnobbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hobnob Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hobnobbing Part of Speech: noun 1. A friendly, informal session of talking or drinking. Example: his hobnobbings with the crowned heads of Europe
Word: hobnobbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hobnob Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian орда́ (ordá) and other sources, all ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu. Doublet of horde (which see for more) and Urdu. 1. A political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples, sometimes referred to as a horde. Labels: historical
Word: lollypops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lollypop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bugbears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bugbear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bugbears Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bugbear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: world-view Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of worldview. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: otaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese オタク (otaku, “geek, nerd”) originally used in reference to the 1982 Macross fandom, from the honorific form お宅 (otaku, “you”), from the honorific form 宅 (taku, “home”) ("your home"). Pronunciation: /əʊˈtɑːkuː/, [əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː], /oʊˈtɑku/, [o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu] 1. One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga. Labels: slang
Word: long hauls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long haul Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long-hauls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-haul. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long-hauls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of long-haul Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cleartext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clear + text. 1. The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: family doctor Part of Speech: noun 1. A practitioner of family medicine.
Word: family medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular specialty in the field of medicine, one that deals with only general conditions, but of all persons. Labels: uncountable
Word: ass clown Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of assclown. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang
Word: Hershey highway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the American chocolate company; the brown color of chocolate is likened to feces. 1. The anus or anal sex. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: greeting card Part of Speech: noun 1. A card, typically folded in half and available commercially, that is sent to someone as a greeting. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: glue stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A solid adhesive in a twist- or push-up tube, most commonly seen in schools and offices. Example: Can I have a glue stick to stick this sheet into my book please, Miss? 2. A stick of hot glue. Labels: informal Example: He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.
Word: icositetrahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From icosi- + tetra- + -hedron. 1. Any of several solids having twenty-four faces.
Word: semla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish semla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), through Old Swedish. Doublet of semola and semel; compare semolina. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmlə/ 1. A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.
Word: scanties Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scanty Middle English -es English -s English scanties From scanty + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈskæntiz/ 1. Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Reluctant to leave that adored image of a Narcissus reverie, Sadie removed her slip and scanties and brassière, thereby revealing an imposition practised on the male eye by that support, for Sadie's breasts were not the resolute, cup-shaped adornments it moulded under her frock, but drooped when their soft tissues were released, while Rita's breasts, eight years older than Sadie's, were still firmly anchored to the arch of her chest, and even in a reclining posture refused to lob. Example: […] and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and scanties?
Word: jollies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jolly Labels: form-of, plural 2. Kicks; satisfaction; entertainment. Labels: slang Example: I don't know if this is how you get your jollies, but it's pretty screwed up. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:jollies. 3. The Royal Marines. Labels: capitalized, often, slang
Word: jollies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jolly Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shell moulding Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of casting metal used mainly for small pieces requiring relatively high accuracy. Labels: uncountable
Word: WBC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of white blood cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WBC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Boxing Council, one of several sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him. 2. Initialism of World Baseball Classic, a tournament for national teams jointly organized by the International Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Westboro Baptist Church, an unaffiliated Baptist church known for its hate speech. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ecphory Part of Speech: noun 1. An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: what-have-you Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative spelling of what have you. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: what have you Part of Speech: pron 1. Any of several additional, unmentioned things. Labels: colloquial Example: He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters. Example: So you might not have a million-seller every time, 'cause you're not movin' around and what have you, but at least you'll have a good track record.
Word: Anglo-Saxon America Part of Speech: name 1. The parts of the American continent colonized or historically controlled by Anglo-Saxon people, principally the USA and Canada. Example: In 1800 the population of the United States and Canada combined was 6 million whereas that of Latin America was over 19 million. By 1900, Anglo-Saxon America had a population of 81 million and Latin America only 63 million. Example: Nevertheless, during the nineteenth century there was a similar concern in both Anglo-Saxon America and Spanish America with "purification" of the blood […] 2. Synonym of white America. Example: Excluded from Anglo-Saxon America, Irish-Americans […] Example: […] from the compact trope of "the sea-divided Gael," to the poet's refusal of an "Anglo-Saxon" America because "you are not of the self-same race […]
Word: Hooman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian هومن (human, literally “good-natured”), from Middle Persian [Term?]. 1. A transliteration of the Persian male given name هومن (human).
Word: huc Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of hydrologic unit code. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: decapacitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English capacitate English decapacitate From de- + capacitate. Pronunciation: /diːkəˈpæsɪteɪt/ 1. To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something. Example: Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.
Word: little boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age. Example: She has three little boys, so she's very busy these days. Example: Calvin: I'd like to get a Valentine bouquet for a girl I know. Cashier: What a sweet little boy you are! Come see what we have. 2. A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand 3. A male who is weak or subservient. Labels: derogatory Example: You're too much of a little boy to be suited for hard work like this.
Word: Prakrit Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/ 1. Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages.
Word: Prakrit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/ 1. Of or pertaining to this language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Prakrits Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Prakrit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pracrit Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Prakrit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pracrits Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Pracrit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of straddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straddles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of straddle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zymological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English zymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English zymological From zymology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to zymology; zymologic.
Word: zymosimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζύμωσις (zúmōsis, “fermentation”), and English -i- and -meter. 1. An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.
Word: squamulose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose. Pronunciation: /ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/, /ˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/ 1. Having small scales. Example: The stem of the mushroom is squamulose. Example: Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.
Word: squamules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squamule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: godfearing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”). 1. Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity. 2. Devout; pious; very religious.
Word: chicken soup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The figurative sense comes from the fact that the soup is a folk remedy for colds. 1. Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store. Example: Chicken soup is proverbial as a wholesome food whose nutrients will help your body recover from illness. 2. A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing. 3. A mixed-up mush. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup. 4. The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life. Labels: countable, historical, slang, uncountable
Word: Barbarossa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Barbarossa, from barba (“beard”) + rossa (“red”). Pronunciation: /ˌbɑː.bəˈɹəʊ.sə/, /ˌbɑɹ.bəˈɹoʊ.sə/ 1. A surname from Italian. Example: David Barbarossa Example: Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa 2. An epithet or nickname applied to certain historical characters. Example: Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor 1122–1190) 3. Operation Barbarossa: the 1941 Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, named after the emperor. Labels: historical
Word: impactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin impāctor, from impingō + -tor. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpæktɚ/, /ɪmˈpæktə/ 1. Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material. Example: cascade impactor 2. An object which impacts another. Example: Chicxulub impactor Example: Although Dr. Bottke remains unconvinced that the impactor had a cometary origin, he noted that the asteroid explanation also raised many exciting and unresolved questions.
Word: suicidality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English suicide English -al English suicidal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English suicidality From suicidal + -ity. 1. The tendency of a person to commit suicide. Labels: uncountable Example: In contrast, for individuals with an interpsychic focus, suicidality is often related to interpersonal struggles[…] 2. A fatality that is an instance of suicide. Labels: countable Example: The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction.
Word: nestler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nestle + -er. 1. One who nestles. 2. A nestling; a young bird in the nest.
Word: neurodevelopment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English development English neurodevelopment From neuro- + development. 1. The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism. Labels: uncountable
Word: sensitizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sensitive 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 sensitize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sensitizer From sensitize + -er. 1. Any agent that sensitizes something.
Word: synergise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of synergize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: synergize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1881. From synergy + -ize. 1. To act as a synergetic agent. 2. To act in synergy; to work together to create an effect that is greater than the individual parts.
Word: synergetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From synergy + -etic. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪn.əˈd͡ʒɛt.ɪk/, /ˌsɪn.ɚˈd͡ʒɛt.ɪk/, [ˌsɪn.ɚˈd͡ʒɛɾ.ɪk], /ˌsɪn.əˈd͡ʒet.ɪk/, [ˌsɪn.əˈd͡ʒeɾ.ɪk] 1. Relating to synergetics. 2. Relating to synergy; synergistic.
Word: pacca Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pukka. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: paesano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian paesano. 1. An Italian peasant or rustic.
Word: palazzi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palazzo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coastwatcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coast + watcher. 1. Any of the allied military intelligence operatives stationed on remote Pacific island locations during World War II, to observe enemy shipping movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel. Labels: historical
Word: coastwatchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coastwatcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pasticceria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pasticceria. 1. An Italian cake shop or confectioner's. Example: Pastries and fancy cakes are served with coffee or wine in cafés, and Italians buy them at pasticcerie to take home for holidays or for special occasions. But these sophisticated creations of the pasticcerie are not often attempted by busy home cooks. Example: Everything, except bars and restaurants, closes on Sunday, though you might find pasticcerias, and fish shops in some coastal towns, open until lunchtime.
Word: paesani Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paesano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passerelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French passerelle. 1. A gangplank or platform used to board or leave a large yacht. 2. A semicircular ramp or catwalk that extends from the stage of a theater around the orchestra pit.
Word: pasticcerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pasticcerie. 1. plural of pasticceria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Asta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Asta. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Sigrid Part of Speech: name Etymology: From modern Scandinavian (Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Sigrid), a name known in Norse saga, and used by Swedish royalty; Old Norse Sigríðr. Pronunciation: /ˈsiɡɹɪd/, /ˈsɪɡɹɪd/ 1. A female given name from the Scandinavian languages, of fairly rare usage.
Word: Siri Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Siri, a variant of Sigrid, whence also English Sigrid. 1. A female given name. 2. A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Apple Inc. for its iOS operating system.
Word: Siri Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Siri. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Siri Part of Speech: name 1. A highly endangered Chadic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Word: Ingrid Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. 1. A female given name from Old Norse.
Word: quinquennium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quīnquennium, from quinquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /kwɪŋˈkwɛniəm/, /kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəm/, /kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm/ 1. A period of five years. Example: During the quinquennium from 1991 to 1995, infant mortality increased.
Word: Inger Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: kangaroo apple Part of Speech: noun 1. The fruit of Solanum aviculare or Solanum vescum; the plants bearing such fruit.
Word: Inka Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Inca. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Iver Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈaɪvə/ 1. A large village and civil parish (served by The Ivers Parish Council) in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0381).
Word: recouper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recoup + -er. 1. One who, or that which, recoups. 2. A legal action to recoup.
Word: put-up job Part of Speech: noun 1. An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: It seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but a put-up job. Example: “The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”
Word: put up or shut up Part of Speech: verb 1. To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary. Labels: idiomatic Example: "If the evidence for modern Darwinian theory is so overwhelming, they should have called the bluff on the other side and come and made their arguments. ... They should have put up or shut up."
Word: gynecogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gyneco- + -genic. 1. Giving birth mostly to females 2. Causing female characteristics. Labels: obsolete Example: The gynecogenic hormone was responsible for the man's feminine voice.
Word: King of Kings Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of king of kings. Labels: alt-of
Word: Lord of Lords Part of Speech: name Etymology: From KJV Revelation 17:14. 1. Jesus Christ.
Word: Prince of Peace Part of Speech: name Etymology: * 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Isaiah, 9:6 *: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 1. Jesus
Word: gurrybutt Part of Speech: noun 1. A receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal. Example: Oh, Penn, dump these in the gurrybutt, ‘fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?”
Word: soloism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English solo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English soloism From solo + -ism. 1. The practice of performing solos, especially in music or airplane flying training. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually
Word: gurrybutts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gurrybutt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: two-line pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.
Word: master gland Part of Speech: noun 1. The pituitary gland. Labels: informal Example: The pituitary is often called the master gland because it controls so much.
Word: put aside Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside. 2. To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time. Labels: transitive Example: I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency. 3. To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention. Labels: transitive Example: Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished. Example: Stanmore: Plans to provide step-free access to the Jubilee Line station have been put aside, after the housing development on the car park that would have paid for it was withdrawn.
Word: can-can Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cancan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: touchier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of touchy: more touchy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: jagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Showing no ill-effects from her lay-off, the full-back had already beaten three defenders on a jagging kick return, when she was sprung down the blindside a minute later.
Word: pentiti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”). Pronunciation: /pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/ 1. A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso. Example: According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.
Word: tornit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Tornit. Labels: alt-of Example: ... tornits had turned their attention from Tashi's light show and charged head-on, colliding in the river with a thunderous boom. And that meant the tornits stampeded right passed Tashi toward the adlets. Apparently, the giants were[…] Example: ... tornits still only just around the corner. Eventually, their heavy, muffled footsteps indicated that they were moving off down another passage.
Word: rainy day Part of Speech: noun 1. A difficult period of need, in reference to a time when money will be needed. Labels: idiomatic Example: I've kept some money in the bank for a rainy day. Example: Their food is principally composed of nuts, but they also eat corn and grain, acorns and beech-nuts, whilst (possibly as a corrective to so much vegetable food) they will at times feed upon beetles, caterpillars, and other insects and their larvæ. The manner in which they obtain the kernel of the nut is very interesting. When a nut has been obtained, it is placed in a crevice of the bark of a tree, or in a crack or slit of a paling or gate-post, and by continuous knockings with its hard bill, by dint of perseverance the most stubborn shell is at length broken and the contents extracted. They, like squirrels, often lay up a stock of nuts for a possible "rainy day;" and if nuts be placed in suitable positions near their haunts, Nuthatches will often find them out, break the shells, and eat them. It is during this operation that they make the peculiar rapping noise that has so often attracted attention. The stroke of their bills against the hard shell of the nut can be heard upwards of two hundred yards away. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rainy, day. Example: Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. Example: Sometimes on a rainy day I sit around and weed the losers out of my address book.
Word: perdendosi Part of Speech: noun 1. A gradual fading away. Example: Then towards the end you hear them both interlaced, and both are being resolved in a perdendosi. Example: For the AnC period, Karlgren (Études, pp. 38-39) describes the Four tones p'ing ('even perdendosi'), shang ('rising perdendosi'), ch'u ('probably falling perdendosi'), ju (ex abrupto), but then ...
Word: radiot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of radio + idiot. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪ̯.diː.əʊ̯t/, /ɹeɪ̯.di.oʊ̯t/, /ɹæɪ̯.diː.ɐʉt/, /ɹæɪ̯.diː.əʉ̯t/, /ɹe.di.ot/ 1. A person who is obsessed with radios and listening to the radio. Labels: humorous
Word: Mimosa Part of Speech: name 1. The star Beta Crucis.
Word: Mimosa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variously from the beverage mimosa and plants of the genus Mimosa. The etymology of the Ontario location is uncertain. 1. Names of towns: 2. Names of towns: 3. Names of towns: 4. Names of towns: Labels: historical 5. A mine in Zvishavane district, Midlands province, Zimbabwe: the Mimosa mine.
Word: Gallup poll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Eponym. 1. A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by George Gallup or one the companies he founded. 2. Any poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public. Labels: broadly, informal Example: 1971, Herman Wouk, The Winds of War, chapter 42, "Pity we live in the same century with that strange creature. Say, we have here two men who talked at length face to face with the fellow. Let's take a Gallup poll. Sumner, do you think Hitler is a madman?" Example: My tiny personal Gallup poll unearthed plenty of refugees who were happy where they were and had no desire to return to Palestine, no matter what;... .
Word: put into practice Part of Speech: verb 1. To make (something) a practical reality. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: But there remain two problems to resolve before the plan can be put into practice. Example: In his view, this eminent locomotive engineer had very decided opinions of his own, and was not afraid of putting them into practice; but a weakness lay in the fact that there was no one on his staff in a position sufficiently strong to hold his own with Stroudley in argument.
Word: put in practice Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of put into practice. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: practice what one preaches Part of Speech: verb 1. To act in accordance with the advice and teachings one gives to others. Labels: US Example: I'm a victim of the very song I sing, yeah / Why don't you practice what you preach? / That's what everybody keep tellin' me / They say, "My advice is good for others (ooh-ooh) / It's got to be good for me" / Can't you see?
Word: sharp practice Part of Speech: noun 1. Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda. Example: This action was later regarded by some as a piece of rather sharp practice, but Bidder claimed that the landowners concerned […] refused to sell the ground for the railway unless the whole of their property was purchased at a suitable profit to themselves. 2. A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Shermanesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sherman + -esque, after American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, who declined when being considered as a possible Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." 1. Having the intent of refusing a nomination to public office, or of refusing to serve in such office if elected.
Word: rugby player Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who plays rugby, especially professionally.