nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tortuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/, /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/ 1. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. Labels: figuratively, often Example: The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. Example: The Southern acquired them because the little Class "B4" 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but short wheelbase on its books to take their place on the more tortuous of the dock lines. 2. Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely. Example: Infortunate ascendent tortuous. 3. Injurious; tortious. Labels: obsolete
Word: evasively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English evasive Middle English -ly English -ly English evasively From evasive + -ly. 1. In an evasive manner.
Word: noblemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nobleman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: francs-tireurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of franc-tireur. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ammo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *móyni Latin moene Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin mūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin mūnitiōnemlbor. Middle French munition Middle French amunitionbor. English ammunitionclip. English ammo Clipping of ammunition. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.məʊ/, /ˈa.məʊ/, /ˈæ.moʊ/ 1. Ammunition. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper. Then it's “napoo-fini” (Tommy's French) for Mr. Lewis. Example: 'Hey, Limey,' called The Robber patiently. 'Come on out or I start using pineapples. I been expectin' you an' I got plenty ammo.' 2. Chips or money, usually at a casino. Labels: slang, uncommon, uncountable, usually
Word: ammo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *móyni Latin moene Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin mūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin mūnitiōnemlbor. Middle French munition Middle French amunitionbor. English ammunitionclip. English ammo Clipping of ammunition. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.məʊ/, /ˈa.məʊ/, /ˈæ.moʊ/ 1. To load up on ammunition. Labels: informal, transitive Example: "Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed; they dropped me off here.
Word: franc-tireur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French franc-tireur (literally “free-shooter”). 1. A member of the irregular military formations deployed by France during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). Labels: historical
Word: solvency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From solvent + -cy. 1. The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This is often phrased in terms of whether they are facing liquidity or solvency problems; but I think it’s better phrased in terms of the possibility of self-fulfilling crises, a la Obstfeld.
Word: maddeningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English maddening Middle English -ly English -ly English maddeningly From maddening + -ly. 1. In a maddening manner. Example: Walking back to the little wooden bungalow, Bond picked up his first sandfly bites. Quarrel chuckled when he saw the flat bumps on his back that would soon start to itch maddeningly. Example: Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid.
Word: maddening Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmædənɪŋ/ 1. Causing frustration or anger. 2. Leading to insanity.
Word: maddening Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmædənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of madden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: madden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mad + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈmædən/ 1. To make angry. Labels: transitive 2. To make insane; to inflame with passion. Labels: transitive 3. To become furious. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns. Example: And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"
Word: mantel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.təl/ 1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney. 2. A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Word: mantel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.təl/ 1. To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Word: navigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”). Pronunciation: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ 1. To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. Labels: transitive Example: He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr. Example: Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes. 2. To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle. Labels: intransitive Example: You drive. I'll navigate. 3. To travel over water in a ship; to sail. Labels: intransitive Example: We navigated to France in the dinghy. 4. To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism. Labels: transitive Example: It was difficult to navigate back to the home page. 5. To find a way through a difficult situation or process. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance. Example: Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.
Word: driverless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English driver Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English driverless From driver + -less. 1. Without a driver. Labels: not-comparable Example: a driverless vehicle Example: Will Underground trains be completely driverless? The new signalling being installed as part of the Upgrade will allow this, and the development, allowing a faster throughput of trains, might arise from, or be stopped by, a battle with the unions. Mike Brown, Managing Director of London Underground, envisages driverless trains within twenty years.
Word: handsfree Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hands-free. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: handsfree Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hands-free. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mileage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mile Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English mileage From mile + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/, /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered. Example: In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000. 2. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation. 3. An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it. Example: There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research. 6. Something worth taking into consideration. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: There’s some mileage in your argument. 7. The total number of a person's past sexual encounters. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Now she's phoning me on private When I told her I don't like it She's a ho and she got mileage Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt) I see it then I buy it She's still eating on my privates
Word: gluttony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/ 1. The vice of eating to excess. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
Word: potency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin potentia. Doublet of Potenza. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊtənsi/ 1. Power, authority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I would to heauen I had your potencie, And you were Isabell: should it then be thus? No: I would tell what 'twere to be a Iudge, and what a prisoner. Example: Beset on either hand by potencies greater than himself, he becomes the battle-ground of immortals. 2. The ability or capacity to perform something Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The ability or capacity to perform something Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet. 4. Concentration; strength Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Potentiality, ability, capacity. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Cardinality. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: showcase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From show + case. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs/, /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/ 1. A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items. 2. A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.
Word: showcase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From show + case. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs/, /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/ 1. To display, demonstrate, show, or present. Labels: transitive Example: I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software. Example: Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.
Word: nationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English national Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English nationally From national + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈnæʃənəli/ 1. In a way relating to the whole nation. Example: The speech was televised nationally. Example: The impact on rural communities of rail closures was acute, but I would argue that the worst outcome it created was the long-term diminishment of suburban capacity outside London, which has had a far more insidious effect on rail usage nationally.
Word: firsthand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From first + hand. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/, /ˈfɝstˌhænd/, [ˈfɝstˌhɛənd], [ˌfɝstˈhɛənd] 1. Direct, without intermediate stages. Labels: not-comparable Example: firsthand knowledge Example: I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known. 2. Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand. Labels: not-comparable Example: a firsthand copy
Word: firsthand Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From first + hand. Pronunciation: /ˌfɜːstˈhænd/, [ˈfɝstˌhɛənd], /ˌfɝstˈhænd/, [ˌfɝstˈhɛənd] 1. Directly or from personal experience. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hell and tarnations, I've known them for muddleheads and blockheads half my life, and firsthand, but I sure didn't expect them to take leave of their senses, insulting our office of President, making our Party into a white demagogue's party, slapping the Negro vote in the face. Example: In the course of three intensive days in and around Guiyu's four villages, the small investigative team witnessed firsthand what passes for recycling of e-waste in Asia.
Word: insurgency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insurgent + -cy. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/, /ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/ 1. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent Labels: countable, uncountable Example: suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population
Word: for crying out loud Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Minced version of for Christ's sake. Pronunciation: /fɚ ˈkɹaɪ.ɪŋ aʊt ˌlaʊd/ 1. Used to express frustration, exasperation, or annoyance. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Oh, for crying out loud, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages! Example: 'I knew yeh weren't gettin' yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn't even know abou' Hogwarts, fer cryin' out loud!'
Word: set forth Part of Speech: verb 1. To state; describe; give an account of. Labels: transitive Example: Where any judge falls under any of the challengeable grounds set forth in section 13, the judge may state the grounds to the Court and remove himself from the case concerned. Example: At Delphi every eighth year a sacred drama or miracle-play was acted which drew crowds of spectators from all parts of Greece. It set forth the slaying of the Dragon by Apollo. 2. To present for consideration; to propose. Labels: transitive 3. To begin a journey or expedition. Labels: intransitive Example: Columbus set forth with three small ships. Example: Next, the Chinese text says that they set forth from the district of Lo-lang, which is situated not in Leao-tung, but in Corea, and of which the capital is the present city of Pʽing-jang (in d’Auville’s map, Ping-yang), situated upon the northern bank of the Ta-tʽung-kiang, or Pʽai-shue, a river of the province of Pʽing-ngan, which, in great part, in the time of the dynasty of Han, formed the district of Lo-lang. 4. To start. Labels: intransitive
Word: downpour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down- + pour. Compare typologically Czech liják, Polish ulewa, Slovene naliv, Russian ли́вень (lívenʹ) (akin to лить (litʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A heavy fall of rain. Example: They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked. Example: I left Inverness on a Saturday afternoon in July in a steady downpour of rain.
Word: downpour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From down- + pour. Compare typologically Czech liják, Polish ulewa, Slovene naliv, Russian ли́вень (lívenʹ) (akin to лить (litʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/ 1. To pour down; rain heavily. Labels: intransitive Example: Bank-notes fluttered down and lay about in all directions, relays of sovereigns rolled away like so much dross, bonds and scrip for thousands and tens of thousands clogged the downpouring stream of jewellery and unset gems. Example: It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
Word: contraire Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of contrary. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: put forward Part of Speech: verb 1. To propose for consideration. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The Prime Minister put forward new plans to tackle corruption. Example: Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties. 2. To change the time in a time zone to a later time. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks forward an hour. Example: When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.
Word: au contraire Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French au contraire. Pronunciation: /əʊ ˈkɒntɹɛː(ɹ)/, /oʊ ˌkɔnˈtɹɛ(ə)ɹ/, /oʊ ˌkɑnˈtɹɛ(ə)ɹ/, /ɔ-/ 1. On the contrary. Labels: emphatic, humorous, not-comparable, usually Example: Travellers have written and spoken so much of the beauty of this celebrated piece of water, that I expected to be disappointed; but, au contraire, I am almost inclined to write a rhapsody myself. Example: Fembots: (one by one) You can't resist us, Mr. Powers. / Austin Powers: Au contraire, baby. I think that you can't resist me.
Word: venu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit वेणु (veṇu, “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”). 1. One of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music.
Word: drop by Part of Speech: verb 1. To visit informally and spontaneously. Labels: colloquial Example: I dropped by on Thursday, but you were out.
Word: drug dealer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who illegally sells recreational drugs.
Word: earplug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + plug. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəplʌɡ/, /ɪːplʌɡ/, /ɪjəplʌɡ/, /ɛːplʌɡ/, /iɾplʌɡ/ 1. A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.
Word: earplug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ear + plug. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəplʌɡ/, /ɪːplʌɡ/, /ɪjəplʌɡ/, /ɛːplʌɡ/, /iɾplʌɡ/ 1. To fit with earplugs. Labels: transitive Example: In this same strain of mouse, earplugging from 17-22 days postpartum is effective in inducing susceptibility to audiogenic seizures... Example: There wasn't much I could tell him, earplugged, but I crawled into turbine number 3 and waved him on in.
Word: epidemiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more. Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪdiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌɛpɪˌdɛm-/ 1. The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses. Example: Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity. 2. The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: endangered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/, /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚd/, /ɪnˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/, /ənˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/ 1. in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct) Example: I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden […]
Word: endangered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/, /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚd/, /ɪnˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/, /ənˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of endanger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anchorage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English anchorage From anchor + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/, [ˈæŋkʰəɹʷɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈæŋkʰɹʷɪd͡ʒ], /ˈæŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/, [ˈæŋkʰɚɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈæŋkʰɹ̩ɪd͡ʒ], /ˈeɪŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fee charged for anchoring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour. 3. That into which something is anchored or fastened. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge 4. The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage. 6. The set of anchors belonging to a ship. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: undersized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English size English -ed English sized English undersized From under- + sized. 1. below the usual or expected size
Word: schlub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish זשלאָב (zhlob, “goyish bumpkin, redneck”), derived from Polish żłób (“manger, trough; furrow, large groove in the soil”). Compare Russian жлоб (žlob). Originated in Eastern Europe as part of klezmer musician cant (Klezmer-loshn). In its original sense, the word only applied to non-Jewish males. Strom (2002) lists "zhlobukhe-elzet" as a synonym, "zhlobevke" and "zlobike" (זלאָביקע) as female counterparts. The precise nature of the semantic leap from "manger, crib" to "boorish goy" remains unclear. In any case, by the year 1869, it had become common enough to be included in a Russian-Yiddish dictionary published in Zhytomyr. Jewish immigrants brought the word to the United States, where it is best known under the form schlub. False cognate of English slob. Pronunciation: /ʃlʌb/ 1. A person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, unattractive or unkempt. Labels: Jewish, New-York-City, derogatory, informal, slang Example: It wasn’t sufficient for Mother to use the rolling pin on that hapless brother of mine; she’d also call him Zlob, or Cham, another Polish term for an awkward peasant, something that a son of a nice Jewish family should never be. Example: “Do you want me to go in for a quick snoop and poop?” “No. You cannot go. They will sense you. No, we need a mortal. A human. A common schlub. A nobody. Someone whose personality is like a eunuch. Do you know?” “Okay, I'm gonna go. I'll go. All right? I'll go.”
Word: uke Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /juːk/ 1. Clipping of ukulele. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: uke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 受け (uke), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”). Pronunciation: /ˈuːke/ 1. The training partner against whom tori performs a move. 2. A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom. Labels: Japanese, slang Example: Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism. Example: You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?
Word: cellevision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cellphone + television. 1. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of visual images, and often sound, to wireless handheld electronic devices. Labels: uncountable Example: I became bored while waiting in the airport so I watched a little cellevision. 2. Collectively, the programs broadcast through cellevision. Labels: uncountable Example: ... fifty-seven channels and nothing on cellevision.
Word: metathesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis), from μετά (metá, “among”) + θέσις (thésis, “placement”). Pronunciation: /məˈtæ.θə.sɪs/, [məˈtʰæ.θə.səs], /mɛˈtæ.θə.sɪs/, [mɛˈtʰæ.θə.sɪs] 1. The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 2. The double decomposition of inorganic salts. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: double decomposition Part of Speech: noun 1. a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis
Word: pkg Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of package. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of parking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Gay roommate wanted to share roomy 2 bedroom Fenway apt. with pkg., kitchen, bay window.
Word: H5N1 Part of Speech: noun 1. A strain of avian influenza, often lethal in humans but not transmissible between humans. Labels: uncountable Example: Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.
Word: avian influenza Part of Speech: noun 1. Any strain of influenza carried by and primarily affecting birds. Labels: uncountable Example: Highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) is of rising concern to epidemiologists. The US National Library of Medicine lists H5N9 as a subtype avian influenza virus.
Word: lobby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.i/, /ˈlɑ.bi/, /ˈlɔb.i/ 1. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. Example: I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor. 2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly. 3. A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists. Example: Near-synonym: special interest Example: The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US. 4. A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person. 5. A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game. 6. An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. 7. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Example: Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock 8. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi. 9. A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators. Example: Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time.
Word: lobby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.i/, /ˈlɑ.bi/, /ˈlɔb.i/ 1. To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion. Example: 2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
Word: lobby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from lobscouse. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.i/, /ˈlɑ.bi/, /ˈlɔb.i/ 1. lobscouse Labels: West-Midlands, uncountable Example: My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
Word: gram-molecular weight Part of Speech: noun 1. the amount of a substance whose weight, in grams, is equal to its molecular weight
Word: lousy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ.zi/ 1. Unwanted and often unpleasant. Labels: colloquial Example: I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt. 2. Unwanted and often unpleasant. Labels: colloquial Example: No offense, but his cooking is lousy. Example: Must have been a lousy school. 3. Unwanted and often unpleasant. Labels: colloquial Example: I cleaned the lousy garage. 4. Unwanted and often unpleasant. Labels: colloquial Example: I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place. 5. Unwell; under the weather. Labels: colloquial Example: I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week. 6. Infested with lice. 7. Filled or packed (with something, usually bad). Labels: colloquial, usually Example: The place was lousy with students. Example: The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row. […] And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Certainly the Palace was lousy with it. Mack and the boys were charged. Jones was seen to leap from his chair only to do a quick tap dance and sit down again.
Word: catenation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of catenating. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: agrichemical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin agerder. English agri- English chemical English agrichemical From agri- + chemical. 1. Alternative form of agrochemical. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agrichemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin agerder. English agri- English chemical English agrichemical From agri- + chemical. 1. Alternative form of agrochemical. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: chemical equation Part of Speech: noun 1. a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction; reactants are represented on the left, and products on the right
Word: follicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-der. Latin follis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin folliculusbor. English follicle Borrowed from Latin folliculus. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒlɪkəl/, [ˈfɒlɪkɫ̩], /ˈfɑlɪkəl/, [ˈfɑlɪkɫ̩] 1. A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. Example: He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy. 2. A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
Word: acquiescer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acquiesce + -er. 1. One who acquiesces. Example: On the basis of these scores, patients were designated High Acquiescers and Low Acquiescers.
Word: chemical physics Part of Speech: noun 1. The science that studies chemical processes and phenomena from the point of view of physics. Labels: physical, uncountable
Word: au fait Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French au fait (literally “at the fact”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈfeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈfeɪ/ 1. Being familiar with or informed about something. Example: Are you au fait with the rules of the game? Example: The Chevalier was, as usual, au fait at all the anecdotes of the court, which had been exceedingly gay, owing to the visit of Madame de Savoie and her daughter, the Princess Marguerite.
Word: barbell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bar + dumbbell. The piercing is named after the exercise equipment, because of the visual resemblance. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹˌbɛl/ 1. A wide steel bar with premeasured weights counterpoised at either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter. Example: The in-house gym included “squat racks” for weight lifting, with iron barbells branded with “Thinking Machines” in bold white typeface. 2. A piece of jewellery composed of a straight bar with a bead on each end, used as a piercing.
Word: braked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹeɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of brake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: braked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɹeɪkt/ 1. Equipped with brakes (the vehicle-stopping devices). Labels: not-comparable Example: On most aircraft, the mainwheels are braked, but the nosewheel or tailwheel is not.
Word: Jessika Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Hebrew, of rare, modern usage, variant of Jessica
Word: concept album Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First applied to the albums Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Their Satanic Majesties Request, both released in 1967. 1. An album of music where the content follows an overall theme or narrative. Example: Rather than merely a collection of unrelated songs, their new LP (which was nine months in the making) is a concept album, “an integrated and ethereal experience with a cosmic quality.” Example: […] while the consistent use of lengthy forms such as the programmatic song cycle of the concept album and the multimovement suite underscores the hippies' new, drug-induced conception of time.
Word: McCarthyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Irish Mac Carthaighbor. English McCarthy 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 McCarthyism From McCarthy + -ism, named after United States Senator Joseph McCarthy. Originates from a 1950 Washington Post political cartoon by Herbert Block. Pronunciation: /məˈkɑː.θi.ɪzəm/, /məˈkɑɹ.θi.ɪzəm/ 1. The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs, especially as opposed to communism. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually Example: This is McMuskism: it’s McCarthyism on steroids, political persecution + Trump + Musk + Silicon Valley surveillance tools. It’s the dawn of a new age of political witch-hunts, where burning at the stake meets data harvesting and online mobs.
Word: McCarthyism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Irish Mac Carthaighbor. English McCarthy 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 McCarthyism From McCarthy + -ism, named after United States Senator Joseph McCarthy. Originates from a 1950 Washington Post political cartoon by Herbert Block. Pronunciation: /məˈkɑː.θi.ɪzəm/, /məˈkɑɹ.θi.ɪzəm/ 1. The intense opposition to, and fear and suspicion of, Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s. Example: An important symptom of the difference between McCarthyism and Birchism is the shift in the geographical center of gravity.
Word: bathrobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bath + robe. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːθ.ɹəʊb/, /ˈbæθ.ɹoʊb/ 1. A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.
Word: Incredible Hulk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Incredible Hulk, a Marvel Comics Universe character with green skin. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹɛdəbəl hʌlk/ 1. A green-colored cocktail made with equal parts of the fruit liqueur Hpnotiq and Hennessy brand cognac poured over ice.
Word: science centre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of science center. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gazetteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from French gazettier (archaic), gazetier (“journalist, newspaperman”) + English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with or engaged in a specified activities). Gazettier, gazetier are derived from gazette (“newspaper”) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession); and gazette from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta of news”) (referring to the cost of the newspaper, a gazeta being a Venetian coin of little value, whence English gazet (obsolete)), possibly a diminutive of Latin gaza (“riches, treasure; treasury”), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure; wealth”). The English word is analysable as gazette + -eer. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə/, /ˌɡæzəˈtɪəɹ/ 1. A person who writes for a gazette or newspaper; a journalist; (specifically) a journalist engaged by a government. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Mount novv to Gallo-belgicus: Appeare / As deepe as a States-man, as a Gazettier. Example: Did I tell you I have made Ford Gazetteer, with two hundred pounds a year salary, besides perquisites. 2. A gazette, a newspaper. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: The Hoſt look'd ſtedfaſtly at Adams, and after a Minute's ſilence aſked him "if he vvas one of the VVriters of the Gazetteers? for I have heard," ſays he, "they are vvrit by Parſons." "Gazetteers!" anſvvered Adams. "What is that?" "It is a dirty Nevvs-Paper," replied the Hoſt, "vvhich hath been given avvay all over the Nation for theſe many Years to abuſe Trade and honeſt Men, vvhich I vvould not ſuffer to lie on my Table, tho' it hath been offered me for nothing." Example: Confus'd above, / Glaſſes and bottles, pipes and gazetteers, / As if the table even itſelf vvas drunk, / Lie a vvet broken ſcene; […]
Word: gazetteer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from French gazettier (archaic), gazetier (“journalist, newspaperman”) + English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with or engaged in a specified activities). Gazettier, gazetier are derived from gazette (“newspaper”) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession); and gazette from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta of news”) (referring to the cost of the newspaper, a gazeta being a Venetian coin of little value, whence English gazet (obsolete)), possibly a diminutive of Latin gaza (“riches, treasure; treasury”), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure; wealth”). The English word is analysable as gazette + -eer. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə/, /ˌɡæzəˈtɪəɹ/ 1. Synonym of gazette (“to announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette”). Labels: transitive Example: [A]s an old friend I've got one favour to beg and to request to be granted. […] Why, when you've been gazetteered as Sir Robert and Lady Smugglefuss, that I shall be the first to be honoured with a visit. Example: But the change was at hand, and two new major-generals and six brigadier-generals were gazetteered to the anxious country. 2. To report about (someone) in a gazette or newspaper. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: [O]ur modern canibals of the gazetteering tribe, leſs delicate than they, can divert themſelves in cool blood vvith the pangs of their friends, and exert their more licentious brutality amidſt the miſeries of nations in ſtrict alliance vvith their ovvn;—if ſuch inſects can be deem'd of any nation. Example: Patience, it will be our turn by and by, we shall have the honour of being Gazetteered in our place, at least I expect a whole paragraph in the 'Evening Post' for my own share.
Word: gazetteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from The Gazetteer’s, or Newsman’s Interpreter (1st edition, 1692), the name of a geographical index compiled by the English clergyman and historian Laurence Echard (c. 1670 – 1730); in the preface he said “The Title was given me by a very eminent Person, whom I forbear to name.” The preface also stated that the work was “partly design’d for all such as frequent Coffee-Houses, and other places for News”, that is, to help readers better understand the newspapers written by gazetteers or journalists (see etymology 1). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə/, /ˌɡæzəˈtɪəɹ/ 1. A dictionary or index of geographical locations. Labels: transitive Example: The kind Reception the Gazetteer has met vvith in the VVorld, manifeſted by the ſeveral Editions that have been of it, vvithin the compaſs of a fevv Years; and indeed, the Conveniency of a Compendious Undertaking of this kind, have induced us to go on vvith a ſecond Part, comprehending the other three Quarters of the VVorld, viz. Aſia, Africa and America; ſince the firſt had confin'd it ſelf entirely vvithin the Boundaries of Europe. Example: The "Polyolbion" [by Michael Drayton] is nothing less than a versified gazetteer of England and Wales,—fortunately Scotland was not yet annexed, or the poem would have been even longer, and already it is the plesiosaurus of verse. Mountains, rivers, and even marshes are personified, to narrate historical episodes, or to give us geographical lectures. 2. A similar descriptive list (often alphabetical) of information on other subjects. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: [A]ll the brighter stars of the sky are registered in their true relations one to another, on charts and photographic plates. […] When a higher precision is required, one must consult those gazetteers of the sky known as star catalogues. Example: The mountain was McKinley. At twenty thousand feet, it was a third lower than Everest but, in the gazetteers of mountaineering, was highly prized because its rise from plain to peak – what climbers call the 'uplift', a technical description with a metaphor hiding behind it – is greater than that of the Nepalese skyscraper.
Word: gazetteer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from The Gazetteer’s, or Newsman’s Interpreter (1st edition, 1692), the name of a geographical index compiled by the English clergyman and historian Laurence Echard (c. 1670 – 1730); in the preface he said “The Title was given me by a very eminent Person, whom I forbear to name.” The preface also stated that the work was “partly design’d for all such as frequent Coffee-Houses, and other places for News”, that is, to help readers better understand the newspapers written by gazetteers or journalists (see etymology 1). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə/, /ˌɡæzəˈtɪəɹ/ 1. To describe the geography of (a country or other place) in a gazetteer (etymology 2, noun sense 1). Labels: transitive Example: Such a cosmopolitan collection of post-marks is seldom made. They have a conventional range, from Buckingham Palace and Osborne, through university towns, scholars' libraries, remote parishes in Scotland, the seats of power in British India, to places Down East, and towns at the West not yet gazetteered; […] Example: Neither of them could make poetry coalesce with gazetteering or chronicle-making. It was like trying to put a declaration of love into the forms of a declaration in trover.
Word: ayes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪz/ 1. plural of aye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ayes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /aɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aye Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hugeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hugenesse, equivalent to huge + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːd͡ʒ.nəs/, [çu̟ːd͡ʒ.nɨs] 1. the quality of being huge; immensity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘You little trollop, my husband took you in, on a low rent, out of the hugeness of his heart.’
Word: capsaicin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Arbitrary alteration of earlier capsicine, capsicin (“material extracted from cayenne pepper”), presumably to prevent confusion, from German Capsicin, from New Latin capsicum + German -in. Name introduced by John Clough Thresh (1850–1932) in “Capsaicin, the Active Principle of Capsicum Fruits”. Pronunciation: /kæpˈseɪəsən/, /kæpˈseɪsən/ 1. A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: piss and moan Part of Speech: verb 1. To complain, especially needlessly and loudly. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, vulgar Example: Are you going to do something about it, or are you just going to piss and moan?
Word: in one's cups Part of Speech: adj 1. Drunk; in the act of consuming alcohol liberally. Labels: idiomatic Example: [T]he natives were an honest, social race of jolly roysterers, who had no objection to a drinking bout, and were very merry in their cups. Example: They grew only the more sober in their cups; there was no confused babble nor boisterous laughter. They sucked in the joyous fire of the decanters and kept it smouldering in their inmost recesses.
Word: soy sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pulverize Part of Speech: verb 1. American and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
Word: soybean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soy + bean. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɪˌbin/ 1. A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover. 2. The edible seed of this plant. Example: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent. Example: During the Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C. to A.D. 668), the Maek people in the northern Korean Peninsula ate maekjeok, a dish of grilled pork marinated in doenjang, a fermented soybean paste. Years later, maekjeok evolved into neobiani, a dish of broad, thin slices of beef tenderized and grilled over flames. A feature of royal court cuisine during the Joseon dynasty (1392 to 1910), neobiani is considered a predecessor to today’s beloved bulgogi.