nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: exotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English toxin English exotoxin From exo- + toxin. 1. Any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.
Word: endotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English toxin English endotoxin From endo- + toxin. 1. Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies. Example: It may resemble the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens.
Word: exotoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English exotoxic From exo- + toxic. 1. of, related to, or caused by an exotoxin
Word: endotoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English endotoxic From endo- + toxic. 1. Of, related to, or caused by an endotoxin.
Word: exotropia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + -tropia, from Ancient Greek -τροπία (-tropía), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.oʊˌtɹoʊpi.ə/ 1. A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: opthalmologist Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of ophthalmologist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: agonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antagonizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of antagonize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antagonizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to antagonize. Example: In other words, agents are more persuaded by anti-establishment frames when the establishment is both more antagonizing and more resistant to change. Example: He had a kind of pugnacity about him that could be very antagonizing.
Word: antagonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of antagonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antagonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of antagonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antagonized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been acted on by antagonistic forces. 2. Having been aggravated or made into an enemy.
Word: antagonise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: chupacabra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant spelling of chupacabras used in English cryptozoological publications by misanalysis of the Spanish chupacabras as a plural. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃʰupəˈkʰabɹə/ 1. Alternative form of chupacabras. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chupacabra.
Word: rosid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Rosa (“genus name”) + -id. 1. Pertaining to the rosids. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rosid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Rosa (“genus name”) + -id. 1. Any rose-like flowering plant.
Word: asterids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of asterid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fabids Part of Speech: noun Etymology: presumably based on subclass Fabidae 1. Introduced as a more user-friendly alternate for eurosids I. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: malvids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malvid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lamiids Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably based on subclass Lamiidae 1. euasterids I. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: campanulids Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably based on subclass Campanulidae 1. euasterids II. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: campanulids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of campanulid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: injudicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English judicious English injudicious From in- + judicious. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/ 1. Showing poor judgement; not well judged. Example: By introducing, into any Composition, Personages and Actions, foreign to each other, an injudicious Author loses that Communication of Emotions, by which alone he can interest the Heart, and raise the Passions to their proper Height and Period. Example: In a general light, private theatricals are open to some objections, but as we are circumstanced, I must think it would be highly injudicious, and more than injudicious, to attempt any thing of the kind.
Word: asterid Part of Speech: noun Labels: empty-gloss, no-gloss Example: He concludes that Echinocystis is an echinid and not a cystid; and that Palæodiscus is an echinid and not an asterid.
Word: asterid Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the asterids. Labels: not-comparable
Word: military load class Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the numbered classes in a standard system that categorizes routes, bridges, or rafts according to the load they can carry. Vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.
Word: military load classification Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization system in which a route and aircraft, bridge, or raft is assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the maximum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.
Word: MLC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of military load classification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of multi-level cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of mid-life crisis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of member of legislative council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: snakebit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snake + bit. 1. Bitten by a snake. Labels: informal 2. Experiencing a period of bad luck; unlucky. Labels: informal Example: Bob was feeling snakebit after losing four games. 3. Jumpy, as if expecting to struck by sudden misfortune. Labels: informal Example: This was followed by the BP oil spill, which made him look snakebit. 4. Being drunk and high at the same time. Labels: slang
Word: Elgar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Germanic *albiz Proto-West Germanic *albi Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós Proto-Germanic *gaizaz Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ Proto-West Germanic *Albigaiʀ Old English Ælfgār Proto-Germanic *aþalą Proto-Germanic *aþalaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *gaizaz Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ Old English Æþelgār English Elgar From Old English Ælfgār (from Proto-Germanic *Albigaizaz, equivalent to ælf (“elf”) + gār (“spear”)) and Old English Æþelgār (from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz, equivalent to æþele (“noble”) + gār (“spear”)). 1. A male given name from Old English. Labels: rare 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: sinistral Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, facing, or on the left side. Labels: not-comparable 2. Left-handed. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having left lateral fault movement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sinistral Part of Speech: noun 1. A left-handed person.
Word: parvis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English parvys, parvis, borrowed from Old French parvis, parevis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Used since the Middle Ages to describe the court in front of St Peter's in Rome, and later, similar courts in front of other churches. Doublet of paradise. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.vɪs/, /ˈpɑɹ.vəs/ 1. An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral. 2. A portico surrounding such a space. 3. The porch of a church, or the room over it.
Word: chack Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæk/ 1. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
Word: chack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Michael Chack, an American figure skater whose bronze-medal-winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on television because the producers did not think he would win a medal. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæk/ 1. To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut. Labels: transitive Example: Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!! Example: I'm hoping ABC doesn't chack her performance...how could they??
Word: chack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæk/ 1. Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call. Labels: intransitive Example: Fieldfares which chacked as they rose from berried hedgerows and isolated thorns were in their winter quarters; they had yet to face a long sea crossing to nest.
Word: chack Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæk/ 1. A snack or light hasty meal.
Word: chack Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæk/ 1. A cheek (part of the face). Labels: Cornwall, obsolete Example: I'll scatt his chacks, the emprent, saucy dog.
Word: webpreneur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English -preneur English webpreneur From web + -preneur. Pronunciation: /ˌwɛb.pɹəˈnɜː/, /ˌwɛb.pɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌwɛb.pɹəˈnʊɚ/ 1. An entrepreneur whose venture relates to the World Wide Web. Example: The New Breed of Internet Geek, proclaims a caption, Rockstar Webpreneur.
Word: production record Part of Speech: noun 1. An album or single featuring original music production, typically electronic music pieces where a music producer is the primary contributing artist.
Word: admonitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of admonition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storylines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storyline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diesel generator Part of Speech: noun 1. Any electricity generator powered by a diesel engine
Word: blatherer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blather + -er. 1. One who blathers.
Word: March fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies. 2. Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively. Example: There were other, less pleasant forms of life, too; March flies with a spike-like proboscis I thought would have no trouble going through a pine board. 3. Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.
Word: gimme a five Part of Speech: verb 1. A request to receive a high five. Labels: idiomatic, imperative, informal
Word: be there or be square Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: See square (“conventional, boring”). 1. Used to encourage someone to attend an event. Labels: humorous, informal Example: There's a huge party on Saturday night; be there or be square.
Word: breathe down someone's neck Part of Speech: verb 1. To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person. Labels: idiomatic Example: My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.
Word: bounce back Part of Speech: verb 1. To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: We thought he'd die from the crash, but he bounced back to normal after 10 days in hospital. Example: Chelsea bounced back from the disappointment of losing at Wolves in midweek to end City's 21-game unbeaten league run stretching back to April, and a sequence of 14 unbeaten games away from home. 2. Of an email message, to be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable. Labels: Internet, intransitive 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce, back.
Word: bounce back Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bounceback. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After an initial bounce back, the post-Covid Chinese economy has turned sluggish. Its property market - once a key driver of growth - is now mired in a credit crisis, exacerbating a domestic "debt bomb" that has ballooned from years of borrowing by local government and state-owned enterprises.
Word: bust one's butt Part of Speech: verb 1. To work exceptionally hard. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: I've been busting my butt getting the tent fixed, while you're just sipping cocoa. Give me a hand. Example: I have several friends who are public defenders. They are competent, hard working attorneys who bust their butts every day to give these people the best defense available at any price.
Word: pergola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːɡələ/, /ˈpɜɹɡələ/, /pɜːˈɡɐʉlə/ 1. A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants. Example: The thick vegetation met overhead, interlacing into a natural pergola, and through this tunnel of verdure in a golden twilight flowed the green, pellucid river, beautiful in itself, but marvelous from the strange tints thrown by the vivid light from above filtered and tempered in its fall. Example: By the little garden pergola open to the winds some fluttered peacocks were blotted nervelessly amid the dripping trees, their heads sunk back beneath their wings: while in the pergola itself, like a fallen storm-cloud, lolled a negress, her levelled, polecat eyes semi-veiled by the nebulous alchemy of the rainbow. 2. Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.
Word: call the shots Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sports. 1. To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders. Labels: US Example: In today's health care system, insurance companies call the shots. They pick whom they cover and how they cover them. They can cut off your benefits when you need your coverage the most. They are in charge. Example: Myanmar's Shan state, which borders both China and Thailand, is the wild wild east. And in many parts of the state, it's well-armed ethnic militias, not Myanmar's military, who call the shots.
Word: call up Part of Speech: verb 1. To retrieve from personal or computer memory. Labels: transitive Example: I remember looking in the card catalogue of the main Public Library under "Homosexuality" and not daring to call up the books because "they" might think I was one. Example: The Emoji Movie takes place in “Textopolis,” where emojis maintain their assigned expression with no deviation, waiting to be called up for their on-screen appearance as needed. 2. To summon (someone) to report for military service. Labels: transitive Example: “I don’t know if I’ll go to war or not, I don’t know what process the guys who are being called up are going through,” he wrote. “At the moment, our army is fully coping with the offensives of Russian soldiers and equipment.” 3. To select e.g. to a sports squad. Labels: transitive Example: Dean Ashton was called up to the England squad for the first time. 4. To call on the telephone. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: You take that book Of Human Bondage, by Somerset Maugham, though. I read it last summer. It’s a pretty good book and all, but I wouldn’t want to call Somerset Maugham up. I don’t know. He just isn't the kind of a guy I'd want to call up, that's all. Example: The other night, you wouldn't believe The dream I just had about you and me I called you up, but we both agree It's for the best you didn't listen
Word: swimmingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From swimming (“(adj.) moving in water as an ordinary means of motion; without difficulty”) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋli/, /-ɡli/ 1. With a gliding motion suggesting swimming. Example: Bear your Hips ſwimmingly, tholl loll, loll, / Keep your Eyes languiſhing, tholl loll, loll, […] Example: By the angels who tear forth the ſouls of ſome with violence; and by thoſe who draw forth the ſouls of others with gentleneſs; by thoſe who glide ſwimmingly through the air with the commands of God; […]: on a certain day, the diſturbing blaſt of the trumpet ſhall diſturb the univerſe; and the ſubſequent blaſt ſhall follow it. 2. In a very favorable manner; without difficulty; agreeably, successfully. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: […] I'faith; how ſwimmingly would this pretty little / Ambling Filly carry a man of my body! Example: The secretary would not go so far to satisfy the whigs in the house of commons; but there all went swimmingly.
Word: effectuates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of effectuate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: of the essence Part of Speech: adj 1. Important, indispensable, crucial. Example: time is of the essence Example: speed is of the essence
Word: macaca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Macaca, from Portuguese macaca, feminine of macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque and macaco. Pronunciation: /məˈkɑːkə/, /məˈkækə/ 1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca; a macaque. Labels: dated Example: This process of the temporal bone varies in size, and may occur on one or both sides. A similar formation is common among gorillas, chimpanzees, macacas, magots (Inuus), and baboons.* It is less frequent among orangs,† gibbons, marmosets, and American species (howlers, hooded apes, etc.).
Word: antagonises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of antagonise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antagonising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of antagonise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antagonised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of antagonise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antagonised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of antagonized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Barnsley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nsli/, /ˈbaːnslɪ/ 1. A market town and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3406). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A number of other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of other places: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: Swindonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Swindon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Swindonian From Swindon + -ian. Pronunciation: /swɪnˈdəʊ.ni.ən/, /swɪnˈdoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of Swindon, a town in Wiltshire, England.
Word: Swindonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Swindon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Swindonian From Swindon + -ian. Pronunciation: /swɪnˈdəʊ.ni.ən/, /swɪnˈdoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the town of Swindon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Alice B. Toklas brownie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American artist Alice Babette Toklas (1877–1967; the life partner of Gertrude Stein), whose The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book (1954) included a recipe for fudge containing cannabis. 1. A sweet cake or biscuit made with cannabis.
Word: 747 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual (Boeing) 747, the model number of the plane line. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛvənfɔːˈsɛvən/, /ˌsɛvənfɔɹtiˈsɛvən/ 1. A Boeing airplane, model number seven forty-seven, sold to airlines for passenger or cargo transportation. Example: I dreamed of 747s / Over geometric farms / Dreams Amelia—dreams and false alarms Example: Just move yourself and glide like a 747, and lose yourself in the sky, among the clouds in the heavens, 'cause [...]
Word: whackjob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whack(y) + job(bie). Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/, /ˈwækd͡ʒɒb/ 1. A crazy, possibly dangerous, person. Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: "He called the guy who owns the gun shop a 'whackjob' and said he's going to take him down if it's the last thing he does." Example: One of America's most prominent Confederistas is Michael Hill, head whackjob at the looney League of the South—an obscure organization that has already declared southern cultural independence.
Word: wackjob Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whackjob. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: horoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: washes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃ.ɪz/, /ˈwɑʃ.ɪz/ 1. plural of wash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: washes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃ.ɪz/, /ˈwɑʃ.ɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: user experience Part of Speech: noun 1. The desired, expected, or actual experience of a user interacting with a product, especially as it relates to the design of the product's user interface. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enjoinder Part of Speech: noun 1. A request or demand from an authority.
Word: oils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of oil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Scheherazade Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a reborrowing from Arabic شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād) from Middle Persian *čihrāzād⁠, equivalent to New Persian چهر (čihr /čehr, “lineage”) + آزاد (āzād /âzâd, “noble”), or a compound of شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (zād /zâd, “child of”), in which case there was likely no reborrowing through Arabic involved. Given name popularized by the fictional character below. Pronunciation: /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/, /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/ 1. A female given name from Persian. 2. A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights.
Word: oiling Part of Speech: noun 1. An application of oil.
Word: oiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oiled Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered in, or supplied with, oil. Example: an oiled machine Example: a person's oiled body 2. Drunk. Usually in conjunction with an adverb of degree. Labels: slang Example: I got well oiled last night. Example: It appeared that, being in his own words still considerably "oiled" on his arrival, Bowles's parson had received him into his house with strong disfavour, and, what was worse, put him through a species of inquisition regarding the condition of his soul that had, to again quote Cripps, "nearly sent him mad."
Word: oiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of oil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dustman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dust + -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires. 1. A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed. Labels: UK Example: Oh, my old man's a dustman He wears a dustman’s hat He wears cor-blimey trousers And he lives in a council flat.
Word: nail polish remover Part of Speech: noun 1. A solvent used to remove nail polish, usually mostly acetone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: snoek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans snoek, from Dutch snoek, from Middle Dutch snoec, from Old Dutch *snuoc. Some senses come from or are influenced by Dutch zeesnoek (“barracuda”, literally “sea pike”), a word that Van Riebeeck applied to the Thyrsites atun. Doublet of snook and possibly a distant doublet of snake. 1. An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted. Labels: South-Africa Example: 2003, Oceanographic Literature Review, Volume 50, Issues 1-2600, page 348, Snoek (Thyrsites atun) is a valuable commercial species and an important predator of small pelagic fishes in the Benguela ecosystem. The South African population attains 50% sexual maturity at a fork length of ca.73.0 cm (3 years). Spawning occurs offshore during winter-spring, along the shelf break (150-400 m) of the western Agulhas Bank and the South African west coast Example: My friend Jeffrey Jowell, who grew up in Cape Town, has lived away from South Africa for more than forty years, yearning for snoek the entire time. He thinks about fried snoek and grilled snoek and dried snoek and snoek made into pâté. He may miss smoked snoek most of all. Any mention of snoek—a long, bony fish that looks like a second cousin of a barracuda—triggers memories in Jeffrey of his childhood. 2. The queen mackerel, Scomberomorus lineolatus. Labels: South-Africa 3. Any of several species of barracuda. Labels: South-Africa
Word: lip gloss Part of Speech: noun 1. A cosmetic product applied to the lips to make them look shinier. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I took a beating when you wrote me those letters / And every time I remembered the taste of your lip gloss
Word: hair gel Part of Speech: noun 1. A hairstyling product in gel form that hardens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hair spray Part of Speech: noun 1. A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hair spray Part of Speech: verb 1. To spray with this product. Labels: transitive
Word: look and feel Part of Speech: noun 1. The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually
Word: Nantes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Nantes. Pronunciation: /nɑːnt(s)/ 1. The prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany. 2. A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada. 3. A municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Word: Mulhouse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Milhouse, from Alemannic German Milhüsa or its source Middle High German Mülnhūsen, from Old High German Mulinhūson; compare German Mülhausen (literally “mill house”). Doublet of millhouse. Pronunciation: /məˈluːz/ 1. A city in Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.
Word: Cherbourg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Cherbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh. 1. A coastal town in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin commune, Manche department, Normandy, France. 2. A town and local government area (the Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg, which is surrounded by South Burnett Region) in Queensland, Australia.
Word: Cannes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Cannes, from Occitan Canas or Occitan Cànoas (alternative spelling of Canas). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn/ 1. A city in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.
Word: Mamoudzou Part of Speech: name 1. A commune and capital city of the overseas department of Mayotte, France.
Word: fully briefed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an action before a court: for which the lawyers for both sides have presented all the arguments which they are permitted to present, and for which nothing further remains but the ruling of the court. Labels: not-comparable
Word: briefed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɹiːft/ 1. Wearing briefs Labels: not-comparable Example: The grace notes of garters flowing around laced bikini briefed hips. Example: your whirling skirt flying higher above your burnished thighs, your spinning white cotton breifed hips 2. Having been given a briefing, informed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The results showed that (a) briefed eyewitnesses were judged more confident than non-briefed eyewitnesses; (b) there was a small, but statistically significant confidence-accuracy correlation for non-briefed eyewitnesses, but briefed eyewitnesses showed no relationship; Example: Everybody tells us that the doctors are very briefed and supported, but the poor rural pharmacist has to do his best while at the same time run dispensary, undertake roles and possibly attend his books at home in the evening. 3. As specified in a briefing. Labels: not-comparable Example: All sorties made good their briefed takeoff time. Example: The continuing eighteen aircraft maintained their briefed course until reaching the Initial Point of the bomb run. 4. summarized; reduced to a brief summary. Labels: not-comparable Example: I wondered—pardon me—if it would be possible as a matter of lapsing time to ask Dr. McCormick and his committee to prepare a briefed statement, item by item, of anticipated savings and the actual savings that we might have for ready reference? Example: The U.S. Army Command & General Staff School picked it up for its Military Review, and the State Department sent a briefed version to all 375 U.S. diplomatic posts overseas. 5. Having had one or more briefs (a memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case or an attorney's legal argument in written form) submitted. Labels: not-comparable Example: A most interesting and thoroughly briefed case involving the right of creditors in a life insurance policy is that of Keckley v. Glass Co., 86 Ohio St. 213, 99 N. E. 299. Example: On November 8, 1996, in a closely watched and heavily briefed appeal, the Sixth Circuit, en banc, reversed an earlier appeals decision that held that a copyshop's preparation of "coursepacks," created by photocopying portions of copyrighted works and combining the excerpts for sale to students for class use, constituted "fair use" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. 6. Having cases to work on; actively involved in legal work. Labels: not-comparable Example: Consequently a briefless barrister who is totally without connexion, as it is delicately phrased, which means who has no attorney blood in him, who has not married an attorney's daughter, and who has no rich relations who bring grist to the attorney mill, cannot hope by any change of administration to become a briefed barrister. Example: As an advocate he had no success, for after walking the floor of the Parliament House, as it is called in Edinburgh, along with other briefed and briefless advocates, and securing only one case, which brought him four guineas, he abandoned that practice and settled down seriously to his true life work of literature.
Word: briefed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹiːft/ 1. simple past and past participle of brief Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: boinked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of boink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: onetime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From one + time. 1. Alternative form of one-time (“former; past”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: "Nay," said he, stoutly, "I be no Lord and I be no Prince, but I be as good as thou. For am I not the son of thy onetime very true comrade and thy kinsman […]? Example: A G.C. line parcels train, headed by Class B1 4-6-0 No. 61163, approaches Chesterfield on July 29, 1961 past the remains of the bridge carrying the onetime G.C. line to Chesterfield Market Place. 2. Alternative form of one-time (“occurring once”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: So far as manufacturers, traders, and lawyers use the savings banks, they are very generally of the poorer classes; and these probably own a great majority of the larger onetime deposits. Example: The additional funds included the FBI’s support of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah (a onetime increase) […]
Word: game of chance Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which the outcome is at least partly determined by random variables (chance and luck) rather than strictly by strategy. Example: The state fair offers many family-friendly amusements, including tasty foods, games of chance, a petting zoo, and more. Example: Some religious sects frown upon any games of chance, even if no gambling is involved.
Word: comforter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comfortour et al, from Anglo-Norman confortour, from Old French conforter. See comfort. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmfətə/, [ˈkʰʌɱfətʰə], /ˈkʌmfɚtɚ/, [ˈkʰʌɱfɚɾɚ], /ˈkɐ̞mfətə/ 1. A person who comforts someone who is suffering. Example: Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Example: The comforters, relaxed in sarongs after the day's work, kicked off their sandals at the top of Syed Omar's steps and made their obeisances to the wives, to the elder children, and to the gloomy head of the house. 2. A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt. Labels: US Example: A vast quilt or comforter was heaped beside the bed, in a broad puddle of congealed blood, thick and shiny on the patterned rugs. 3. A woollen scarf for winter. Labels: UK, dated Example: […] round his neck he wore a flaming red worsted comforter, whereof the straggling ends peeped out beneath his threadbare Newmarket coat, which was very tight and buttoned all the way up. Example: The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. 4. A pacifier. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: Comforter Part of Speech: name Etymology: A translation of the Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos, “comforter”), used in several verses of the New Testament. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmfətə/, /ˈkʌmfəɹtəɹ/ 1. The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost. Example: In these words, with which the Gospel for this day commences, He speaks of the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, and of the Father, and of Himself Example: That this high- priestly office belongs only to the bishops, either to seal or to transmit the Comforter Spirit, is proved not only by Church usage
Word: beefsteak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/ 1. (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go, my honey oh back to Tennessee It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die 2. Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis 3. Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa). Labels: uncountable 4. Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis Example: I purchased a half dozen of the healthiest-looking beefsteaks I could find, and tenderly planted the young shoots, using plenty of fertilizer and mulch. I faithfully watered them every day and the little plants quickly shot up to an impressive height. 5. Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis 6. A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer. Labels: archaic, countable
Word: hibiscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin hibiscus, from Latin hibiscum, from Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibískos, “marsh mallow”), probably ultimately from Gaulish. Pronunciation: /hɪˈbɪskəs/, /haɪˈbɪskəs/ 1. A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea. Example: There were red hibiscus flowers splashed all over it, yellow dots quivering at the stamens. 2. A cocktail made with champagne and cranberry juice.
Word: cauda Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of cauda equina. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: ay, chihuahua Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish. 1. An expression of surprise or shock. Example: Ay, chihuahua! I didn't hear you coming. 2. An expression of dismay, annoyance, or resignation. Example: Ay, chihuahua! The computer crashed and I'm going to have to start all over again.
Word: Thurston's geometrization conjecture Part of Speech: name Etymology: After William Thurston, American mathematician. 1. A generalization of certain properties of multidimensional spaces.
Word: redwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giant sequoia Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree of species Sequoiadendron giganteum, the world's largest trees.
Word: giant sequoias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giant sequoia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shape memory alloy Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of metallic materials that can return to a previously defined shape, after being deformed, by being heated.
Word: shipping fever Part of Speech: noun 1. A severe inflammation of the lungs of cattle, caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella, sometimes seen following the stress of transport to market under poor conditions. Labels: uncountable
Word: shipworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + worm. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpwɜːm/, /ˈʃɪpwɝm/ 1. Any of several wormlike marine molluscs (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water; specifically, the naval shipworm or turu (Teredo navalis), the type species of the genus Teredo. Example: Ship-VVorms [running head] […] It is reported that thoſe VVorms vvhich get into a Ships bottom in the ſalt vvater, vvill dye in the freſh vvater; and that the freſh vvater VVorms vvill dye in ſalt vvater: but in brackiſh vvater both ſorts vvill increaſe prodigiouſly. Example: The Ship-VVorm of Jamaica. This inſect is extremely deſtructive to all the ſhips that anchor for any time in the harbours of Jamaica, or in any other part vvithin the tropics: They cut vvith great facility through the planks, and burrovv a conſiderable vvay in the ſubſtance of them, incruſtating the ſides of all their holes vvith a ſmooth teſtaceous ſubſtance[…].
Word: dashpot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dash + pot. 1. A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.
Word: aliyah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew עלייה / עֲלִיָּה (aliyá, “ascent”). Pronunciation: /əliːˈjɑː/, /əˈliːjə/ 1. The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah. Labels: Judaism, countable 2. A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person. Labels: Judaism, countable 3. The immigration of Jews to Israel. Labels: uncountable Example: In the past, Yemenite Jews did not have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all; they first encountered this ceremony when they made Aliyah to Israel. 4. One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel. Labels: countable
Word: aliyah Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hebrew עלייה / עֲלִיָּה (aliyá, “ascent”). Pronunciation: /əliːˈjɑː/, /əˈliːjə/ 1. To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Anti-Semitism is a method of fooling Jews into aliyahing to Israel, the homeland, the sanctuary, in the pretence they will be safe. In the last 50 years how many Jews have died in Israel as a result of anti Jewish attacks....and how many have died in the diaspora?
Word: yerida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew יְרִידָה (yeridá, “descent”). 1. The emigration of Jews from Israel.
Word: amah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of Latin mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə/, /ˈɑː.mɑ/ 1. A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse. Labels: India 2. A female domestic helper; a maid. Labels: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore Example: Then one day he disappeared and when Luke called apprehensively at his apartment the old amah told him that ‘Whisky Papa runrun London fastee.’
Word: proa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay perau, a variant of perahu. In some forms via Portuguese parão or Dutch prauw; in some forms assimilated to prow. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.ə/, /ˈpɹoʊ.ə/ 1. A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. Example: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders. Example: Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match for British vessels.
Word: balance of payments Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows. 2. The systematic record of such transactions.
Word: black-water rafting Part of Speech: noun 1. An informal sport in which participants use tyre inner tubes as rafts and ride them on rivers through caves Labels: uncountable
Word: inner tube Part of Speech: noun 1. An inflatable rubber tube with a valve inserted into the casing of a pneumatic tyre. 2. Synonym of swim ring.
Word: blogzine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blog + zine. 1. An online magazine in blog format.
Word: extensibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English extensible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English extensibility From extensible + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɛkˌstɛn.səˈbɪ.lə.ti/ 1. The capability of being extended. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The capability of being extended. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: periodontal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”). 1. surrounding a tooth Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the periodontium Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to periodontics Labels: not-comparable Example: Recently it has been shown that the bacterial flora of endodontic and periodontal abscesses differ in certain aspects. Thus, in an endodontic abscess, the number of spirochetes is between 0 and 10%, whereas in a periodontal abscess the spirochete count is about 40%.
Word: periodontics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Hellenic *odónts Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús)der. English odonto- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English periodontics From peri- + odonto- + -ics. 1. The study of supporting structures of teeth, including the gums, alveolar bone, cementum, and the periodontal ligament, and the diseases and conditions that affect them. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pinteresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Pinter French -esquebor. English -esque English Pinteresque From Pinter + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the playwright Harold Pinter or his works.
Word: Saddlebred Part of Speech: noun 1. A horse of the American Saddlebred breed.
Word: American Saddlebred Part of Speech: noun 1. A breed of horse that originated in Kentucky by crossing Thoroughbreds, Morgans, and standardbreds.
Word: gonangium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gon- (“reproduction”) + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”). Pronunciation: /ɡəʊˈnæn.d͡ʒi.əm/, /ɡoʊˈnæn.d͡ʒi.əm/ 1. A capsule which encloses the blastostyle of some hydroids
Word: UCLA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌju.si.ɛlˈeɪ/ 1. Initialism of University of California, Los Angeles. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Representatives from UCLA are Sunny Merrill and Ken Gallagher who will appear tonight on Peter Potter’s “College Corner” program, which will poll the most popular record according to West Coast collegiennes on KHJ from 10:30 to 11. Example: State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.
Word: UVA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of Virginia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: If she liked UVA enough, sheʼd stay and get a second degree.
Word: UVA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ultraviolet A. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: LSU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Louisiana State University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In De Tolla’s videos, he suggests Livvy has been deployed to charm Madden into committing to attending LSU when he is of age to play collegiate football.
Word: LSU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of livestock unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FIU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Florida International University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FIU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Financial Intelligence Unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Financial Intelligence Unit Part of Speech: name Etymology: By proprialization from the common noun. 1. Any particular financial intelligence unit called by that exact name (written in title case) as its proper name.
Word: Financial Intelligence Units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Financial Intelligence Unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: investigating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of investigate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present