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18400 | word:
stalemate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
stalemate (third-person singular simple present stalemates, present participle stalemating, simple past and past participle stalemated)
forms:
form:
stalemates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
stalemating
tags:
participle
pres... |
18401 | word:
Ezra
word_type:
name
expansion:
Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)
forms:
form:
Ezras
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The fifteenth book of the Old ... |
18402 | word:
olio
word_type:
noun
expansion:
olio (countable and uncountable, plural olios)
forms:
form:
olios
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Spanish olla or Portuguese olha, both from Latin olla (“pot, jar”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A rich, thick, Spa... |
18403 | word:
hai
word_type:
intj
expansion:
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
A purposeful misspelling.
senses_examples:
text:
As her famously no-BS longtime PT Don Saladino, who has a next-level celeb roster (oh HAIII, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt!), told WH: ‘It’s about improving your body’s resilience a... |
18404 | word:
interpolation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
interpolation (countable and uncountable, plural interpolations)
forms:
form:
interpolations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French interpolation, from Latin
interpolatio.
Morphologically interpolate + -ion
senses_examples:
text:
... |
18405 | word:
varmint
word_type:
noun
expansion:
varmint (plural varmints)
forms:
form:
varmints
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Dialectal form of vermin, derived from Latin vermis (“worm”), c. 1530–1540s.
Perhaps influenced by Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), though the pronunciation ... |
18406 | word:
adder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
adder (plural adders)
forms:
form:
adders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, f... |
18407 | word:
adder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
adder (plural adders)
forms:
form:
adders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From add + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Some... |
18408 | word:
durational pattern
word_type:
noun
expansion:
durational pattern (plural durational patterns)
forms:
form:
durational patterns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Foreground details, such as rhythmic units or rhythmic gestures, as... |
18409 | word:
metric structure
word_type:
noun
expansion:
metric structure (plural metric structures)
forms:
form:
metric structures
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Regular rhythmic components of a song, including its metre and tempo.
sense... |
18410 | word:
beat level
word_type:
noun
expansion:
beat level (plural beat levels)
forms:
form:
beat levels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The main level of a piece.
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
18411 | word:
telescope
word_type:
noun
expansion:
telescope (plural telescopes)
forms:
form:
telescopes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
telescope
etymology_text:
From tele- + -scope.
From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I lo... |
18412 | word:
telescope
word_type:
verb
expansion:
telescope (third-person singular simple present telescopes, present participle telescoping, simple past and past participle telescoped)
forms:
form:
telescopes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
telescoping
tags:
participle
pres... |
18413 | word:
socker
word_type:
noun
expansion:
socker (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Dated spelling of soccer.
senses_topics:
|
18414 | word:
Saturn
word_type:
name
expansion:
Saturn
forms:
wikipedia:
Saturn
etymology_text:
From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
... |
18415 | word:
Saturn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Saturn (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Saturn
etymology_text:
From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).
senses_examples:
text:
12. Venus, a S... |
18416 | word:
adequate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
adequate (comparative more adequate, superlative most adequate)
forms:
form:
more adequate
tags:
comparative
form:
most adequate
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Latin adaequātus, past participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”); ad ... |
18417 | word:
adequate
word_type:
det
expansion:
adequate
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Latin adaequātus, past participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”); ad + aequō (“to make equal”), from aequus (“equal”).
senses_examples:
text:
We have adequate money for the journey.
type:
example
senses_categori... |
18418 | word:
adequate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
adequate (third-person singular simple present adequates, present participle adequating, simple past and past participle adequated)
forms:
form:
adequates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
adequating
tags:
participle
present
f... |
18419 | word:
imp
word_type:
verb
expansion:
imp (third-person singular simple present imps, present participle imping, simple past and past participle imped)
forms:
form:
imps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
imping
tags:
participle
present
form:
imped
tags:
parti... |
18420 | word:
imp
word_type:
noun
expansion:
imp (plural imps)
forms:
form:
imps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English impe, ympe (“tree branch; shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling; tree”) [and other forms], from Old English impa, impe (“shoot, sprig; graft, sc... |
18421 | word:
marauder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
marauder (plural marauders)
forms:
form:
marauders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From maraud + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
a band of marauders
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Someone who moves about in roving fa... |
18422 | word:
Sleeping Beauty
word_type:
name
expansion:
Sleeping Beauty (plural Sleeping Beauties)
forms:
form:
Sleeping Beauties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.
senses_examples:
... |
18423 | word:
Sleeping Beauty
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Sleeping Beauty
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of sleeping beauty ... |
18424 | word:
materialistic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
materialistic (comparative more materialistic, superlative most materialistic)
forms:
form:
more materialistic
tags:
comparative
form:
most materialistic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From material + -istic.
senses_examples:... |
18425 | word:
aggressively
word_type:
adv
expansion:
aggressively (comparative more aggressively, superlative most aggressively)
forms:
form:
more aggressively
tags:
comparative
form:
most aggressively
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From aggressive + -ly.
senses_examples:
text... |
18426 | word:
dissolution
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)
forms:
form:
dissolutions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up,... |
18427 | word:
agrees
word_type:
verb
expansion:
agrees
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of agree
senses_topics:
|
18428 | word:
crack
word_type:
verb
expansion:
crack (third-person singular simple present cracks, present participle cracking, simple past and past participle cracked)
forms:
form:
cracks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
cracking
tags:
participle
present
form:
cracked
... |
18429 | word:
crack
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crack (countable and uncountable, plural cracks)
forms:
form:
cracks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (... |
18430 | word:
crack
word_type:
adj
expansion:
crack (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Of unknown origin.
senses_examples:
text:
Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
type:
example
text:
She's a crack shot with that rifle.
type:
example
te... |
18431 | word:
crack
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crack (plural cracks)
forms:
form:
cracks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Of unknown origin.
senses_examples:
text:
1st Gent. What dost think, Jockey? / 2nd Gent. The crack o' the field's against you.
ref:
1888 [1637], James Shirley, Hyde... |
18432 | word:
halve
word_type:
verb
expansion:
halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)
forms:
form:
halves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
halving
tags:
participle
present
form:
halved
tag... |
18433 | word:
affair
word_type:
noun
expansion:
affair (plural affairs)
forms:
form:
affairs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + facere (“to do”). See fact, and compare ado.
senses_examples:
text:... |
18434 | word:
manioc
word_type:
noun
expansion:
manioc (usually uncountable, plural maniocs)
forms:
form:
maniocs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Cassava
etymology_text:
From French manioc and Spanish mandioca, ultimately from Old Tupi mani'oka.
senses_examples:
text:
1975, William R. Bascom, African Dilemm... |
18435 | word:
apocryphal
word_type:
adj
expansion:
apocryphal (comparative more apocryphal, superlative most apocryphal)
forms:
form:
more apocryphal
tags:
comparative
form:
most apocryphal
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From apocrypha + -al.
senses_examples:
text:
The Lat... |
18436 | word:
mongol
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mongol (plural mongols)
forms:
form:
mongols
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative letter-case form of Mongol (“person with Down's syndrome”).
senses_topics:
|
18437 | word:
library
word_type:
noun
expansion:
library (plural libraries)
forms:
form:
libraries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium (“bookcase, chest for books”), from librarius (“concerning b... |
18438 | word:
aggravated
word_type:
verb
expansion:
aggravated
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of aggravate
senses_topics:
|
18439 | word:
aggravated
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aggravated (comparative more aggravated, superlative most aggravated)
forms:
form:
more aggravated
tags:
comparative
form:
most aggravated
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The cruel fallacy, long ac... |
18440 | word:
aggrieve
word_type:
verb
expansion:
aggrieve (third-person singular simple present aggrieves, present participle aggrieving, simple past and past participle aggrieved)
forms:
form:
aggrieves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
aggrieving
tags:
participle
present
f... |
18441 | word:
risotto
word_type:
noun
expansion:
risotto (countable and uncountable, plural risottos or risotti)
forms:
form:
risottos
tags:
plural
form:
risotti
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
risotto
etymology_text:
From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).
senses_examples:
text:
The secret to... |
18442 | word:
murder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
murder (countable and uncountable, plural murders)
forms:
form:
murders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
murder
etymology_text:
From Middle English murder, murdre, mourdre, alteration of earlier murthre (“murder”) (see murther), from Old English morþor (“secret slayi... |
18443 | word:
murder
word_type:
verb
expansion:
murder (third-person singular simple present murders, present participle murdering, simple past and past participle murdered)
forms:
form:
murders
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
murdering
tags:
participle
present
form:
mu... |
18444 | word:
ja
word_type:
adv
expansion:
ja (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea.
senses_examples:
text:
Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.
ref:
... |
18445 | word:
ja
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ja (plural jas or ja)
forms:
form:
jas
tags:
plural
form:
ja
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit o... |
18446 | word:
definite
word_type:
adj
expansion:
definite (comparative more definite, superlative most definite)
forms:
form:
more definite
tags:
comparative
form:
most definite
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin dēfīnītus, past participle of dēfīniō, whence also English ... |
18447 | word:
definite
word_type:
noun
expansion:
definite (plural definites)
forms:
form:
definites
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin dēfīnītus, past participle of dēfīniō, whence also English define.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A word or phrase that design... |
18448 | word:
adopt
word_type:
verb
expansion:
adopt (third-person singular simple present adopts, present participle adopting, simple past and past participle adopted)
forms:
form:
adopts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
adopting
tags:
participle
present
form:
adopted
... |
18449 | word:
chattel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chattel (plural chattels)
forms:
form:
chattels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English chatel, from Old French chatel, from Medieval Latin capitāle (English capital), from Latin capitālis (“of the head”), from caput (“head”) + -alis (“... |
18450 | word:
afford
word_type:
verb
expansion:
afford (third-person singular simple present affords, present participle affording, simple past and past participle afforded)
forms:
form:
affords
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
affording
tags:
participle
present
form:
af... |
18451 | word:
Buddhism
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Buddhism (usually uncountable, plural Buddhisms)
forms:
form:
Buddhisms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Buddha + -ism.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Bu... |
18452 | word:
agonized
word_type:
adj
expansion:
agonized (comparative more agonized, superlative most agonized)
forms:
form:
more agonized
tags:
comparative
form:
most agonized
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative s... |
18453 | word:
agonized
word_type:
verb
expansion:
agonized
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of agonize
senses_topics:
|
18454 | word:
matinee
word_type:
noun
expansion:
matinee (plural matinees)
forms:
form:
matinees
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French matinée.
senses_examples:
text:
59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in l... |
18455 | word:
matinee
word_type:
verb
expansion:
matinee (third-person singular simple present matinees, present participle matineeing, simple past and past participle matineed)
forms:
form:
matinees
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
matineeing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18456 | word:
reluctance
word_type:
noun
expansion:
reluctance (countable and uncountable, plural reluctances)
forms:
form:
reluctances
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From reluct + -ance.
senses_examples:
text:
Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.
type:
... |
18457 | word:
mixed-interval chord
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mixed-interval chord (plural mixed-interval chords)
forms:
form:
mixed-interval chords
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A chord that does not have one consistent interval.
senses_... |
18458 | word:
interval class
word_type:
noun
expansion:
interval class (plural interval classes)
forms:
form:
interval classes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An interval measured by the distance between its two pitch classes ordered so the... |
18459 | word:
equal-interval chord
word_type:
noun
expansion:
equal-interval chord (plural equal-interval chords)
forms:
form:
equal-interval chords
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A chord characterized by one repeating interval.
senses_top... |
18460 | word:
maraud
word_type:
verb
expansion:
maraud (third-person singular simple present marauds, present participle marauding, simple past and past participle marauded)
forms:
form:
marauds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
marauding
tags:
participle
present
form:
ma... |
18461 | word:
aghast
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aghast (comparative more aghast, superlative most aghast)
forms:
form:
more aghast
tags:
comparative
form:
most aghast
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English agast, agasted, past participle of agasten (“to terrify”), fro... |
18462 | word:
eutectic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
eutectic (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Eutectic system
Frederick Guthrie
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Coined as an adjective (along with the noun eutexia) by British scie... |
18463 | word:
eutectic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eutectic (plural eutectics)
forms:
form:
eutectics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Eutectic system
Frederick Guthrie
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Coined as an adjective (a... |
18464 | word:
World War I
word_type:
name
expansion:
World War I
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against t... |
18465 | word:
Albert chain
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Albert chain (plural Albert chains)
forms:
form:
Albert chains
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Named for Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A chain used to give easier access t... |
18466 | word:
pea
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pea (plural peas or (archaic) pease)
forms:
form:
peas
tags:
plural
form:
pease
tags:
archaic
plural
wikipedia:
en:Pea (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middl... |
18467 | word:
pea
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pea (plural peas)
forms:
form:
peas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:Pea (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_... |
18468 | word:
pea
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pea (plural peas)
forms:
form:
peas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:Pea (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from... |
18469 | word:
pea
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pea (plural peas)
forms:
form:
peas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:Pea (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of peak
senses_topics:
nautical
transport |
18470 | word:
vandalism
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vandalism (countable and uncountable, plural vandalisms)
forms:
form:
vandalisms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revoluti... |
18471 | word:
pitch class
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pitch class (plural pitch classes)
forms:
form:
pitch classes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An equivalence class of all pitches that are octaves apart, and which would be labeled by an ... |
18472 | word:
rescue
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rescue (third-person singular simple present rescues, present participle rescuing, simple past and past participle rescued)
forms:
form:
rescues
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rescuing
tags:
participle
present
form:
rescu... |
18473 | word:
rescue
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rescue (countable and uncountable, plural rescues)
forms:
form:
rescues
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
rescue
etymology_text:
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere, present active infini... |
18474 | word:
airily
word_type:
adv
expansion:
airily (comparative more airily, superlative most airily)
forms:
form:
more airily
tags:
comparative
form:
most airily
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From airy + -ly.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
In an a... |
18475 | word:
feceate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
feceate (third-person singular simple present feceates, present participle feceating, simple past and past participle feceated)
forms:
form:
feceates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
feceating
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18476 | word:
afterthought
word_type:
noun
expansion:
afterthought (plural afterthoughts)
forms:
form:
afterthoughts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From after- + thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink.
senses_examples:
text:
She packed her sandals only ... |
18477 | word:
afterthought
word_type:
verb
expansion:
afterthought (third-person singular simple present afterthoughts, present participle afterthoughting, simple past and past participle afterthoughted)
forms:
form:
afterthoughts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
afterthoughting
tags:... |
18478 | word:
afterthought
word_type:
verb
expansion:
afterthought
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of afterthink
senses_topics:
|
18479 | word:
adjacent
word_type:
adj
expansion:
adjacent (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“I lie down”).
senses_examples:
text:
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our m... |
18480 | word:
adjacent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
adjacent (plural adjacents)
forms:
form:
adjacents
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“I lie down”).
senses_examples:
text:
Again, the key... |
18481 | word:
adjacent
word_type:
prep
expansion:
adjacent
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“I lie down”).
senses_examples:
text:
The house adjacent to the school was demolished.
type:
example
te... |
18482 | word:
draught on the pump at Aldgate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
draught on the pump at Aldgate (plural draughts on the pump at Aldgate)
forms:
form:
draughts on the pump at Aldgate
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A bad bill of excha... |
18483 | word:
alma
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alma (plural almas or alma)
forms:
form:
almas
tags:
plural
form:
alma
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning “learned, knowledgeable”, from عَلِمَ (ʕalim... |
18484 | word:
aggrieved
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aggrieved (comparative more aggrieved, superlative most aggrieved)
forms:
form:
more aggrieved
tags:
comparative
form:
most aggrieved
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I am aggrieved at the conditions w... |
18485 | word:
aggrieved
word_type:
verb
expansion:
aggrieved
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of aggrieve
senses_topics:
|
18486 | word:
Aldershot
word_type:
name
expansion:
Aldershot
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old English alor (“alder”) + sceat (“corner”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A town in Rushmoor borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8650).
senses_topics:
|
18487 | word:
advanced
word_type:
verb
expansion:
advanced
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From advance + -ed.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of advance
senses_topics:
|
18488 | word:
advanced
word_type:
adj
expansion:
advanced (comparative more advanced or further advanced, superlative most advanced or furthest advanced)
forms:
form:
more advanced
tags:
comparative
form:
further advanced
tags:
comparative
form:
most advanced
tags:
superlative
form:
... |
18489 | word:
layoff
word_type:
noun
expansion:
layoff (plural layoffs)
forms:
form:
layoffs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Deverbal from lay off.
senses_examples:
text:
One of the muscles on the point of the shoulder was torn loose and it didn't need more than a glance to see that Mr. Hi... |
18490 | word:
Big Ben
word_type:
name
expansion:
Big Ben
forms:
wikipedia:
Ben Caunt
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
Big Ben
etymology_text:
Disputed, possibly after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after English boxer Ben Caunt.
senses_examples:
text:
He pulled up h... |
18491 | word:
aimless
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aimless (comparative more aimless, superlative most aimless)
forms:
form:
more aimless
tags:
comparative
form:
most aimless
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From aim + -less.
senses_examples:
text:
an aimless life
type:
e... |
18492 | word:
jumpy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
jumpy (comparative jumpier, superlative jumpiest)
forms:
form:
jumpier
tags:
comparative
form:
jumpiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From jump + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
We moved at a good clip, so I reached up to pull shu... |
18493 | word:
air gun
word_type:
noun
expansion:
air gun (plural air guns)
forms:
form:
air guns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).
senses_to... |
18494 | word:
buttock
word_type:
noun
expansion:
buttock (plural buttocks)
forms:
form:
buttocks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
buttock
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical mean... |
18495 | word:
revetment
word_type:
noun
expansion:
revetment (plural revetments)
forms:
form:
revetments
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
revetment
etymology_text:
From French revêtement, from Old French revestiment, from revestir (French revêtir), from Late Latin revestire (“to clothe again”), from Latin re- + ve... |
18496 | word:
saboteur
word_type:
noun
expansion:
saboteur (plural saboteurs)
forms:
form:
saboteurs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French saboteur.
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: saboteuse
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person who intentionally causes the d... |
18497 | word:
alertness
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alertness (usually uncountable, plural alertnesses)
forms:
form:
alertnesses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From alert + -ness.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The quality of being alert or on the alert
senses_topics:
|
18498 | word:
afore
word_type:
adv
expansion:
afore (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Before.
In the fore part of a ship.
senses_topics:
nau... |
18499 | word:
afore
word_type:
prep
expansion:
afore
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.
senses_examples:
text:
He said he was jealous, and craved something to ease his care. 'It's but a small thing I ask,' says he, ... |
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