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word: calve word_type: verb expansion: calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved) forms: form: calves tags: present singular third-person form: calving tags: participle present form: calved tag...
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word: great-grandson word_type: noun expansion: great-grandson (plural great-grandsons) forms: form: great-grandsons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From great- + grandson. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A son of a grandchild. senses_topics:
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word: zucchina word_type: noun expansion: zucchina (plural zucchine) forms: form: zucchine tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian zucchina, alternative form of zucchino (plural zucchini). senses_examples: text: The squashes are used by Italians for frying and other purposes ar...
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word: quicken word_type: verb expansion: quicken (third-person singular simple present quickens, present participle quickening, simple past and past participle quickened) forms: form: quickens tags: present singular third-person form: quickening tags: participle present form:...
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word: quicken word_type: verb expansion: quicken (third-person singular simple present quickens, present participle quickening, simple past and past participle quickened) forms: form: quickens tags: present singular third-person form: quickening tags: participle present form:...
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word: quicken word_type: noun expansion: quicken (plural quickens) forms: form: quickens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quiken (“(chiefly in place names) probably the European rowan or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), and possibly also the aspen (Populus tremula), jun...
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word: quicken word_type: noun expansion: quicken (countable and uncountable, plural quickens) forms: form: quickens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quiken (“couch grass (Elymus repens); a leguminous plant, vetch”) [and other forms], a variant of quich, quik (“couch gra...
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word: monsieur word_type: noun expansion: monsieur (plural monsieurs or messieurs) forms: form: monsieurs tags: plural form: messieurs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French monsieur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsignor. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_gloss...
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word: chivalrous word_type: adj expansion: chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous) forms: form: more chivalrous tags: comparative form: most chivalrous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalero...
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word: insufflate word_type: verb expansion: insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated) forms: form: insufflates tags: present singular third-person form: insufflating tags: participle ...
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word: syncretic word_type: adj expansion: syncretic (comparative more syncretic, superlative most syncretic) forms: form: more syncretic tags: comparative form: most syncretic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From syncret- + -ic. senses_examples: text: In Islamic vil...
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word: mart word_type: noun expansion: mart (plural marts) forms: form: marts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market. senses...
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word: mart word_type: verb expansion: mart (third-person singular simple present marts, present participle marting, simple past and past participle marted) forms: form: marts tags: present singular third-person form: marting tags: participle present form: marted tags: ...
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word: mart word_type: noun expansion: mart (plural marts) forms: form: marts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Mārs. See Mart. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Battle; contest. senses_topics:
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word: mart word_type: noun expansion: mart (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart). senses_topics:
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word: mart word_type: noun expansion: mart (plural marts) forms: form: marts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Scottish English, from Middle English [Term?], from a Scottish Gaelic root. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (us...
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word: che word_type: noun expansion: che (plural ches) forms: form: ches tags: plural wikipedia: che (Cyrillic) etymology_text: Borrowed from Russian че (če). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The letter Ч, ч. senses_topics:
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word: che word_type: pron expansion: che forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: A modification of ich, iche from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun). Doublet of utchy. senses_examples: text: Nay, come not near th' old man; keep out, che vor / ye, or ise try whether your costard or my ballow be / the harder: ...
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word: pelican word_type: noun expansion: pelican (plural pelicans) forms: form: pelicans tags: plural wikipedia: pelican etymology_text: From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán), πέλεκυς (pélekus, “ha...
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word: clave word_type: verb expansion: clave forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder. ref: 1868, Thomas Malory, chapter 11, in Le Morte D'Arthur type...
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word: clave word_type: noun expansion: clave (plural claves) forms: form: claves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish clave, from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clef. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: singular of claves senses_topics:
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word: clave word_type: noun expansion: clave (plural claves) forms: form: claves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish clave, from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clef. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 so...
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word: simplex word_type: adj expansion: simplex (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Henri Poincaré Pieter Hendrik Schoute Simplex (disambiguation) simplex etymology_text: From Latin simplex (“simple”). In the mathematical sense, apparently first used (in German) in 1902, Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Mehrdime...
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word: simplex word_type: noun expansion: simplex (plural simplexes or simplices or simplicia) forms: form: simplexes tags: plural form: simplices tags: plural form: simplicia tags: plural wikipedia: Henri Poincaré Pieter Hendrik Schoute Simplex (disambiguation) simplex ...
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word: cab word_type: noun expansion: cab (plural cabs) forms: form: cabs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of cabriolet senses_examples: text: a cab ride type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the dri...
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word: cab word_type: verb expansion: cab (third-person singular simple present cabs, present participle cabbing, simple past and past participle cabbed) forms: form: cabs tags: present singular third-person form: cabbing tags: participle present form: cabbed tags: p...
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word: cab word_type: noun expansion: cab (plural cabs) forms: form: cabs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Hebrew קב (káv). senses_examples: text: […] in the famine of Samaria […] the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver […] ref: 1646, Si...
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word: cab word_type: noun expansion: cab (plural cabs) forms: form: cabs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of cabinet senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade. Alternative form of CAB;...
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word: cab word_type: noun expansion: cab (plural cabs) forms: form: cabs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Cab senses_topics:
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word: chink word_type: noun expansion: chink (plural chinks) forms: form: chinks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Of uncertain origin, but apparently an extension (with diminutive -k) of Middle English chine, from Old English ċine (“a crack, chine, chink”), equivalent to chine + -k. Altern...
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word: chink word_type: verb expansion: chink (third-person singular simple present chinks, present participle chinking, simple past and past participle chinked) forms: form: chinks tags: present singular third-person form: chinking tags: participle present form: chinked ...
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word: chink word_type: noun expansion: chink (countable and uncountable, plural chinks) forms: form: chinks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: text: She swallow, set the cup down like she want to break it, and the ice-blocks jump, make a chink sound. re...
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word: chink word_type: verb expansion: chink (third-person singular simple present chinks, present participle chinking, simple past and past participle chinked) forms: form: chinks tags: present singular third-person form: chinking tags: participle present form: chinked ...
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word: chink word_type: noun expansion: chink (plural chinks) forms: form: chinks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”) senses_topics:
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word: chink word_type: verb expansion: chink (third-person singular simple present chinks, present participle chinking, simple past and past participle chinked) forms: form: chinks tags: present singular third-person form: chinking tags: participle present form: chinked ...
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word: chink word_type: noun expansion: chink (plural chinks) forms: form: chinks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Chink senses_topics:
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word: sub word_type: noun expansion: sub (plural subs) forms: form: subs tags: plural wikipedia: sub etymology_text: * Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-. * (lend a person money): From subsidize. senses_examples: text: You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; an...
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word: sub word_type: verb expansion: sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed) forms: form: subs tags: present singular third-person form: subbing tags: participle present form: subbed tags: p...
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word: sub word_type: prep expansion: sub forms: wikipedia: sub etymology_text: From Latin sub. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Under. senses_topics:
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word: sub word_type: verb expansion: sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed) forms: form: subs tags: present singular third-person form: subbing tags: participle present form: subbed tags: p...
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word: hexadecimal word_type: noun expansion: hexadecimal (countable and uncountable, plural hexadecimals) forms: form: hexadecimals tags: plural wikipedia: hexadecimal etymology_text: 1952. hexadeca- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: hexadecimal word_type: adj expansion: hexadecimal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: hexadecimal etymology_text: 1952. hexadeca- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal. senses_topics:
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word: chamber of commerce word_type: noun expansion: chamber of commerce (plural chambers of commerce) forms: form: chambers of commerce tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The US Chamber of Commerce represents Big Business nationally, but state and local chamber...
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word: muezzin word_type: noun expansion: muezzin (plural muezzins) forms: form: muezzins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”). senses_examples: text: I was awoken b...
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word: colo word_type: noun expansion: colo (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The previous wall outlet tests at their colo facility ran for 6 days straight without issue. type: example text: One was a mistake in the colo, where there was a mislabeled ci...
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word: closet word_type: noun expansion: closet (plural closets) forms: form: closets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally ...
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word: closet word_type: adj expansion: closet (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-...
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word: closet word_type: verb expansion: closet (third-person singular simple present closets, present participle closeting, simple past and past participle closeted) forms: form: closets tags: present singular third-person form: closeting tags: participle present form: cl...
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word: fractus word_type: noun expansion: fractus (plural fracti) forms: form: fracti tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin fractus. senses_examples: text: FIGURE 5.17[…]The ragged-appearing clouds beneath the nimbostratus are stratus fractus, or scud. ref: 2013, C. Donald...
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word: clamber word_type: verb expansion: clamber (third-person singular simple present clambers, present participle clambering, simple past and past participle clambered) forms: form: clambers tags: present singular third-person form: clambering tags: participle present form:...
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word: clamber word_type: noun expansion: clamber (plural clambers) forms: form: clambers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English clambren, clameren, clemeren (“to climb, clamber; to crawl, creep”), then either: * possibly from clam, clamb, clemb, past tense of climben (“to cli...
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word: frag word_type: noun expansion: frag (plural frags) forms: form: frags tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of fragmentation grenade senses_examples: text: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks. ref: 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon, spoke...
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word: frag word_type: verb expansion: frag (third-person singular simple present frags, present participle fragging, simple past and past participle fragged) forms: form: frags tags: present singular third-person form: fragging tags: participle present form: fragged tag...
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word: maybe word_type: adv expansion: maybe (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: maybe etymology_text: From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap. senses_examples: text: A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later. type: example text: ...
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word: maybe word_type: adj expansion: maybe (comparative more maybe, superlative most maybe) forms: form: more maybe tags: comparative form: most maybe tags: superlative wikipedia: maybe etymology_text: From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayha...
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word: maybe word_type: noun expansion: maybe (plural maybes) forms: form: maybes tags: plural wikipedia: maybe etymology_text: From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap. senses_examples: text: The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two y...
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word: finger fuck word_type: noun expansion: finger fuck (plural finger fucks) forms: form: finger fucks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The act of using or inserting one's fingers into another person's genitalia, anus, or other par...
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word: finger fuck word_type: verb expansion: finger fuck (third-person singular simple present finger fucks, present participle finger fucking, simple past and past participle finger fucked) forms: form: finger fucks tags: present singular third-person form: finger fucking tags: pa...
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word: auntie word_type: noun expansion: auntie (plural aunties) forms: form: aunties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From aunt + -ie. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: diminutive of aunt Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman. fem...
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word: auntie word_type: verb expansion: auntie (third-person singular simple present aunties, present participle auntying, simple past and past participle auntied) forms: form: aunties tags: present singular third-person form: auntying tags: participle present form: aunti...
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word: grace word_type: noun expansion: grace (countable and uncountable, plural graces) forms: form: graces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from grātus (“pleasing”), fro...
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word: grace word_type: verb expansion: grace (third-person singular simple present graces, present participle gracing, simple past and past participle graced) forms: form: graces tags: present singular third-person form: gracing tags: participle present form: graced tag...
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word: imbroglio word_type: noun expansion: imbroglio (plural imbroglios or imbrogli) forms: form: imbroglios tags: plural form: imbrogli tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian imbroglio (“tangle, entanglement, muddle”) (im-, alternative form of in- (prefix formi...
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word: boner word_type: noun expansion: boner (plural boners) forms: form: boners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From bone + -er. senses_examples: text: Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on." ref: 1973, Sol Gordon, Facts about sex...
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word: yuck word_type: intj expansion: yuck forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jak (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease”). senses_examples: text: Yuck! This peanut but...
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word: yuck word_type: noun expansion: yuck (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jak (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease”). senses_examples: text: I fetch...
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word: yuck word_type: verb expansion: yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) forms: form: yucks tags: present singular third-person form: yucking tags: participle present form: yucked tags: ...
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word: yuck word_type: noun expansion: yuck (plural yucks) forms: form: yucks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Imitative senses_examples: text: Given this insecurity, the creators of “The Simpsons” took an extraordinary risk: they decided not to use a laugh track. On almost all other ...
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word: yuck word_type: verb expansion: yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) forms: form: yucks tags: present singular third-person form: yucking tags: participle present form: yucked tags: ...
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word: yuck word_type: verb expansion: yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) forms: form: yucks tags: present singular third-person form: yucking tags: participle present form: yucked tags: ...
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word: yuck word_type: verb expansion: yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) forms: form: yucks tags: present singular third-person form: yucking tags: participle present form: yucked tags: ...
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word: yuck word_type: noun expansion: yuck (plural yucks) forms: form: yucks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Amy tells us that her husband, Jim Nelson, is deployed to Afghanistan […] as a nuclear operations officer — a result of graduating from the Naval Post...
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word: regard word_type: noun expansion: regard (countable and uncountable, plural regards) forms: form: regards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the...
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word: regard word_type: verb expansion: regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded) forms: form: regards tags: present singular third-person form: regarding tags: participle present form: re...
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word: homocentric word_type: adj expansion: homocentric (comparative more homocentric, superlative most homocentric) forms: form: more homocentric tags: comparative form: most homocentric tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From homo- + -centric. senses_examples: text: ...
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word: square dance word_type: noun expansion: square dance (countable and uncountable, plural square dances) forms: form: square dances tags: plural wikipedia: square dance etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Square dance is America's folk dance. type: example text: There's a...
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word: square dance word_type: verb expansion: square dance (third-person singular simple present square dances, present participle square dancing, simple past and past participle square danced) forms: form: square dances tags: present singular third-person form: square dancing tags: ...
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word: palindrome word_type: noun expansion: palindrome (plural palindromes) forms: form: palindromes tags: plural wikipedia: palindrome etymology_text: From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race...
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word: genitalia word_type: noun expansion: genitalia forms: wikipedia: genitalia etymology_text: From Latin genitālia, substantive use of plural of genitālis (“pertaining to generation or birth”). senses_examples: text: The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female geni...
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word: common noun word_type: noun expansion: common noun (plural common nouns) forms: form: common nouns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries. It had always been that way. Indeed, there were several eminent ling...
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word: zucchini word_type: noun expansion: zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini) forms: form: zucchinis tags: plural form: zucchini tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”). Ultimately related to courge...
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word: zucchini word_type: noun expansion: zucchini forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”). Ultimately related to courgette through the original Latin cucurbita. Compare Sicilian cucuzza. senses_examples: senses_categories: sense...
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word: mélange word_type: noun expansion: mélange (plural mélanges) forms: form: mélanges tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mélange. senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of melange senses_topics:
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word: canned word_type: adj expansion: canned (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: canned tomatoes type: example text: The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy. type: example text: Unfortunately,...
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word: canned word_type: verb expansion: canned forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of can senses_topics:
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word: nuevo word_type: adj expansion: nuevo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish nuevo. Doublet of new. senses_examples: text: What young adults have managed to come up with is either nuevo hipster or ultra-nerd, but almost always a bland imitation of the past. ref: 19...
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word: aflame word_type: adj expansion: aflame (comparative more aflame, superlative most aflame) forms: form: more aflame tags: comparative form: most aflame tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + flame. senses_examples: text: She said nothing and simply stared ...
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word: cover artist word_type: noun expansion: cover artist (plural cover artists) forms: form: cover artists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He learned first from watching his grandfather, then from obsessing over Swedish landscape artists including Bruno Lil...
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word: chambre word_type: noun expansion: chambre (plural chambres) forms: form: chambres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete spelling of chamber. senses_topics:
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word: Zazaki word_type: name expansion: Zazaki forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Zazaki Zazakî, from Zaza, the name of the people who speak the language. senses_examples: text: Zazaki has three sub-dialects: Northern, Central, and Southern Zazaki. type: example senses_categories: senses_gl...
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word: tempe word_type: noun expansion: tempe (countable and uncountable, plural tempes) forms: form: tempes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of tempeh senses_topics:
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word: Sikh word_type: noun expansion: Sikh (plural Sikhs) forms: form: Sikhs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An adherent of Sikhism. senses_topics:
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word: Sikh word_type: adj expansion: Sikh (comparative more Sikh, superlative most Sikh) forms: form: more Sikh tags: comparative form: most Sikh tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: o...
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word: bias word_type: noun expansion: bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses) forms: form: biases tags: plural form: biasses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the fig...
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word: bias word_type: verb expansion: bias (third-person singular simple present biases or biasses, present participle biasing or biassing, simple past and past participle biased or biassed) forms: form: biases tags: present singular third-person form: biasses tags: present sin...
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word: bias word_type: adj expansion: bias (comparative more bias, superlative most bias) forms: form: more bias tags: comparative form: most bias tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence ...
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word: bias word_type: adv expansion: bias (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as ...
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word: enlarge word_type: verb expansion: enlarge (third-person singular simple present enlarges, present participle enlarging, simple past and past participle enlarged) forms: form: enlarges tags: present singular third-person form: enlarging tags: participle present form: ...
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word: senex word_type: noun expansion: senex (plural senexes) forms: form: senexes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin senex. senses_examples: text: 6. Old Men or Senexes. Frequently these characters have a beautiful young ward who, often, they wish to marry (or wish to marry...
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word: in the red word_type: prep_phrase expansion: in the red forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values, especially a net loss. The first known written use of the phrase is from the "Wise-crack dictionary" (1926) by George H. Maines an...