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20700 | word:
serial
word_type:
adj
expansion:
serial (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to Italian seriale. First use appears c. 1823. See cite below.
senses_examples:
text:
These singular ribs have a very differ... |
20701 | word:
serial
word_type:
noun
expansion:
serial (plural serials)
forms:
form:
serials
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to Italian seriale. First use appears c. 1823. See cite below.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
20702 | word:
serial
word_type:
verb
expansion:
serial (third-person singular simple present serials, present participle serialling or (US) serialing, simple past and past participle serialled or (US) serialed)
forms:
form:
serials
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
serialling
tags:
... |
20703 | word:
gigasecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gigasecond (plural gigaseconds)
forms:
form:
gigaseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From giga- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁹ seconds. Symbol: Gs
senses_topics:
metrology |
20704 | word:
-phobia
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-phobia
forms:
wikipedia:
Phobia (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
senses_examples:
text:
e.g. claustrophobia
text:
e.g. homophobia, xenophobia, chemophobia
sens... |
20705 | word:
petasecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
petasecond (plural petaseconds)
forms:
form:
petaseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From peta- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10¹⁵ seconds. Symbol: Ps
senses_topics:
metrology |
20706 | word:
megasecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
megasecond (plural megaseconds)
forms:
form:
megaseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From mega- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁶ seconds. Symbol: Ms
senses_topics:
metrology |
20707 | word:
hectosecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hectosecond (plural hectoseconds)
forms:
form:
hectoseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From hecto- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A unit of time equal to 10 to the power of 2 or 100 seconds and with symbo... |
20708 | word:
puffed
word_type:
verb
expansion:
puffed
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From puff + -ed.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of puff
senses_topics:
|
20709 | word:
puffed
word_type:
adj
expansion:
puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)
forms:
form:
more puffed
tags:
comparative
form:
most puffed
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From puff + -ed.
senses_examples:
text:
The dress had puffed sleeves.
ty... |
20710 | word:
puffed
word_type:
adj
expansion:
puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)
forms:
form:
more puffed
tags:
comparative
form:
most puffed
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortened from puffed out.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
... |
20711 | word:
kilosecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
kilosecond (plural kiloseconds)
forms:
form:
kiloseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From kilo- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10³ seconds. Symbol: ks
senses_topics:
metrology |
20712 | word:
terasecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
terasecond (plural teraseconds)
forms:
form:
teraseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From tera- + second.
senses_examples:
text:
The solar system has been in existence for about 150000 teraseconds and may well remain in existence witho... |
20713 | word:
yottasecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yottasecond (plural yottaseconds)
forms:
form:
yottaseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From yotta- + second.
senses_examples:
text:
Trades Descriptions Act... "always on" presumably means 100.00 % uptime for the rest of infinity with... |
20714 | word:
decasecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
decasecond (plural decaseconds)
forms:
form:
decaseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From deca- + second.
senses_examples:
text:
1968, Title: Narrow-Band Decasecond Emissions from Jupiter Authors: Riihimaa, JJ Journal: Astrophysical Le... |
20715 | word:
-ish
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ish
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -i... |
20716 | word:
-ish
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ish
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -ishen, -ischen, -issen, from Old French -iss-, -is- (a termination of the stem of some forms [present participle, etc.] of certain verbs), from Latin -ēscere, -īscere (an inchoative suffix), the formative -es... |
20717 | word:
yoctosecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yoctosecond (plural yoctoseconds)
forms:
form:
yoctoseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From yocto- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²⁴ seconds. Symbol: ys
senses_topics:
met... |
20718 | word:
zeptosecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
zeptosecond (plural zeptoseconds)
forms:
form:
zeptoseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From zepto- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²¹ seconds. Symbol: zs
senses_topics:
met... |
20719 | word:
rusty
word_type:
adj
expansion:
rusty (comparative rustier, superlative rustiest)
forms:
form:
rustier
tags:
comparative
form:
rustiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rust... |
20720 | word:
rusty
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rusty (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Ellipsis of rusty one more often used for this, or from the general epithet rusty given to various particular firearm names—earlier both was applied in Cockney rhyming slang for other machines, including swords in t... |
20721 | word:
rusty
word_type:
adj
expansion:
rusty (comparative more rusty, superlative most rusty)
forms:
form:
more rusty
tags:
comparative
form:
most rusty
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Variant form of resty; compare also reasty.
senses_examples:
text:
rusty bacon
t... |
20722 | word:
bloody
word_type:
adj
expansion:
bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)
forms:
form:
bloodier
tags:
comparative
form:
bloodiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Bloody
etymology_text:
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Pro... |
20723 | word:
bloody
word_type:
adv
expansion:
bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)
forms:
form:
more bloody
tags:
comparative
form:
most bloody
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Bloody
etymology_text:
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”)... |
20724 | word:
bloody
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)
forms:
form:
bloodies
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bloodying
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
20725 | word:
bloody
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bloody (plural bloodies)
forms:
form:
bloodies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Bloody
etymology_text:
Clipping of bloody mary
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
bloody mary
senses_topics:
|
20726 | word:
liter
word_type:
noun
expansion:
liter (plural liters)
forms:
form:
liters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.
senses_topics:
|
20727 | word:
Argovia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Argovia
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A canton of Switzerland (the Italian name)
senses_topics:
|
20728 | word:
Basel-Country
word_type:
name
expansion:
Basel-Country
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of German Basel-Landschaft.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Basel-Landschaft (a canton of Switzerland).
senses_topics:
|
20729 | word:
Basel-City
word_type:
name
expansion:
Basel-City
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of German Basel-Stadt.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Basel-Stadt (a canton of Switzerland).
senses_topics:
|
20730 | word:
attosecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
attosecond (plural attoseconds)
forms:
form:
attoseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From atto- + second.
senses_examples:
text:
I can think at the speed of light, I can perceive events that last for less than an attosecond, I can run ... |
20731 | word:
shithouse
word_type:
noun
expansion:
shithouse (plural shithouses)
forms:
form:
shithouses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From shit + house. Compare Middle Low German schîthûs, German Scheißhaus, Swedish skithus, Icelandic skíthús.
senses_examples:
text:
You will be less am... |
20732 | word:
shithouse
word_type:
adj
expansion:
shithouse (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From shit + house. Compare Middle Low German schîthûs, German Scheißhaus, Swedish skithus, Icelandic skíthús.
senses_examples:
text:
The stupefied bus driver kept ranting and raving at him. “You coul... |
20733 | word:
shithouse
word_type:
verb
expansion:
shithouse (third-person singular simple present shithouses, present participle shithousing, simple past and past participle shithoused)
forms:
form:
shithouses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
shithousing
tags:
participle
pres... |
20734 | word:
decisecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
decisecond (plural deciseconds)
forms:
form:
deciseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From deci- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹ seconds. Symbol: ds
senses_topics:
metrology |
20735 | word:
punto
word_type:
noun
expansion:
punto (plural puntos)
forms:
form:
puntos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, punctum, and ponto.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
... |
20736 | word:
furlong
word_type:
noun
expansion:
furlong (plural furlongs or (archaic) furlong)
forms:
form:
furlongs
tags:
plural
form:
furlong
tags:
archaic
plural
wikipedia:
Epsom Downs Racecourse
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dlongʰos
From Middle English furlong, forlong (“unit of distanc... |
20737 | word:
possible
word_type:
adj
expansion:
possible (comparative more possible, superlative most possible)
forms:
form:
more possible
tags:
comparative
form:
most possible
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin pos... |
20738 | word:
possible
word_type:
noun
expansion:
possible (plural possibles)
forms:
form:
possibles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis (“possible”), from posse, possum (“to be able”); see power. Displaced Middle English a... |
20739 | word:
xylograph
word_type:
noun
expansion:
xylograph (plural xylographs)
forms:
form:
xylographs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Back-formation from xylography, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graph.
senses_examples:
text:
First he collected a number of witnesses, including many ... |
20740 | word:
xylograph
word_type:
verb
expansion:
xylograph (third-person singular simple present xylographs, present participle xylographing, simple past and past participle xylographed)
forms:
form:
xylographs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
xylographing
tags:
participle
p... |
20741 | word:
centisecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
centisecond (plural centiseconds)
forms:
form:
centiseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From centi- + second, modelled on French centiseconde.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A unit of time equal to 0.01 seconds and ... |
20742 | word:
meef
word_type:
intj
expansion:
meef
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
1994, Don Blaheta, in rec.games.abstract http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.abstract/msg/507f9cb8139f0115?dmode=source&hl=en
Also, I'd like NOMIC rules. Someone said they had already been posted ... |
20743 | word:
ciao
word_type:
intj
expansion:
ciao
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetian s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian sc... |
20744 | word:
ciao
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ciao (plural ciaos)
forms:
form:
ciaos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetian s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin ... |
20745 | word:
nous
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nous (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
nous
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοῦς (noûs) or νόος (nóos, “mind”).
senses_examples:
text:
I feel the will to roam, to learn
By test, experience, nous,
That fire is hot and ocean deep,
And wolves carnivorous.
... |
20746 | word:
fluffy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
fluffy (comparative fluffier, superlative fluffiest)
forms:
form:
fluffier
tags:
comparative
form:
fluffiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From fluff + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke... |
20747 | word:
fluffy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fluffy (plural fluffies)
forms:
form:
fluffies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From fluff + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
Children can pamper the fluffies in the pets' corner […]
ref:
2014, William Gray, Cornwall with Kids, page 119
type:... |
20748 | word:
hobo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hobo (plural hobos or hoboes)
forms:
form:
hobos
tags:
plural
form:
hoboes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
hobo
etymology_text:
Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).
sense... |
20749 | word:
hobo
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hobo (third-person singular simple present hobos, present participle hoboing, simple past and past participle hoboed)
forms:
form:
hobos
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hoboing
tags:
participle
present
form:
hoboed
tags:
... |
20750 | word:
inductor
word_type:
noun
expansion:
inductor (plural inductors)
forms:
form:
inductors
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
inductor
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.
senses_examples:
text:
In certain families one can find several “inductees” grouped around... |
20751 | word:
hotel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hotel (plural hotels)
forms:
form:
hotels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
hotel
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitab... |
20752 | word:
femtosecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
femtosecond (plural femtoseconds)
forms:
form:
femtoseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From femto- + second.
senses_examples:
text:
Sheldon Cooper: My hair is growing at the rate of 4.6 yoctometers per femtosecond.
ref:
2012, M... |
20753 | word:
Appenzell Outer Rhodes
word_type:
name
expansion:
Appenzell Outer Rhodes
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A canton of Switzerland.
senses_topics:
|
20754 | word:
apply
word_type:
verb
expansion:
apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)
forms:
form:
applies
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
applying
tags:
participle
present
form:
applied... |
20755 | word:
apply
word_type:
adj
expansion:
apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)
forms:
form:
more apply
tags:
comparative
form:
most apply
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From apple + -y.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spe... |
20756 | word:
essay
word_type:
noun
expansion:
essay (plural essays)
forms:
form:
essays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
essay
etymology_text:
Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle French essay, essai (“essay”), meaning coined by Montaigne in the same time, from the same words in earlier meanings 'experim... |
20757 | word:
essay
word_type:
verb
expansion:
essay (third-person singular simple present essays, present participle essaying, simple past and past participle essayed)
forms:
form:
essays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
essaying
tags:
participle
present
form:
essayed
... |
20758 | word:
Appenzell Inner Rhodes
word_type:
name
expansion:
Appenzell Inner Rhodes
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A canton of Switzerland.
senses_topics:
|
20759 | word:
parochial vicar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
parochial vicar (plural parochial vicars)
forms:
form:
parochial vicars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin vicarius parochialis.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A parish priest who assists the parish administ... |
20760 | word:
sauerkraut soup
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sauerkraut soup (countable and uncountable, plural sauerkraut soups)
forms:
form:
sauerkraut soups
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
soup made with sauerkraut as its main ingredient, po... |
20761 | word:
cacao
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cacao (countable and uncountable, plural cacaos)
forms:
form:
cacaos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tree, Theobroma c... |
20762 | word:
ironing
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ironing
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of iron
senses_topics:
|
20763 | word:
ironing
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ironing (countable and uncountable, plural ironings)
forms:
form:
ironings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I hate ironing.
type:
example
text:
I really should make a start on the ironing soon.
type:
e... |
20764 | word:
cheer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cheer (countable and uncountable, plural cheers)
forms:
form:
cheers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cheer
etymology_text:
From Middle English chere, from Old French chere, from Old French chiere, from Late Latin cara.
senses_examples:
text:
a table loaded wit... |
20765 | word:
cheer
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cheer (third-person singular simple present cheers, present participle cheering, simple past and past participle cheered)
forms:
form:
cheers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
cheering
tags:
participle
present
form:
cheered
... |
20766 | word:
cheer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cheer (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
cheer
etymology_text:
Clipping of cheerleading.
senses_examples:
text:
Alex participated in cheer all four years of college.
type:
example
text:
I'm going to wear my new cheer shoes at cheer today.
type:
exam... |
20767 | word:
toaster
word_type:
noun
expansion:
toaster (plural toasters)
forms:
form:
toasters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From toast + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (patient suffix).
senses_examples:
text:
The renegade, you been afraid I penetrate pop culture / Bring 'em a lot ... |
20768 | word:
sailboat
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sailboat (plural sailboats)
forms:
form:
sailboats
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
sailboat
etymology_text:
From sail + boat.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A boat propelled by a sail.
A playing card with the rank of four.
senses_topic... |
20769 | word:
nor
word_type:
conj
expansion:
nor
forms:
wikipedia:
nor
etymology_text:
From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.
senses_examples:
text:
Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
type:
example
text:
They are happy, nor need we worry.
typ... |
20770 | word:
nor
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nor (plural nors)
forms:
form:
nors
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Logical NOR
nor
etymology_text:
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of NOR
senses_to... |
20771 | word:
bob
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)
forms:
form:
bobs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bobbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
bobbed
tags:
p... |
20772 | word:
bob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bob (plural bobs)
forms:
form:
bobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
bob
etymology_text:
From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”),... |
20773 | word:
bob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bob (plural bobs)
forms:
form:
bobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
bob
etymology_text:
From Middle English bobbe (“a cluster (of fruit); a twig with its leaves, a spray”).
senses_examples:
text:
Ecod! I have got them. Here they are. My cousin Con's necklaces, b... |
20774 | word:
bob
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)
forms:
form:
bobs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bobbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
bobbed
tags:
p... |
20775 | word:
bob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bob (plural bob or (rare) bobs)
forms:
form:
bob
tags:
plural
form:
bobs
tags:
plural
rare
wikipedia:
bob
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Spot me a few bob, Robert.
type:
example
text:
I could have saved myself a few ... |
20776 | word:
bob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bob (plural bobs)
forms:
form:
bobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
bob
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of shishkabob.
senses_topics:
|
20777 | word:
bob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bob (plural bobs)
forms:
form:
bobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
bob
etymology_text:
blitter object
senses_examples:
text:
The bob list determines the drawing priority […]
ref:
1986, Eugene P Mortimore, Amiga programmer's handbook, Volumes 1-2
type:
... |
20778 | word:
expressivity
word_type:
noun
expansion:
expressivity (usually uncountable, plural expressivities)
forms:
form:
expressivities
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From expressive + -ity.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The quality of being expressive.
The degr... |
20779 | word:
down to a science
word_type:
prep_phrase
expansion:
down to a science
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I have my painting technique down to a science.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Perfected; to the point of practiced ease and confidence.
sens... |
20780 | word:
film
word_type:
noun
expansion:
film (countable and uncountable, plural films)
forms:
form:
films
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
film
etymology_text:
From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *f... |
20781 | word:
film
word_type:
verb
expansion:
film (third-person singular simple present films, present participle filming, simple past and past participle filmed)
forms:
form:
films
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
filming
tags:
participle
present
form:
filmed
tags:
... |
20782 | word:
microsecond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
microsecond (plural microseconds)
forms:
form:
microseconds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From micro- + second.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁶ seconds. Symbol: μs It is commonly repres... |
20783 | word:
crêpe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crêpe (countable and uncountable, plural crêpes)
forms:
form:
crêpes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Wallace’s crêpes are plain, with just powdered sugar and strawberries on the side.
ref:
2020, Brandon Taylor, Rea... |
20784 | word:
crêpe
word_type:
verb
expansion:
crêpe (third-person singular simple present crêpes, present participle crêping, simple past and past participle crêped)
forms:
form:
crêpes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
crêping
tags:
participle
present
form:
crêped
tag... |
20785 | word:
exclamation point
word_type:
noun
expansion:
exclamation point (plural exclamation points)
forms:
form:
exclamation points
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The symbol !; an exclamation mark.
An elongated shape like an excla... |
20786 | word:
Basel-Landschaft
word_type:
name
expansion:
Basel-Landschaft
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Basel-Landschaft.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A canton of Switzerland.
senses_topics:
|
20787 | word:
quarto
word_type:
noun
expansion:
quarto (countable and uncountable, plural quartos)
forms:
form:
quartos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin quartus (“fourth”).
senses_examples:
text:
Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one... |
20788 | word:
Thurgovia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Thurgovia
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Anglicised version of the German name.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Thurgau (a canton of Switzerland)
senses_topics:
|
20789 | word:
stainless steel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stainless steel (countable and uncountable, plural stainless steels)
forms:
form:
stainless steels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
stainless steel
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An alloy of iron and chromium that re... |
20790 | word:
stainless steel
word_type:
adj
expansion:
stainless steel (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
stainless steel
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
stainless steel cutlery
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Made of stainless steel.
senses_topics:
|
20791 | word:
appreciate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
appreciate (third-person singular simple present appreciates, present participle appreciating, simple past and past participle appreciated)
forms:
form:
appreciates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
appreciating
tags:
participle
... |
20792 | word:
expert
word_type:
adj
expansion:
expert (comparative more expert, superlative most expert)
forms:
form:
more expert
tags:
comparative
form:
most expert
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
expert
etymology_text:
From Old French, from Latin expertus, from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experience... |
20793 | word:
expert
word_type:
noun
expansion:
expert (plural experts)
forms:
form:
experts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
expert
etymology_text:
From Old French, from Latin expertus, from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), perfect active participle of the unattested verb *perior (“I go through”), it... |
20794 | word:
game show
word_type:
noun
expansion:
game show (plural game shows)
forms:
form:
game shows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A radio or television program that involves members of the public or celebrities, whether as individual... |
20795 | word:
ugly
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)
forms:
form:
uglier
tags:
comparative
form:
ugliest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful,... |
20796 | word:
ugly
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)
forms:
form:
uglies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, ap... |
20797 | word:
ugly
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied)
forms:
form:
uglies
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
uglying
tags:
participle
present
form:
uglied
tags:... |
20798 | word:
Basel-Stadt
word_type:
name
expansion:
Basel-Stadt
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Basel-Stadt.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A canton of Switzerland.
senses_topics:
|
20799 | word:
sleet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sleet (countable and uncountable, plural sleets)
forms:
form:
sleets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sle... |
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