nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: yelp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”). Pronunciation: /jɛlp/ 1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. Example: The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail. 2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
Word: yelp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”). Pronunciation: /jɛlp/ 1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. Example: The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water. Example: I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.
Word: twigloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *twīgą Proto-West Germanic *twīg Old English twiġ Middle English twig English twig Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor. English igloo blend English twigloo Blend of twig + igloo. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪɡluː/ 1. A temporary circular shelter or structure built from thin branches.
Word: pick someone's brain Part of Speech: verb 1. To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.
Word: pain in the butt Part of Speech: noun 1. A nuisance; a source of trouble or annoyance. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: The customers love it, but the employees think the new system is a pain in the butt.
Word: pack away Part of Speech: verb 1. To store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term. Labels: transitive Example: She packed away her warm sweaters for the summer. 2. To eat (a great deal of food). Labels: transitive Example: Have you ever seen someone pack away five hot dogs in one sitting?
Word: boob tube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (television): An allusion to the idiocy of television programming and the supposed audience for such (boobs) and that the televisions of that era used cathode ray tube (CRT) vacuum tube displays. First use appears c. 1959, in the The Herald Journal. * (clothing): Due to the clothing being a tube-like garment that covers the breasts (boobs) of a woman. First use appears c. 1977, in the Daily Mail. 1. A television. Labels: dated, derogatory, informal Example: Pictured on boob-tubes innumerable, babbled on travelling transistors Australia-wide. Example: “Hey, guys. We were just watching some boob tube over here. Out of earshot, if you were wondering.” “Yeah! It's a show where celebrities dive into a pool and get scores. So...” “So, that's what we are doing.” 2. A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back. Labels: informal Example: A midget prostitute in heels and a boob tube was walking on the bar. Example: At the same time, Tara puts her arms into her boob tube.
Word: taut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English taught [and other forms], Early Middle English tohte, towehte (“strained, stretched; distended; tight; firm”), probably from tough, touth, touʒth, toʒt (“powerful, strong; fierce, violent; not tender, tough; hardy, resilient; steadfast, stout; difficult to do or endure”) and possibly influenced by togen, towen, past participle of ten (“to extend, stretch out; to drag, haul, pull, tow, tug”) (modern English tee (“(obsolete) to draw, lead; to draw away; to go, proceed”)), or directly from its etymon Old English tēon (“to drag, draw, pull”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull”)) The word may be related to thight (“(dialectal) compact, dense; close-fitting, tight”) and tight; and is cognate with Scots tacht, taght (“taut”). The verb is probably derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /tɔːt/, /toːt/, /tɔt/, /tɑt/ 1. To make taut; to tauten, to tighten. Labels: transitive Example: The machine is operated by a double friction drum hoist. From the rear drum a steel cable, called the tension cable, leads to a set of fall blocks attached to the mast pole. These blocks afford a means for slackening and tauting the track cable, one end of which is supported by the fall blocks and the other fastened to a "dead man" or other suitable anchorage planted in the bank of the pit opposite the dumping point. Example: The cold wind blew in again through the front door, and with a desperate, frantic energy Evelyn stretched both her arms around the bowl. She must be quick—she must be strong. She tightened her arms until they ached, tauted the thin strips of muscle under her soft flesh, and with a mighty effort raised it and held it.
Word: head over heels Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Attested from the 14th century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being). Pronunciation: /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz/, /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhi.əlz/, /ˌhɛd əʊ.və ˈhiːlz/ 1. Tumbling upside down; somersaulting. Labels: not-comparable Example: She tripped and rolled head over heels down the hill. Example: They then placed themselves on the edge of the hill, and sitting down and putting their hands round their knees, they tumbled down one after another, rolling head-over-heels till they disappeared in the valley. 2. At top speed; frantically. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hearing the noise in the dark, the children ran head over heels back home. Example: It told its readers that people all over the country were "rushing head over heels toward the El Dorado on the Pacific— that wonderful California, which sets the public mind almost on the highway to insanity." 3. Hopelessly; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: I am head over heels in trouble. Example: Some of them lose and wind up head over heels in debt. Some of them win and wind up head over heels in debt.
Word: head over heels Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested from the 14th century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being). Pronunciation: /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz/, /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhi.əlz/, /ˌhɛd əʊ.və ˈhiːlz/ 1. Hopelessly smitten; madly in love. Labels: not-comparable Example: Something happens and I'm head over heels / Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart / Don't, don't, don't throw it away Example: Steve is the hottest, smartest, funniest, and most athletic boy in all of Edison High. Who knew a jock could be captain of the math team? He is also the guy that every girl is head over heels for.
Word: EPIRB Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of emergency position indicating radio beacon. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket. […] It was only in 1988 that it became mandatory for US boats to carry safety equipment such as life rafts and an EPIRB, a locator beacon that should detach on sinking then float.
Word: monochromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + chromatic, mono- from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”), chromatic from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”). 1. Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television. Labels: not-comparable 2. Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness. Labels: not-comparable 3. Plain, dull, lifeless. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Let's not […] lose our sense of boyish fun and daring, but let's at least begin to assert ourselves in the world, to impose our vision of sex and affection and spirit more and more upon the monochromatic Fatherland.
Word: asthmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Koine Greek ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós)bor. Latin asthmaticuslbor. English asthmatic Learned borrowing from Latin asthmaticus. By surface analysis, asthma + -ic. Pronunciation: /æsˈθmætɪk/, /æsˈmætɪk/, /æzˈmætɪk/ 1. Having the characteristics of asthma. Example: asthmatic cough Example: The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
Word: asthmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Koine Greek ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós)bor. Latin asthmaticuslbor. English asthmatic Learned borrowing from Latin asthmaticus. By surface analysis, asthma + -ic. Pronunciation: /æsˈθmætɪk/, /æsˈmætɪk/, /æzˈmætɪk/ 1. One who suffers from asthma.
Word: recurring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜːɹɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈkɝɪŋ/ 1. Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition. Example: He has recurring asthma attacks. Example: Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel. 2. Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely. Labels: not-comparable Example: Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.
Word: recurring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜːɹɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈkɝɪŋ/ 1. A recurrence; a coming round again. Example: Winter, here, is a dimension of all reality, not one-fourth of the spiritual year's endless recurrings.
Word: recurring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜːɹɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈkɝɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of recur Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: respiratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to respire + -atory. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹə.tɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pə.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pə.ɹə.tɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pɹə.tɹi/ 1. Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. Example: The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.
Word: fat farm Part of Speech: noun 1. A health club or resort running weight loss programs. Labels: slang
Word: ludicrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lūdicrus. First attested in 1619. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/, /ˈljuː.dɪ.kɹəs/ 1. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd. Example: He made a ludicrous attempt to run for office. Example: Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
Word: grandfather clause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late 19th-century legislation and constitutional amendments passed by a number of U.S. Southern states, which created new literacy and property restrictions on voting, but exempted those whose grandfathers had the right to vote before the American Civil War. The intent and effect of such rules was to prevent poor and illiterate African American former slaves and their descendants from voting, but without denying poor and illiterate whites the right to vote. 1. A clause or section, especially in a law, granting exceptions for people or organisations who were affected by previous conditions. Example: Many building codes include a grandfather clause exempting older buildings until some amount of remodeling occurs. Example: The “grandfather clause” provides that no man whose grandfather could not vote, can exercise the right of franchise. It will thus disenfranchise many negroes, whose grandfathers were slaves.
Word: WIMP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer, a graphical interface paradigm. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: WIMP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Windows, Internet Information Services, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Perl/Python. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: weakly interacting massive particle Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem.
Word: UHT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ultra-high temperature. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: red tape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alluding to the former practice of binding government documents in red-colored tape. First use appears c. 1658 in the publication Public Intelligencer. See cite below. 1. The binding tape once used for holding important documents together. Labels: uncountable Example: The use of red tape for tying up papers is of considerable antiquity. An advertisement in the Public Intelligencer, December 6, 1658, offers the reward for a restoration of a 'A little bundle of papers tied with a red tape, were lost on Friday last was a sevennight, between Worcester House and Lincoln's Inn. Example: At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs. 2. Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures. Labels: idiomatic, metonymically, uncountable Example: All the red tape and paperwork that goes on there prevents any progress. Example: I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon / And cut through all this red tape / At a bar called O'Malley's / Where we'll plan our escape
Word: suffragette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain. Labels: historical Example: Perhaps no single location resonates for women’s rights campaigners today as much as Holloway, the first female-only prison, where militant suffragettes were incarcerated, went on hunger strike and were savagely force-fed.
Word: trade name Part of Speech: noun 1. A name used to identify a commercial product or service; may or may not be a registered trademark. Example: Near-synonyms: brandname, brand name, trademark 2. A name used to identify a commercial product or service; may or may not be a registered trademark. Example: Patients who come to the pharmacy counter may remember the trade name of their prescription but not the nonproprietary name, or vice versa. 3. The name under which a business or firm operates. Example: Their corporation has been doing business under a different trade name in recent years; the terms of service say something about "Acme Incorporated dba Apex Advanced International Systems." Example: While British Railways has remained the official title, it is perhaps of interest that this is not a statutory body but is really only a trade-name!
Word: rock shandy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Blackrock, a town near Dublin in Ireland.https://web.archive.org/web/20040427211509/http://www.cantrell.ie/our_brands/club.htm See on the rocks (“served with ice”). 1. In Ireland, a soft drink whose constituents vary regionally, typically made by mixing orange and lemon sodas. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A glass of this drink. Labels: countable, usually
Word: shandy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of shandygaff. Pronunciation: /ˈʃændi/ 1. A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable 2. A glass of this drink. Labels: countable Example: ‘Even the Methodist minister’s wife had a shandy at the sportsground.’
Word: shandy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an extension of dialectal shand (“worthless”), or from shand (“disgrace, dishonour”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃændi/ 1. wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 2. unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 3. empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 4. mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 5. poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: shandy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃændi/ 1. A combination dish typically consisting of rice, one or more mains and one or more servings of appetisers. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: The most popular dishes included special fried rice, chicken with almonds, and sweet and sour pork. Those who were indecisive could order the shandy special, which was basically a combination of the three dishes in one meal.
Word: soft drink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called in contrast to strong alcoholic beverages, which are "hard liquors". 1. Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet. Example: If you'd like a soft drink, we have cola and lemonade. 2. Any non-alcoholic drink. Labels: broadly Example: "And then they run to him with whisky, and so they teach him to rely on the bottle and you get another case of a drunken medium. I know them. You keep off it, Tom!" "Yes, one of our trade should stick to soft drinks."
Word: carbonated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bɒneɪtəd/, /ˈkɑɹ.bəˌneɪ.təd/ 1. Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks. Example: Soda pop, lemon soda and soda water are carbonated drinks. Champagne and beer are naturally carbonated through fermentation. 2. Containing calcium carbonate, often as a result of mineral carbonation.
Word: carbonated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bɒneɪtəd/, /ˈkɑɹ.bəˌneɪ.təd/ 1. simple past and past participle of carbonate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fair-weather friend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fair-weather + friend, drawing an analogy between good weather and trouble-free times. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛəˌwɛðə ˈfɹɛnd/, /ˈfɛːˌwɛðə ˈfɹɛnd/, /ˈfɛɚˌwɛðɚ ˈfɹɛnd/ 1. One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so. Labels: idiomatic Example: My Fair-weather Friends of the Summer are going away for London, and I ſhall ſee them and the butterflies together, if I live till next Year; which I would not deſire to do, if it were only for their ſakes. Example: [T]he liberty of the press was not to be looked upon as fit only for seasons of calmness, as a fair-weather friend to be discarded in a storm.
Word: wild goose chase Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wild-goose chase. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But if she's who you're looking for she still ain't here. She's nearly gone two months. Just a minute I'll look here and see if I can find a forwarding address. Nope. Don't see a forwarding address. Sorry you come on a wild goose chase.
Word: MLA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of member of the legislative assembly. Labels: Canada, India, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Wanglin Lowangdong, incumbent MLA of Borduria Bogapani trails in the constituency. Example: MLAs past and present gathered for an event at Stormont on Friday to mark the agreement's 25th anniversary. 2. Initialism of master of liberal arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of master of landscape architecture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MLA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Master Locksmiths Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Modern Language Association. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TEFL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of teaching (of) English as a foreign language. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛfl̩/, /ˈtɛf(ə)l/ 1. Teaching of English as a foreign language. Labels: uncountable
Word: B2C Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of business-to-consumer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: 2IC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of second-in-command. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Devonshire tea Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cream tea, specifically as traditionally served in Devonshire.
Word: ploughman's lunch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally devised by a marketing executive of the Dairy Council in a 1960-61 advertising campaign to sell English cheese and beer. 1. A light meal of bread, cheese, and pickled onions (or cucumbers), etc., especially one served in a pub at lunchtime. Labels: UK
Word: till the cows come home Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of until the cows come home. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 'til the cows come home Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of until the cows come home. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hand shandy Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of masturbation. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: Gunther Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari Old High German Gundheri German Guntherbor. English Gunther Borrowed from German Gunther. Compare variants: Gunter, Günter, Guenter, Günther, Guenther, Ginter, Ginther. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnθɚ/, /ˈɡʌntɚ/, /ˈɡuːnθɚ/, /ˈɡuːntɚ/ 1. A male given name from German. 2. A surname.
Word: mind one's ps and qs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; OED (3rd edition 2007) says that the origin of the phrase is unknown and states that a common suggestion is that the phrase originates with the distinction of the minuscule letters p and q in either the school-room or the printing-office, but goes on to say that the chronology of the senses argues against this since no such connotation is evident in the earliest quotations. In the early 17th century, however, there is the expression pee and kew in the sense of “highest quality, best possible”. Also recorded as in thy Pee and Kue in 1602. Alternatively folk etymology claims that it comes from the sense that Ps and Qs mean 'Pints and Quarts' which were listed as 'Ps and Qs' before payment. The phrase would then come from minding your alcohol consumption as a result 1. To be very careful to behave correctly. Labels: idiomatic Example: When we go to visit, do remember to mind your ps and qs, children – we don't want another incident like last time.
Word: hominid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homōlbor. Translingual Homo Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor. Latin -idēsbor. ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)influ. Translingual -idae Translingual Hominidaelbor. English hominid Learned borrowing from Translingual Hominidae. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑ.mə.nɪd/ 1. Any human, the only members of the family Hominidae as traditionally defined. Labels: archaic 2. Any anthropoid of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
Word: hominid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homōlbor. Translingual Homo Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor. Latin -idēsbor. ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)influ. Translingual -idae Translingual Hominidaelbor. English hominid Learned borrowing from Translingual Hominidae. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑ.mə.nɪd/ 1. Of the Hominidae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: protuberance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/, /pɹəˈtuː.bɚ.əns/ 1. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes. Example: For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox. Example: Oluanpi's lighthouse looks toward Lanyu, or Orchid Island, a tiny, rocky protuberance sixty-eight miles to the southeast and important because it is the home of the Yami, the smallest and most primitive tribe of aborigines in Taiwan.
Word: knob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe (“knob, knot in wood, bud”), probably ultimately from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knudaną (“to knead”). Compare Middle Dutch knobbe, cnoppe, Middle Low German knobbe (“knob, knot in wood”), knubbe, Dutch knop (“knob, button, bud”), Old Frisian knopp, knapp, Old High German knopf (“bud, pommel of a sword, knot, loop”), Middle High German knospe, German Knopf (“button, knob”), Knospe (“bud”), Danish knap (“button”), knop (“knob, button, bud”), Faroese knappur (“button”), Icelandic hnappur (“button”), Norn knapp (“round button”), knubbi (“potato”), snapp (“knob, round top”), Norwegian and Swedish knapp (“button”), Norwegian knopp (“bud”), Swedish knopp (“bud, knob”), Finnish nappi (“button, knob”), nuppi (“knob, pommel”), Old Norse knyfill (“short horn”). Also compare Middle English knap, knappe (“small projection, knob (button, tassel, tuft, etc.), hill, hilltop, etc.)”), from Old English cnæp, cnæpp (“summit, top”), which is possibly related to Old Norse knappr (“small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”) (whence English knop), from Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), *knuppô (“lump, clod”). Cognate with Dutch knob, knobbel (“knob”), German Knubbe, Knubbel (“knob”). See also knop. For the sense of a rounded hill, see nab and knab. Pronunciation: /nɒb/, /nɑb/ 1. protrude Labels: intransitive 2. furnish or produce with a knob, knobble Labels: transitive 3. To have sex with. Labels: UK, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: One morning, maybe three weeks after my last grapple with Penny, Thomson came roaring into our form room. ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’ Example: Had Jack knobbed her as well? Molly wondered.
Word: pommel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.məl/, /ˈpɑ.məl/ 1. The upper front brow of a saddle. Example: But, if it does so sit, it is plain that the pommel must rise sufficiently to secure the withers from pressure; therefore it follows, that a horse whose withers are higher than common, (a well-built hunter for example,) requires a pommel higher by so much as he excels the generality of horses. Example: In the shoulder saddle, pommel and cantle are inclined toward each other at the bottom and away from each other at the top. 2. A rounded knob or handle. Example: The pommels, of which two sets must be provided, fit into these incisions. Example: Men use the pommels on the horse for side horse competition, and remove them for long horse vaulting. Women originally used the side horse with the pommels, but later the pommels were removed. 3. A rounded knob or handle. Example: The pommel is either a cone of metal or a crutch with a whorl ending either arm. Example: Pommel bilobed, overlaid with four acanthus leaves, and provided with small button-shaped eminences at tips of lobes and at apex. 4. A rounded knob or handle. Example: One fragment of pillar had a pommel finial with a mortise, indicating that it once held a metal object, perhaps a cross. Example: Yet each community had a turning (pommel or finial) at the top of the post whose shape distinguished it from the work of other communities. At New Lebanon, the decorative pommel varied little over the years. 5. The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. Labels: obsolete Example: The player, armed with a pommel, stands from two to three feet from the spell, places a knur in the cup which is held down by the rack. Example: The commonest method of playing the game, by the smaller boys of the village, was with a "sendstick," or pommel, and a wooden spell with a hole in one end to place the knur, which, when struck "tip-cat" like at the other end, threw the knur up to be struck at.
Word: pommel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.məl/, /ˈpɑ.məl/ 1. To pound or beat. Labels: transitive Example: The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection! Example: I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden.
Word: pommel horse Part of Speech: noun 1. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs. 2. An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.
Word: Bengal tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tiger of a specific, fragmented population of the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris in the Indian subcontinent. Example: Bengal tiger is considered sacred by Hindus and the antipodes (so-called no-caste tribes) living in the forests of India.[…]In addition to this, the health of forests is determined by the presence of Bengal tigers. Example: Bengal tigers are endangered animals. Their numbers have been dropping for more than a century. In the early 1900s, about 40,000 Bengal tigers lived in India. Today, that number stands at around 1,400. About 400 more Bengal tigers live in nearby countries.
Word: red lemonade Part of Speech: noun 1. Lemonade coloured with natural food colouring, giving it a red appearance and a slightly sweeter taste. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually
Word: subspecies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English species English subspecies From sub- + species. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbspiːʃiːz/, /-ʃɪz/, /-siːz/ 1. A rank in the classification of organisms, below species. Example: I believe it [the trilobite Calymene blumenbachii] has been divided into several forms, which cannot claim more than the rank of subspecies, as they pass by slight gradations into forms which no author has yet thought it right to separate from the type species. Example: Ant taxonomists have decided that anything that's worth separating should be separated at the species level, and have no truck with subspecies at all. Butterfly taxonomists, however, like the triple-barrelled name approach and dote on subspecies. As a result, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable. 2. A taxon at that rank, often indicated with trinomial nomenclature (such as Felis silvestris silvestris in zoology and Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in botany). Example: But these slight differences will not justify us in considering the West African chiquera as a true species distinct from the Indian true chiquera; it is only a subspecies of the latter true species. 3. A subdivision of a species in other scientific disciplines. Example: Granular Augite. […] This subspecies of augite has been hitherto found principally in primitive rocks at Arendal in Norway, in several of the iron-mines, particularly that named Ulve-Grube.
Word: Siberian tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. A tiger of a specific Panthera tigris tigris population, now confined to Outer Manchuria in Russia.
Word: Sumatran tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. A population of Panthera tigris sondaica, found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Word: prosperity theology Part of Speech: noun 1. Religious belief that wealth is a divine reward for a person's faith in god. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rev Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm Pronunciation: /ɹɛv/ 1. To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed. Labels: ergative Example: He revved the engine in a rather macho style. Example: You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
Word: rev Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛv/ 1. Clipping of revolution (of something spinning). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: He pushed the revs up and up, hurrying the car to eighty then to ninety, his huge Marchal headlights boring a safe white tunnel, nearly half a mile long, between the walls of the night. Example: Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again!
Word: rev Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛv/ 1. Clipping of revenue Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable Example: ad rev
Word: rev Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛv/ 1. Clipping of reverend Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: 'nuff Part of Speech: det Etymology: Apheretic form of enough. Pronunciation: /nʌf/ 1. Enough. Labels: informal
Word: 'nuff Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Apheretic form of enough. Pronunciation: /nʌf/ 1. Enough. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: Dzongkha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ (rdzong kha), from རྫོང (rdzong, “jong”) + ཁ (kha, “language”). Pronunciation: /ˈdzɒŋkə/, /ˈzɒŋkə/ 1. The national language of Bhutan; Bhutanese.
Word: jog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”). Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒɡ/, /d͡ʒɑɡ/ 1. An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise. 2. A sudden push or nudge. Example: Even when I gave her a jog with my elbow, she kept staring at her French book. Even when I gave her a nudge with my knee, she kept ignoring me. 3. A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface. Example: This angle is somewhat more acute than that of the right and left walls of the Western box set; but unlike the walls of the box set, the Kabuki wall is never broken up by a jog or by a succession of jogs. 4. In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
Word: jog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”). Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒɡ/, /d͡ʒɑɡ/ 1. To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt. Labels: transitive Example: jog one's elbow Example: c. 1593, John Donne, Satire I, Now leaps he upright, Joggs me, and cryes: Do you see Yonder well favoured youth? Oh, ’tis hee That dances so divinely 2. To shake, stir or rouse. Labels: transitive Example: I tried desperately to jog my memory. 3. To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along. Labels: intransitive Example: Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way. Example: 1673, John Milton, “Another on the same” preceded by “On the University Carrier, who sickn’d in the time of his vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague” referring to Thomas Hobson, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: Tho. Dring, p. 33, Here lieth one who did most truly prove, That he could never die while he could move, So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jogg on and keep his trot, 4. To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace. Labels: intransitive Example: I saw her jogging in the forest yesterday. 5. To cause to move at an energetic trot. Labels: transitive Example: to jog a horse 6. To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface. Labels: transitive
Word: herbalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English herbal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English herbalist From herbal + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːbəlɪst/, /ˈhɜːbl̩ɪst/, /ˈ(h)ɜɹbələst/ 1. A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.
Word: vermiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vermis (“worm”) + -form. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)mɪfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. In the shape of a worm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: languish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”). : Compare languor, languid and lax. : Cognate with slack. Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ 1. To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. Labels: intransitive Example: We […] do languish of such diseases. 2. To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. Labels: intransitive Example: He languished without his girlfriend. 3. To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. Labels: intransitive Example: He languished in prison for years. Example: An elderly Hungarian found languishing in a Russian mental hospital could finally be allowed to return home - 55 years after being taken prisoner by the Russian Army. 4. To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. Labels: intransitive Example: The case languished for years before coming to trial. 5. To make weak; to weaken, devastate. Labels: obsolete, transitive 6. To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an "exactly so," as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal. Example: His bowstring slackened, languid Love, / Leaning his cheek upon his hand, / Droops both his wings, regarding thee, / And so would languish evermore, / Serene, imperial Eleänore.
Word: linoleic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin linum (“flax”) + oleic acid, for saturating its omega-6 double bond produces oleic acid. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪn.ə(ʊ)ˈliː.ɪk/, /ˌlɪn.ə(ʊ)ˈleɪ.ɪk/, /ˌlɪn.əˈliː.ɪk/, /ˌlɪn.əˈleɪ.ɪk/ 1. Of, or derived from linoleum, or linseed oil Labels: not-comparable 2. designating an organic fatty acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as an ester of glycerol in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts; it is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthogonalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orthogonal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English orthogonalization From orthogonal + -ization. 1. The process of converting a set of functions or vectors into orthogonal ones. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the process of splitting a problem or system into its distinct components. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: dishonest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɒnɪst/, /dɪˈsɑnɪst/, /dɪzˈɒnɛst/, /dɪzˈɒnɪst/ 1. Not honest; shoddy. Example: “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend. 2. Interfering with honesty. 3. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. Labels: obsolete Example: inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars Example: speake dishonest word 4. Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured. Labels: obsolete Example: Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Word: orthograde Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + -grade. 1. Walking or standing with the body upright. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dishonesty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/ 1. The characteristic or condition of being dishonest. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted. 2. An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest. Labels: countable, usually 3. Shamefulness, disgrace. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him.
Word: orthograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)θəɡɹæf/, /ˈɔː(ɹ)θəɡɹɑːf/ 1. An orthographic projection.
Word: orthographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + -graph + -ic. Compare French orthographique, Latin orthographus, Ancient Greek ὀρθογράφος (orthográphos). Pronunciation: /ˌɔːθəˈɡɹæfɪk/, /ˌɔːɹθəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or relating to, orthography. Labels: not-comparable Example: This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
Word: orthographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + -graphical or orthography + -ical. 1. Of, or relating to orthography or spelling. Labels: not-comparable Example: Such citations are given to demonstrate a particular orthographical form occurring at a certain date. 2. Spelled correctly. Labels: not-comparable 3. Orthographic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthohelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + helium. 1. form of the helium atom in which the spins of the two electrons form a triplet state (a state with definite total spin). Labels: form-of, uncountable
Word: ego surfing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of egosurfing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: orthohydrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen English orthohydrogen From ortho- + hydrogen. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːθəˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒ(ə)n/, /ˌoɹθəˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒ(ə)n/ 1. form of the hydrogen molecule (H₂) in which the two nuclei have parallel spin; about 75% of natural hydrogen Labels: countable, form-of, uncountable
Word: orthology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + -logy. 1. Correct speaking or the correct use of words. Labels: uncountable 2. Homologous sequences descended from the same ancestral sequence for which function of the gene or sequence has been conserved across evolutionary time. Labels: uncountable
Word: orthometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + -metric. 1. Having axes at right angles. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being corrected for the curvature of the Earth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthonormal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of orthogonal + normal, equivalent to ortho- + normal. 1. Of a set of vectors, both orthogonal and normalized. Labels: not-comparable Example: Given a set of linearly independent vectors, it is often useful to convert them into an orthonormal set of vectors. 2. Of a linear transformation: that preserves both angles and lengths. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthopedics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía, “upbringing, training”). Originally a branch of medicine correcting deformities in children. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːθəˈpiːdɪks/, /ˌɔɹθəˈpidɪks/ 1. The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints. Labels: uncountable
Word: orthopedic bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A bed designed to relieve specific skeletal symptoms, typically having a very firm mattress or a board.
Word: orthopedic shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A shoe designed to correct a specific deformity of the foot.
Word: orthopedist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɔɹθə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪst/ 1. A surgeon who specializes in orthopedics.