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21200 | word:
franco-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
franco-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative letter-case form of Franco-
senses_topics:
|
21201 | word:
package
word_type:
noun
expansion:
package (countable and uncountable, plural packages)
forms:
form:
packages
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
package
etymology_text:
Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.
senses_examples:
text:
Did you ... |
21202 | word:
package
word_type:
verb
expansion:
package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)
forms:
form:
packages
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
packaging
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
21203 | word:
seba
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seba
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin sēba, plural of sēbum.
senses_examples:
text:
It is of interest that horse sebum contains squalene, whereas the seba of ruminants, including sheep, goat, llama and dromedary, contain isocholesterol.
ref:
1958... |
21204 | word:
pornographer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pornographer (plural pornographers)
forms:
form:
pornographers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pornography + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
Clearly, if pornographers could still use the name without any sexual connotation in the late-n... |
21205 | word:
neo-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
neo-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
new
contemporary
Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen a... |
21206 | word:
light year
word_type:
noun
expansion:
light year (plural light years)
forms:
form:
light years
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:light year
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary... |
21207 | word:
geo-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
geo-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Earth
geography
senses_topics:
|
21208 | word:
fount
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fount (plural founts)
forms:
form:
founts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of fountain.
senses_examples:
text:
At the town-pump there were gathered when he passed a few old inhabitants, who came there for water whenever they had, as at ... |
21209 | word:
fount
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fount (plural founts)
forms:
form:
founts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).
senses_examples:
text:
For the small characters it was in fact imperative to use such a fou... |
21210 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -er
English -er
Inherited from Middle English -ere, -er, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic *-ā... |
21211 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -ere, from Old English -ware (suffix denoting residency or meaning "inhabitant of"), from Proto-West Germanic *-wari, from Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“defender, inhabitant”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to clo... |
21212 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -re, -er, from Old English -ru (plural suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-izō (plural suffix). Cognate with Dutch -er (plural ending), German -er (plural ending). See also -ren.
senses_examples:
text:
childer,... |
21213 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -er, representing various noun-suffixes in Old French and Anglo-Norman, variously -er, -ier and -ieur, from Latin -aris, -arius, -atorium. As a productive suffix, now merged with the occupational sense of Etymol... |
21214 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -ere, from Old English -ra, from Proto-West Germanic *iʀō, *-ōʀō, from Proto-Germanic *-izô or Proto-Germanic *-ōzô (a derivative of Etymology 6, below); related to superlative -est.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
21215 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -er, from Old English -or, from Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀ, Proto-Germanic *-ōz.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
More; used to form the comparative.
senses_topics:
|
21216 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -eren, -ren, -rien, from Old English -erian, -rian, from Proto-West Germanic *-rōn, *-iʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *-rōną or *-izōną. Cognate with West Frisian -erje, Dutch -eren, German -eren, -ern, Danish -re, Sw... |
21217 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -er, from Anglo-Norman -er, Old French -er, the infinitive verbal ending.
senses_examples:
text:
disclaim + -er → disclaimer
type:
example
text:
remit + -er → remitter
type:
example
tex... |
21218 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -er, -ere (diminutive suffix). Compare -el.
senses_examples:
text:
shive + -er → shiver
type:
example
text:
slive + -er → sliver
type:
example
text:
splint + -er → splinter
type:
... |
21219 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
Oxford "-er"
etymology_text:
Attested in the UK since the 19th century. Originally Rugby School slang. Later adopted by Oxford University and then wider British society.
senses_examples:
text:
association + -er → soccer (“association football... |
21220 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -er, from Old English -er, -or, from Proto-Germanic *-raz. Compare -le.
senses_examples:
text:
clive + -er → cliver (“apt to cleave or adhere to, tenacious, expert as seizing”)
type:
example
text:
... |
21221 | word:
-er
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-er
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Mandarin -兒／-儿 (-ér).
senses_examples:
text:
Li’er said hello to his father.
type:
example
text:
Yue’er began to laugh again and her tears shimmered like dew on a lotus leaf disturbed by a breeze. Then we hea... |
21222 | word:
electrical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
electrical (comparative more electrical, superlative most electrical)
forms:
form:
more electrical
tags:
comparative
form:
most electrical
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
For our final example let us... |
21223 | word:
electrical
word_type:
noun
expansion:
electrical (plural electricals)
forms:
form:
electricals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An electrical engineer.
senses_topics:
|
21224 | word:
spinach
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches)
forms:
form:
spinaches
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
spinach
etymology_text:
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَ... |
21225 | word:
pester
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)
forms:
form:
pesters
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
pestering
tags:
participle
present
form:
pe... |
21226 | word:
pester
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pester (plural pesters)
forms:
form:
pesters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an... |
21227 | word:
presenteeism
word_type:
noun
expansion:
presenteeism (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From presentee + -ism, after absenteeism.
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: absenteeism
text:
Research shows that presenteeism, apart from the obvious danger of contamination of other... |
21228 | word:
chemotherapy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chemotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural chemotherapies)
forms:
form:
chemotherapies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
chemotherapy
etymology_text:
From chemo- + therapy.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any chemical treatment int... |
21229 | word:
felicitous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
felicitous (comparative more felicitous, superlative most felicitous)
forms:
form:
more felicitous
tags:
comparative
form:
most felicitous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From felicity + -ous.
senses_examples:
text:
The rec... |
21230 | word:
lethiferous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
lethiferous (comparative more lethiferous, superlative most lethiferous)
forms:
form:
more lethiferous
tags:
comparative
form:
most lethiferous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin lethifer, letifer, from lethum, ... |
21231 | word:
rime
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rime (countable and uncountable, plural rimes)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Old English
etymology_text:
The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *... |
21232 | word:
rime
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
riming
tags:
participle
present
form:
rimed
tags:
p... |
21233 | word:
rime
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rime (countable and uncountable, plural rimes)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
A variant of rhyme (noun and verb), from Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical sound in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their en... |
21234 | word:
rime
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
riming
tags:
participle
present
form:
rimed
tags:
p... |
21235 | word:
rime
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
riming
tags:
participle
present
form:
rimed
tags:
p... |
21236 | word:
rime
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
riming
tags:
participle
present
form:
rimed
tags:
p... |
21237 | word:
rime
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
riming
tags:
participle
present
form:
rimed
tags:
p... |
21238 | word:
rime
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rime (plural rimes)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The noun is derived from Late Middle English rim (“cleft, crack, fissure”), from Latin rīma (“chink, cleft, crack, fissure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reyH- (“to cut; t... |
21239 | word:
rime
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
forms:
form:
rimes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
riming
tags:
participle
present
form:
rimed
tags:
p... |
21240 | word:
gopher
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gopher (plural gophers)
forms:
form:
gophers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (do... |
21241 | word:
gopher
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gopher (plural gophers)
forms:
form:
gophers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition... |
21242 | word:
trainer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trainer (plural trainers)
forms:
form:
trainers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
trainer
etymology_text:
From train + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
It was [Roger] Federer’s ability to pull him around the court that put the lactic acid and debilitating weight in ... |
21243 | word:
ono
word_type:
phrase
expansion:
ono
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Bike for sale: €300 ono
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of or nearest offer.
senses_topics:
|
21244 | word:
ono
word_type:
phrase
expansion:
ono
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of over and out.
senses_topics:
|
21245 | word:
ono
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ono (comparative more ono, superlative most ono)
forms:
form:
more ono
tags:
comparative
form:
most ono
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻono (“delicious”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
g... |
21246 | word:
ono
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ono (plural ono)
forms:
form:
ono
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hawaiian [Term?].
senses_examples:
text:
Tunas and other pelagic fishes, especially mahimahi and ono (wahoo), are known to congregate under drifting objects, such as logs.
r... |
21247 | word:
em-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
em-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See en- § Etymology.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
senses_topics:
|
21248 | word:
proprietor
word_type:
noun
expansion:
proprietor (plural proprietors, feminine proprietress)
forms:
form:
proprietors
tags:
plural
form:
proprietress
tags:
feminine
wikipedia:
proprietor
etymology_text:
Probably from proprietary + -or.
senses_examples:
text:
Here the propri... |
21249 | word:
olla
word_type:
noun
expansion:
olla (plural ollas)
forms:
form:
ollas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin olla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).
senses_examples:
text:
On top of ... |
21250 | word:
Thor
word_type:
name
expansion:
Thor
forms:
wikipedia:
en:Thor
etymology_text:
Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees,... |
21251 | word:
baptism
word_type:
noun
expansion:
baptism (countable and uncountable, plural baptisms)
forms:
form:
baptisms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
baptism
etymology_text:
From Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancien... |
21252 | word:
-gate
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-gate
forms:
wikipedia:
List of "-gate" scandals and controversies
New York Times
Oxford English Dictionary
Richard Nixon
William Safire
etymology_text:
Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of pre... |
21253 | word:
-gate
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-gate
forms:
wikipedia:
List of "-gate" scandals and controversies
etymology_text:
From Old English geat.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Used to form place names.
senses_topics:
|
21254 | word:
foreigner
word_type:
noun
expansion:
foreigner (plural foreigners)
forms:
form:
foreigners
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of t... |
21255 | word:
psychology
word_type:
noun
expansion:
psychology (countable and uncountable, plural psychologies)
forms:
form:
psychologies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Marko Marulić
industrial-organizational psychology
personality psychology
political psychology
positive psychology
psychology
etymology_... |
21256 | word:
absolute zero
word_type:
noun
expansion:
absolute zero (plural absolute zeros)
forms:
form:
absolute zeros
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The coldest possible temperature, zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 ... |
21257 | word:
Mesopotamia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Mesopotamia
forms:
wikipedia:
Koine Greek
etymology_text:
From the Classical Latin Mesopotamia, from the Koine Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), a feminine substantive form of the adjective Μεσοποτάμιος (Mesopotámios, “between rivers”), from the Ancient Greek μέσος... |
21258 | word:
depart
word_type:
verb
expansion:
depart (third-person singular simple present departs, present participle departing, simple past and past participle departed)
forms:
form:
departs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
departing
tags:
participle
present
form:
de... |
21259 | word:
depart
word_type:
noun
expansion:
depart
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).
senses_examples:
text:
Of that short Roll of friends writ in my heart
Which with thy name begins, since ... |
21260 | word:
Yankee
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Yankee (plural Yankees)
forms:
form:
Yankees
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in 1683, as a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Dutc... |
21261 | word:
Yankee
word_type:
verb
expansion:
Yankee (third-person singular simple present Yankees, present participle Yankeeing, simple past and past participle Yankeed)
forms:
form:
Yankees
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
Yankeeing
tags:
participle
present
form:
Yan... |
21262 | word:
clockwise
word_type:
adv
expansion:
clockwise (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From clock + -wise.
senses_examples:
text:
Turn the handle clockwise to open it.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the han... |
21263 | word:
clockwise
word_type:
adj
expansion:
clockwise (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From clock + -wise.
senses_examples:
text:
In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Moving clock... |
21264 | word:
crowbar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crowbar (plural crowbars)
forms:
form:
crowbars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
crowbar
etymology_text:
From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
... |
21265 | word:
crowbar
word_type:
verb
expansion:
crowbar (third-person singular simple present crowbars, present participle crowbarring, simple past and past participle crowbarred)
forms:
form:
crowbars
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
crowbarring
tags:
participle
present
fo... |
21266 | word:
electro-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
electro-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Initially from French électro- and Latin electro-, ultimately from electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”). Equivalent to and later based upon electric, electricity, &c. + -o-.
senses_examples:
senses... |
21267 | word:
Neptune
word_type:
name
expansion:
Neptune
forms:
wikipedia:
Neptune
Neptune (disambiguation)#Places
Neptune (god)
etymology_text:
From Middle English Neptune, Neptunus, a borrowing from Latin Neptūnus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰ-tu-s (“damp, cloudy”) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος (né... |
21268 | word:
denture
word_type:
noun
expansion:
denture (plural dentures)
forms:
form:
dentures
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
U and non-U English
etymology_text:
From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.
senses_examples:
senses_cat... |
21269 | word:
portable toilet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
portable toilet (plural portable toilets)
forms:
form:
portable toilets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away porta... |
21270 | word:
electromechanical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
electromechanical (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From electro- + mechanical.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Related to both electricity (or electronics) and mechanics.
senses_topics:
|
21271 | word:
electromechanical
word_type:
noun
expansion:
electromechanical (plural electromechanicals)
forms:
form:
electromechanicals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From electro- + mechanical.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An electromechanical component or device
sen... |
21272 | word:
tech
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tech (countable and uncountable, plural techs)
forms:
form:
techs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of technology, technician, and technique.
senses_examples:
text:
I can't understand all this new tech.
type:
example
text:
Rem... |
21273 | word:
tech
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tech (third-person singular simple present techs, present participle teching, simple past and past participle teched)
forms:
form:
techs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
teching
tags:
participle
present
form:
teched
tags:
... |
21274 | word:
quart
word_type:
noun
expansion:
quart (plural quarts)
forms:
form:
quarts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
quart
etymology_text:
From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).
senses_exampl... |
21275 | word:
quart
word_type:
adj
expansion:
quart (comparative more quart, superlative most quart)
forms:
form:
more quart
tags:
comparative
form:
most quart
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
quart
etymology_text:
From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Nors... |
21276 | word:
quart
word_type:
noun
expansion:
quart (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
quart
etymology_text:
From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Norse kyrr, kvirr (“quiet, still, peaceful”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm, satisfied, pacified”), from Proto-Indo-European ... |
21277 | word:
quart
word_type:
adj
expansion:
quart (comparative more quart, superlative most quart)
forms:
form:
more quart
tags:
comparative
form:
most quart
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
quart
etymology_text:
Dialectal alteration of thwart.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glos... |
21278 | word:
quart
word_type:
adv
expansion:
quart (comparative more quart, superlative most quart)
forms:
form:
more quart
tags:
comparative
form:
most quart
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
quart
etymology_text:
Dialectal alteration of thwart.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosse... |
21279 | word:
quart
word_type:
verb
expansion:
quart (third-person singular simple present quarts, present participle quarting, simple past and past participle quarted)
forms:
form:
quarts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
quarting
tags:
participle
present
form:
quarted
... |
21280 | word:
outta
word_type:
prep
expansion:
outta
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I'm outta here!
type:
quotation
text:
If you're reading this... get the hell outta this place! Now!
ref:
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Art... |
21281 | word:
carrot
word_type:
noun
expansion:
carrot (countable and uncountable, plural carrots)
forms:
form:
carrots
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:carrot
etymology_text:
From Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte ... |
21282 | word:
carrot
word_type:
verb
expansion:
carrot (third-person singular simple present carrots, present participle carroting, simple past and past participle carroted)
forms:
form:
carrots
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
carroting
tags:
participle
present
form:
ca... |
21283 | word:
pornographic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pornographic (comparative more pornographic, superlative most pornographic)
forms:
form:
more pornographic
tags:
comparative
form:
most pornographic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pornography + -ic.
senses_examples:
tex... |
21284 | word:
shitload
word_type:
noun
expansion:
shitload (plural shitloads)
forms:
form:
shitloads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From shit + load.
senses_examples:
text:
Anybody got a dime? [...] Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload o' dimes!
ref:
1974 February 7, Andrew Be... |
21285 | word:
spyglass
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spyglass (plural spyglasses)
forms:
form:
spyglasses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From spy + glass.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A small portable telescope.
A pair of binoculars.
senses_topics:
|
21286 | word:
whisky
word_type:
noun
expansion:
whisky (countable and uncountable, plural whiskies)
forms:
form:
whiskies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
whisky
etymology_text:
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of... |
21287 | word:
whisky
word_type:
noun
expansion:
whisky (plural whiskies)
forms:
form:
whiskies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
whisky
etymology_text:
From whisk + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784... |
21288 | word:
ferro-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
ferro-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Latin ferrum (“iron”).
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: ferri-
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
ferrous
ferrous:
Iron (the metal).
ferrous:
Iron (the metal).
Iron of oxidation number 2.
senses_... |
21289 | word:
nano
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nano (countable and uncountable, plural nanos)
forms:
form:
nanos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
senses_examples:
text:
The Czech government is actively supporting the nano industr... |
21290 | word:
nano
word_type:
adj
expansion:
nano (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Clipping of nanoscale.
Clipping of nanotechnological.
senses_topics:
|
21291 | word:
cash register
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cash register (plural cash registers)
forms:
form:
cash registers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cash register
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a perma... |
21292 | word:
endo-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
endo-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of end-
senses_topics:
|
21293 | word:
beagle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
beagle (plural beagles)
forms:
form:
beagles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
beagle
etymology_text:
From Middle English *begel (begles (plural)), of uncertain origin. Possibly a corruption of Middle English bedel (“beadle”) in the sense of "constable, detective" (fo... |
21294 | word:
beagle
word_type:
verb
expansion:
beagle (third-person singular simple present beagles, present participle beagling, simple past and past participle beagled)
forms:
form:
beagles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
beagling
tags:
participle
present
form:
beagl... |
21295 | word:
carol
word_type:
noun
expansion:
carol (plural carols)
forms:
form:
carols
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Gaudete
Piae Cantiones
etymology_text:
From Middle English carole, from Old French carole, from Old Italian carola, from Medieval Latin choraula, a variant of choraulēs (“flute player accompa... |
21296 | word:
carol
word_type:
verb
expansion:
carol (third-person singular simple present carols, present participle (UK) carolling or (US) caroling, simple past and past participle (UK) carolled or (US) caroled)
forms:
form:
carols
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
carolling
tags:
... |
21297 | word:
carol
word_type:
noun
expansion:
carol (plural carols)
forms:
form:
carols
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See carrel.
senses_examples:
text:
Carol, or Carrel. A little pew, or closet, in a cloister, to sit and read in. They were common in greater monasteries, as Duram, Glouce... |
21298 | word:
foster family
word_type:
noun
expansion:
foster family (plural foster families)
forms:
form:
foster families
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A family having at least one foster child.
senses_topics:
|
21299 | word:
gonna
word_type:
verb
expansion:
gonna
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Contraction of going to. Attested since 1917. The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia).
senses_examples:
text:
Well, you ain't got much longer... |
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