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word: dandy word_type: adj expansion: dandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest) forms: form: dandier tags: comparative form: dandiest tags: superlative wikipedia: dandy etymology_text: Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly f...
17801
word: lid word_type: noun expansion: lid (plural lids) forms: form: lids tags: plural wikipedia: lid etymology_text: From Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), fro...
17802
word: lid word_type: verb expansion: lid (third-person singular simple present lids, present participle lidding, simple past and past participle lidded) forms: form: lids tags: present singular third-person form: lidding tags: participle present form: lidded tags: p...
17803
word: flour word_type: noun expansion: flour (usually uncountable, plural flours) forms: form: flours tags: plural wikipedia: flour etymology_text: Spelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (compare French fleur de farine, fine f...
17804
word: flour word_type: verb expansion: flour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flouring, simple past and past participle floured) forms: form: flours tags: present singular third-person form: flouring tags: participle present form: floured ...
17805
word: cuniculus word_type: noun expansion: cuniculus (plural cuniculi) forms: form: cuniculi tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin cunīculus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A burrow or low underground passage, such as a rabbit warren, mine, or cata...
17806
word: north northeast word_type: noun expansion: north northeast (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of north-northeast senses_topics:
17807
word: north northeast word_type: adj expansion: north northeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of north-northeast senses_topics:
17808
word: north northeast word_type: adv expansion: north northeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of north-northeast senses_topics:
17809
word: varnish word_type: noun expansion: varnish (countable and uncountable, plural varnishes) forms: form: varnishes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē...
17810
word: varnish word_type: verb expansion: varnish (third-person singular simple present varnishes, present participle varnishing, simple past and past participle varnished) forms: form: varnishes tags: present singular third-person form: varnishing tags: participle present for...
17811
word: east southeast word_type: noun expansion: east southeast (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of east-southeast senses_topics:
17812
word: east southeast word_type: adj expansion: east southeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of east-southeast senses_topics:
17813
word: east southeast word_type: adv expansion: east southeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of east-southeast senses_topics:
17814
word: ton word_type: noun expansion: ton (plural tons) forms: form: tons tags: plural wikipedia: ton etymology_text: Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”). senses_examples: text: I’ve got a ton of work to do. type: example text: I've got tons of wor...
17815
word: ton word_type: noun expansion: ton (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: ton etymology_text: Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus. senses_examples: text: [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, becau...
17816
word: ton word_type: noun expansion: ton (plural tons) forms: form: tons tags: plural wikipedia: ton etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel. senses_topics:
17817
word: fiction word_type: noun expansion: fiction (countable and uncountable, plural fictions) forms: form: fictions tags: plural wikipedia: fiction etymology_text: From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a ...
17818
word: south southeast word_type: noun expansion: south southeast (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of south-southeast senses_topics:
17819
word: south southeast word_type: adj expansion: south southeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of south-southeast senses_topics:
17820
word: south southeast word_type: adv expansion: south southeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of south-southeast senses_topics:
17821
word: south southwest word_type: noun expansion: south southwest (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of south-southwest senses_topics:
17822
word: south southwest word_type: adj expansion: south southwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of south-southwest senses_topics:
17823
word: south southwest word_type: adv expansion: south southwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of south-southwest senses_topics:
17824
word: west southwest word_type: noun expansion: west southwest (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of west-southwest senses_topics:
17825
word: west southwest word_type: adj expansion: west southwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of west-southwest senses_topics:
17826
word: west southwest word_type: adv expansion: west southwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of west-southwest senses_topics:
17827
word: north northwest word_type: noun expansion: north northwest (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of north-northwest senses_topics:
17828
word: north northwest word_type: adj expansion: north northwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of north-northwest senses_topics:
17829
word: north northwest word_type: adv expansion: north northwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of north-northwest senses_topics:
17830
word: west northwest word_type: noun expansion: west northwest (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of west-northwest senses_topics:
17831
word: west northwest word_type: adj expansion: west northwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of west-northwest senses_topics:
17832
word: west northwest word_type: adv expansion: west northwest (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of west-northwest senses_topics:
17833
word: prox word_type: noun expansion: prox (plural proxes) forms: form: proxes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare proxy. senses_examples: text: on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general office...
17834
word: sow word_type: noun expansion: sow (plural sows or swine) forms: form: sows tags: plural form: swine tags: plural wikipedia: sow etymology_text: From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-Eu...
17835
word: sow word_type: verb expansion: sow (third-person singular simple present sows, present participle sowing, simple past sowed, past participle sown or sowed) forms: form: sows tags: present singular third-person form: sowing tags: participle present form: sowed tags...
17836
word: east northeast word_type: noun expansion: east northeast (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of east-northeast senses_topics:
17837
word: east northeast word_type: adj expansion: east northeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of east-northeast senses_topics:
17838
word: east northeast word_type: adv expansion: east northeast (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of east-northeast senses_topics:
17839
word: wolf cub word_type: noun expansion: wolf cub (plural wolf cubs) forms: form: wolf cubs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A young wolf. senses_topics:
17840
word: blame word_type: noun expansion: blame (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: blame etymology_text: From Middle English blame, borrowed from Old French blame, blasme, produced from the verb blasmer, which in turn is derived from Late Latin blastēmāre, variant of blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blas...
17841
word: blame word_type: verb expansion: blame (third-person singular simple present blames, present participle blaming, simple past and past participle blamed) forms: form: blames tags: present singular third-person form: blaming tags: participle present form: blamed tag...
17842
word: blame word_type: adj expansion: blame (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: blame etymology_text: From Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre (“to reproach, to revile”), from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Compare blaspheme, a doublet. Overtook common u...
17843
word: tomcat word_type: noun expansion: tomcat (plural tomcats) forms: form: tomcats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
17844
word: tomcat word_type: verb expansion: tomcat (third-person singular simple present tomcats, present participle tomcatting, simple past and past participle tomcatted) forms: form: tomcats tags: present singular third-person form: tomcatting tags: participle present form: ...
17845
word: directions word_type: noun expansion: directions forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of direction senses_topics:
17846
word: directions word_type: noun expansion: directions pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Please follow the attached directions when assembling these shelves. type: example text: I got so lost on my way downtown I had to ask for directions. type: ...
17847
word: wit word_type: noun expansion: wit (countable and uncountable, plural wits) forms: form: wits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, fro...
17848
word: wit word_type: verb expansion: wit forms: form: no-table-tags source: conjugation tags: table-tags form: qualifier source: conjugation tags: inflection-template form: wit tags: infinitive source: conjugation form: wit tags: imperative sourc...
17849
word: wit word_type: prep expansion: wit forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From with. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pronunciation spelling of with. senses_topics:
17850
word: spout word_type: noun expansion: spout (plural spouts) forms: form: spouts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattj...
17851
word: spout word_type: verb expansion: spout (third-person singular simple present spouts, present participle spouting, simple past and past participle spouted) forms: form: spouts tags: present singular third-person form: spouting tags: participle present form: spouted ...
17852
word: ATM word_type: noun expansion: ATM (countable and uncountable, plural ATMs) forms: form: ATMs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Too often California is relegated to serving as the nation’s political ATM. ref: 2007, Alex Padilla, (Please provide the...
17853
word: ATM word_type: phrase expansion: ATM forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of at the moment. senses_topics:
17854
word: nymphes word_type: noun expansion: nymphes forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of nymphe senses_topics:
17855
word: oom word_type: noun expansion: oom (plural ooms) forms: form: ooms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam. senses_examples: text: He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’ ref: 1979, André Brink, A Dry ...
17856
word: hout word_type: noun expansion: hout (plural houts) forms: form: houts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Afrikaans hout. Doublet of holt. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A black African. senses_topics:
17857
word: apple pie word_type: noun expansion: apple pie (countable and uncountable, plural apple pies) forms: form: apple pies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: […] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives...
17858
word: apple pie word_type: verb expansion: apple pie (third-person singular simple present apple pies, present participle apple pieing, simple past and past participle apple pied) forms: form: apple pies tags: present singular third-person form: apple pieing tags: participle pr...
17859
word: nymphae word_type: noun expansion: nymphae forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of nympha senses_topics:
17860
word: puppy word_type: noun expansion: puppy (plural puppies) forms: form: puppies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle English *puppee, *poupee, from Old French poupée, popée (“a doll; puppet”). More at p...
17861
word: puppy word_type: verb expansion: puppy (third-person singular simple present puppies, present participle puppying, simple past and past participle puppied) forms: form: puppies tags: present singular third-person form: puppying tags: participle present form: puppied...
17862
word: approx word_type: adj expansion: approx (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of approx. senses_topics:
17863
word: approx word_type: adv expansion: approx (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: […] place the pan into a hot oven 175 degrees approx 5 minutes until the top has been cooked. ref: 2009 January 23, Achim Herterich, “Cooking tips, recipes with eggs”, in Hera...
17864
word: Wahhabite word_type: noun expansion: Wahhabite (plural Wahhabites) forms: form: Wahhabites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A follower of Wahhabism, a fundamentalist movement of Islam. senses_topics: Islam lifestyle relig...
17865
word: theologist word_type: noun expansion: theologist (plural theologists) forms: form: theologists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Medieval Latin theologista. senses_examples: text: 1763 August 6, Elizabeth Carter, personal correspondence, in Montagu Pennington, Memo...
17866
word: mundus word_type: noun expansion: mundus forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of mundu senses_topics:
17867
word: bd word_type: noun expansion: bd (plural bds) forms: form: bds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 1 bd, 1 ba type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of boulevard. Abbreviation of bed. (bedroom, used in apartment listings)...
17868
word: leger word_type: adj expansion: leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger) forms: form: more leger tags: comparative form: most leger tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French léger, assumed to be from Latin leviarius, from levis (“light in we...
17869
word: leger word_type: adj expansion: leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger) forms: form: more leger tags: comparative form: most leger tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: A variant of ledger. senses_examples: text: a leger ambassador type: example...
17870
word: leger word_type: noun expansion: leger (plural legers) forms: form: legers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: A variant of ledger. senses_examples: text: The Leger exhibits at one view the accounts with an individual, as it contains on the Dr. [debt] side whatever he has receiv...
17871
word: leger word_type: verb expansion: leger (third-person singular simple present legers, present participle legering, simple past and past participle legered) forms: form: legers tags: present singular third-person form: legering tags: participle present form: legered ...
17872
word: labium word_type: noun expansion: labium (plural labia) forms: form: labia tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva'...
17873
word: socialist word_type: adj expansion: socialist (comparative more socialist, superlative most socialist) forms: form: more socialist tags: comparative form: most socialist tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From social + -ist. senses_examples: text: ...it must be r...
17874
word: socialist word_type: noun expansion: socialist (plural socialists) forms: form: socialists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From social + -ist. senses_examples: text: A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate. re...
17875
word: hoops word_type: noun expansion: hoops forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of hoop senses_topics:
17876
word: hoops word_type: noun expansion: hoops pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Let's shoot some hoops! type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Basketball. senses_topics:
17877
word: hoops word_type: verb expansion: hoops forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hoop senses_topics:
17878
word: geography word_type: noun expansion: geography (countable and uncountable, plural geographies) forms: form: geographies tags: plural wikipedia: geography etymology_text: From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the eart...
17879
word: toss word_type: noun expansion: toss (plural tosses) forms: form: tosses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa, dialectal Swedis...
17880
word: toss word_type: verb expansion: toss (third-person singular simple present tosses, present participle tossing, simple past and past participle tossed or (obsolete) tost) forms: form: tosses tags: present singular third-person form: tossing tags: participle present form:...
17881
word: backboard word_type: noun expansion: backboard (plural backboards) forms: form: backboards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From back + board. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. A flat vertical wa...
17882
word: backboard word_type: verb expansion: backboard (third-person singular simple present backboards, present participle backboarding, simple past and past participle backboarded) forms: form: backboards tags: present singular third-person form: backboarding tags: participle p...
17883
word: backboard word_type: noun expansion: backboard (usually uncountable, plural backboards) forms: form: backboards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Likely a borrowing from Dutch bakboord (“portside”) or from Middle Low German backbort, bakbōrt (“portside”). Old English bæcbord (“larboar...
17884
word: pinko word_type: noun expansion: pinko (plural pinkos or pinkoes) forms: form: pinkos tags: plural form: pinkoes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From pink + -o, a variation of red (“Communist”, noun), as pink is a lighter, more diluted form. senses_examples: text: ...
17885
word: peg word_type: noun expansion: peg (plural pegs) forms: form: pegs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (...
17886
word: peg word_type: verb expansion: peg (third-person singular simple present pegs, present participle pegging, simple past and past participle pegged) forms: form: pegs tags: present singular third-person form: pegging tags: participle present form: pegged tags: p...
17887
word: flashlight word_type: noun expansion: flashlight (plural flashlights) forms: form: flashlights tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From flash + light. senses_examples: text: At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face. ref: 19...
17888
word: flashlight word_type: verb expansion: flashlight (third-person singular simple present flashlights, present participle flashlighting, simple past and past participle flashlit) forms: form: flashlights tags: present singular third-person form: flashlighting tags: participle ...
17889
word: alright word_type: adj expansion: alright (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Univerbation from all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right. senses_examples: text: Where ever I go, both to and fro You have my heart alri...
17890
word: alright word_type: adv expansion: alright (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Univerbation from all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of all righ...
17891
word: alright word_type: intj expansion: alright forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Univerbation from all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Used to indicate acknowledgement or accept...
17892
word: kleptomaniac word_type: noun expansion: kleptomaniac (plural kleptomaniacs) forms: form: kleptomaniacs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *klépťō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klep-) + -maniac. senses_examples: ...
17893
word: approx. word_type: adv expansion: approx. (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of approximately. senses_topics:
17894
word: approx. word_type: adj expansion: approx. (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of approximate. senses_topics:
17895
word: turkey-hen word_type: noun expansion: turkey-hen (plural turkey-hens) forms: form: turkey-hens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Equivalent to turkey + hen; see turkey. senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: turkeycock senses_categories: senses_glosses: A female turkey. sens...
17896
word: pluma word_type: noun expansion: pluma (plural plumae) forms: form: plumae tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin plūma. Doublet of plume. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A feather. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
17897
word: Oxbridge word_type: name expansion: Oxbridge forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of Oxford + Cambridge. senses_examples: text: In another, he says: “Why has the BBC allowed the format of this programme to treat all other universities in the UK apart from Oxbridge as second class?” ref: ...
17898
word: Oxbridge word_type: adj expansion: Oxbridge (not generally comparable, comparative more Oxbridge, superlative most Oxbridge) forms: form: more Oxbridge head_nr: 1 tags: comparative form: most Oxbridge head_nr: 1 tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of O...
17899
word: Oxbridge word_type: name expansion: Oxbridge forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hamlet in Netherbury parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4797). A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318). senses_topics...