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22400	word: genu word_type: noun expansion: genu (plural genua) forms: form: genua tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The knee. The knee. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in ...
22401	word: quantum cascade laser word_type: noun expansion: quantum cascade laser (plural quantum cascade lasers) forms: form: quantum cascade lasers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: quantum after the behavior of electrons and photons, cascade for a series of small steps, describing an implemen...
22402	word: universal quantifier word_type: noun expansion: universal quantifier (plural universal quantifiers) forms: form: universal quantifiers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The operator, represented by the symbol ∀, used in predicat...
22403	word: Loch Ness monster word_type: name expansion: the Loch Ness monster forms: form: the Loch Ness monster tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A large creature believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. It is said to have a ...
22404	word: cynophobia word_type: noun expansion: cynophobia (usually uncountable, plural cynophobias) forms: form: cynophobias tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From cyno- + -phobia. senses_examples: text: This finding has significant implications for the study of cynophobia, since one wou...
22405	word: tornado word_type: noun expansion: tornado (plural tornadoes or tornados) forms: form: tornadoes tags: plural form: tornados tags: plural wikipedia: tornado etymology_text: From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Sp...
22406	word: tornado word_type: verb expansion: tornado (third-person singular simple present tornados, present participle tornadoing, simple past and past participle tornadoed) forms: form: tornados tags: present singular third-person form: tornadoing tags: participle present form:...
22407	word: arrêt word_type: noun expansion: arrêt (plural arrêts) forms: form: arrêts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French arrêt. senses_examples: text: His father now shewed him an arret, which, on the fourth of June, 1776, he had obtained from the parliament of Rouen against his...
22408	word: dissent word_type: verb expansion: dissent (third-person singular simple present dissents, present participle dissenting, simple past and past participle dissented) forms: form: dissents tags: present singular third-person form: dissenting tags: participle present form:...
22409	word: dissent word_type: noun expansion: dissent (countable and uncountable, plural dissents) forms: form: dissents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentire (“to differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel”), from dis- + sent...
22410	word: paleologism word_type: noun expansion: paleologism (plural paleologisms) forms: form: paleologisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From paleo- + -logism, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) in combination with λόγος (lógos, “word”). senses_examples: text: Another is t...
22411	word: frat word_type: noun expansion: frat (plural frats) forms: form: frats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Apocopic form of fraternity. senses_examples: text: frat party type: example text: See you at the frat house. type: example text: All the frats will b...
22412	word: rok word_type: noun expansion: rok (plural roks) forms: form: roks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of roc senses_topics:
22413	word: harangue word_type: noun expansion: harangue (plural harangues) forms: form: harangues tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from a...
22414	word: harangue word_type: verb expansion: harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues, present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle harangued) forms: form: harangues tags: present singular third-person form: haranguing tags: participle present f...
22415	word: duplex word_type: adj expansion: duplex (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surf...
22416	word: duplex word_type: noun expansion: duplex (plural duplexes or duplices) forms: form: duplexes tags: plural form: duplices tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare ...
22417	word: duplex word_type: verb expansion: duplex (third-person singular simple present duplexes, present participle duplexing, simple past and past participle duplexed) forms: form: duplexes tags: present singular third-person form: duplexing tags: participle present form: ...
22418	word: lover word_type: noun expansion: lover (plural lovers) forms: form: lovers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er. senses_examples: text: Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to dis...
22419	word: lover word_type: noun expansion: lover (plural lovers) forms: form: lovers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of louver. senses_topics:
22420	word: Nessie word_type: name expansion: Nessie (plural Nessies) forms: form: Nessies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ness + -ie. senses_examples: text: That flurry of activity had been set off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Di...
22421	word: Nessie word_type: name expansion: Nessie (plural Nessies) forms: form: Nessies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Agnes. senses_topics:
22422	word: medal word_type: noun expansion: medal (plural medals) forms: form: medals tags: plural wikipedia: en:medal etymology_text: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine deri...
22423	word: medal word_type: verb expansion: medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled) forms: form: medals tags: present singular third-person form: medaling tags: participle pres...
22424	word: going Dutch word_type: verb expansion: going Dutch forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of go Dutch senses_topics:
22425	word: nunchaku word_type: noun expansion: nunchaku (countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus) forms: form: nunchakus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku) (compare Japanese 双節棍 (nunchaku)), probably from Hokkien 兩節棍／两节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn, literally “two-seg...
22426	word: acute-angled triangle word_type: noun expansion: acute-angled triangle (plural acute-angled triangles) forms: form: acute-angled triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An acute triangle. senses_topics: geometry mathemat...
22427	word: existential quantifier word_type: noun expansion: existential quantifier (plural existential quantifiers) forms: form: existential quantifiers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in ...
22428	word: right-angled triangle word_type: noun expansion: right-angled triangle (plural right-angled triangles) forms: form: right-angled triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A right triangle. senses_topics: geometry mathemati...
22429	word: delicious word_type: adj expansion: delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious) forms: form: more delicious tags: comparative form: most delicious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from...
22430	word: pasty word_type: adj expansion: pasty (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest) forms: form: pastier tags: comparative form: pastiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From paste + -y. senses_examples: text: These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are v...
22431	word: pasty word_type: noun expansion: pasty (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: Pasties etymology_text: From paste + -y. senses_examples: text: Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty-topped breast. ref: 1989, Joe David Bellamy, Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel, P...
22432	word: pasty word_type: noun expansion: pasty (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: Pasty etymology_text: From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of seasoned mea...
22433	word: on end word_type: prep_phrase expansion: on end forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: These batteries last for hours on end. type: example text: The arrangement of some seats facing and some one behind the other, bus fashion, seems a sensible compromise; I am one ...
22434	word: obtuse-angled triangle word_type: noun expansion: obtuse-angled triangle (plural obtuse-angled triangles) forms: form: obtuse-angled triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An obtuse triangle. senses_topics: geometry mat...
22435	word: bicameral word_type: adj expansion: bicameral (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From bi- + Latin camera (“chamber”) + -al. senses_examples: text: the bicameral anatomy of the brain type: example text: By preventing legislative usurpation in the beginning, the bicamer...
22436	word: prima donna word_type: noun expansion: prima donna (plural prima donnas or prime donne or (nonstandard) primae donnae) forms: form: prima donnas tags: plural form: prime donne tags: plural form: primae donnae tags: nonstandard plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Fr...
22437	word: magus word_type: noun expansion: magus (plural magi or (rare) maguses) forms: form: magi tags: plural form: maguses tags: plural rare wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate ...
22438	word: bonus word_type: noun expansion: bonus (plural bonuses or bonusses or (nonstandard) boni) forms: form: bonuses tags: plural form: bonusses tags: plural form: boni tags: nonstandard plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of b...
22439	word: bonus word_type: verb expansion: bonus (third-person singular simple present bonuses or bonusses, present participle bonusing or bonussing, simple past and past participle bonused or bonussed) forms: form: bonuses tags: present singular third-person form: bonusses tags: prese...
22440	word: albergo word_type: noun expansion: albergo (plural albergos or alberghi) forms: form: albergos tags: plural form: alberghi tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian albergo. Doublet of harbor. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An Italian...
22441	word: encyclopedic word_type: adj expansion: encyclopedic (comparative more encyclopedic, superlative most encyclopedic) forms: form: more encyclopedic tags: comparative form: most encyclopedic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: 1824, encyclopedia + -ic. senses_examples: ...
22442	word: madame word_type: noun expansion: madame (plural madames or mesdames) forms: form: madames tags: plural form: mesdames tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna. senses_examples: senses...
22443	word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (plural gibs) forms: form: gibs tags: plural wikipedia: Gib Reynard the Fox etymology_text: Unknown (14th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the medieval fables of Reynard the Fox, Romaunt of the Rose, and so on. senses_exa...
22444	word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (plural gibs) forms: form: gibs tags: plural wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: Unknown (late 18th century). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; us...
22445	word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed) forms: form: gibs tags: present singular third-person form: gibbing tags: participle present form: gibbed tags: p...
22446	word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (plural gibs) forms: form: gibs tags: plural wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: Shortened from giblet. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters. senses_topics: vid...
22447	word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed) forms: form: gibs tags: present singular third-person form: gibbing tags: participle present form: gibbed tags: p...
22448	word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plasterboard. senses_topics:
22449	word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed) forms: form: gibs tags: present singular third-person form: gibbing tags: participle present form: gibbed tags: p...
22450	word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib forms: wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Only gib me some few shingles an’ a flo’, an’ dar yer hev jes ez good a church ez de ’postles ebber hed ter preach in. ref: 1880, Albion W. Tourgee, “Red Wing”, in Bricks Without Straw, New York...
22451	word: cede word_type: verb expansion: cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded) forms: form: cedes tags: present singular third-person form: ceding tags: participle present form: ceded tags: p...
22452	word: slushbox word_type: noun expansion: slushbox (plural slushboxes) forms: form: slushboxes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From slush + box, in reference to the fluid-coupling action of the torque converter. A popular notion portrays this action as "slushing around" that involves grea...
22453	word: martin word_type: noun expansion: martin (plural martins) forms: form: martins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French martin (French martinet). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also i...
22454	word: obeisance word_type: noun expansion: obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances) forms: form: obeisances tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle ...
22455	word: philosopher's stone word_type: noun expansion: philosopher's stone (countable and uncountable, plural philosopher's stones) forms: form: philosopher's stones tags: plural wikipedia: philosopher's stone etymology_text: Misconstruction of philosophers' stone, from Middle English philosophres s...
22456	word: possessive word_type: adj expansion: possessive (comparative more possessive, superlative most possessive) forms: form: more possessive tags: comparative form: most possessive tags: superlative wikipedia: possessive etymology_text: From Middle French possessif, from Latin possess...
22457	word: possessive word_type: noun expansion: possessive (countable and uncountable, plural possessives) forms: form: possessives tags: plural wikipedia: possessive etymology_text: From Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus (“of or pertaining to possession”), from possessiō (“possessing”),...
22458	word: mesa word_type: noun expansion: mesa (plural mesas) forms: form: mesas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa. senses_examples: text: A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us ...
22459	word: forebode word_type: verb expansion: forebode (third-person singular simple present forebodes, present participle foreboding, simple past and past participle foreboded) forms: form: forebodes tags: present singular third-person form: foreboding tags: participle present f...
22460	word: forebode word_type: noun expansion: forebode forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: prognostication; presage senses_topics:
22461	word: obtuse triangle word_type: noun expansion: obtuse triangle (plural obtuse triangles) forms: form: obtuse triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A triangle one of whose angles is obtuse. senses_topics: geometry mathemati...
22462	word: middle word_type: noun expansion: middle (plural middles) forms: form: middles tags: plural wikipedia: middle etymology_text: From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic midlą, midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-...
22463	word: middle word_type: adj expansion: middle (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: middle etymology_text: From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic midlą, midilą, medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic midjō (“middle, midst”) (comp...
22464	word: middle word_type: verb expansion: middle (third-person singular simple present middles, present participle middling, simple past and past participle middled) forms: form: middles tags: present singular third-person form: middling tags: participle present form: middl...
22465	word: chaste word_type: adj expansion: chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest) forms: form: chaster tags: comparative form: chastest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”)....
22466	word: stella word_type: noun expansion: stella (plural stellae) forms: form: stellae tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, star, and aster. senses_examples: text: Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; th...
22467	word: hail word_type: noun expansion: hail (countable and uncountable, plural hails) forms: form: hails tags: plural wikipedia: en:hail etymology_text: From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, hawel, haghil, haȝel, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from P...
22468	word: hail word_type: verb expansion: hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed) forms: form: hails tags: present singular third-person form: hailing tags: participle present form: hailed tags: ...
22469	word: hail word_type: adj expansion: hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest) forms: form: hailer tags: comparative form: hailest tags: superlative wikipedia: en:hail etymology_text: From Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“...
22470	word: hail word_type: verb expansion: hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed) forms: form: hails tags: present singular third-person form: hailing tags: participle present form: hailed tags: ...
22471	word: hail word_type: intj expansion: forms: wikipedia: en:hail etymology_text: From Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole, hale, and heil. sens...
22472	word: hypnotherapy word_type: noun expansion: hypnotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural hypnotherapies) forms: form: hypnotherapies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hypno- + therapy. senses_examples: text: Hypnotherapy, the therapeutic use of hypnotism. ref: 1897, Li...
22473	word: right triangle word_type: noun expansion: right triangle (plural right triangles) forms: form: right triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles. senses_topics: geo...
22474	word: Godhead word_type: name expansion: Godhead forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Godhede, equivalent to God + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of godhead. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Trinity. The divine nature of God as an abstract entity. senses_topics:
22475	word: Okinawa word_type: name expansion: Okinawa forms: wikipedia: Okinawa City Okinawa Island Okinawa Islands Okinawa Prefecture etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa). senses_examples: text: We had to kill 110,000 Japanese before we took Okinawa, and when the officers of the...
22476	word: quicksilver word_type: noun expansion: quicksilver (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vivum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sens...
22477	word: quicksilver word_type: adj expansion: quicksilver (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vivum) from its ability to move. See quick in the se...
22478	word: quicksilver word_type: verb expansion: quicksilver (third-person singular simple present quicksilvers, present participle quicksilvering, simple past and past participle quicksilvered) forms: form: quicksilvers tags: present singular third-person form: quicksilvering tags: pa...
22479	word: decimal word_type: adj expansion: decimal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Decimal (disambiguation) etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Concerning n...
22480	word: decimal word_type: noun expansion: decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals) forms: form: decimals tags: plural wikipedia: Decimal (disambiguation) etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. ...
22481	word: decimal word_type: verb expansion: decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled) forms: form: decimals tags: present singular third-person form: decimaling tags: p...
22482	word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (usually uncountable, plural corns) forms: form: corns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“gra...
22483	word: corn word_type: verb expansion: corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned) forms: form: corns tags: present singular third-person form: corning tags: participle present form: corned tags: ...
22484	word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (plural corns) forms: form: corns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornū. Doublet of corno and cornu. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosse...
22485	word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From corny. senses_examples: text: He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never am...
22486	word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: For the rhyme, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: pornography; porn senses_topics:
22487	word: cast iron word_type: noun expansion: cast iron (countable and uncountable, plural cast irons) forms: form: cast irons tags: plural wikipedia: cast iron etymology_text: Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrought iron for comparison. senses_examples: text: Cast iron is po...
22488	word: cast iron word_type: adj expansion: cast iron (comparative more cast iron, superlative most cast iron) forms: form: more cast iron tags: comparative form: most cast iron tags: superlative wikipedia: cast iron etymology_text: Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrou...
22489	word: White Russian word_type: adj expansion: White Russian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. senses_examples: text: The overseer of the clinic was a White Russian woman, a nun, formerly of the Russian O...
22490	word: White Russian word_type: noun expansion: White Russian (countable and uncountable, plural White Russians) forms: form: White Russians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. senses_examples: text: Coordi...
22491	word: bupkis word_type: noun expansion: bupkis (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed prior to 1931 from Yiddish באָבקעס (bobkes), plural of באָבקע (bobke, “goat or sheep dropping”), from באָב (bob, “bean”) + ־קע (-ke) calquing Polish bobek (“oval-shaped turd”), ultimately from Proto-Slavi...
22492	word: bizarro word_type: adj expansion: bizarro (comparative more bizarro, superlative most bizarro) forms: form: more bizarro tags: comparative form: most bizarro tags: superlative wikipedia: Bizarro etymology_text: Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for mo...
22493	word: bizarro word_type: noun expansion: bizarro (countable and uncountable, plural bizarros) forms: form: bizarros tags: plural wikipedia: Bizarro etymology_text: Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for more information. In the sense of “logical inverse”, derived via th...
22494	word: petcock word_type: noun expansion: petcock (plural petcocks) forms: form: petcocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Apparently from pet + cock, because of its size. senses_examples: text: The doctor placed the rubber mask over her face and turned a dial and I watched Catherine ...
22495	word: Paul word_type: name expansion: Paul forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles. A ma...
22496	word: acute triangle word_type: noun expansion: acute triangle (plural acute triangles) forms: form: acute triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A triangle all of the angles of which are acute. senses_topics: geometry mathem...
22497	word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”). senses_examples: text: What are the pros and cons of buying a car? type: example senses_categories: senses...
22498	word: pro word_type: prep expansion: pro forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”). senses_examples: text: He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: In favor of. s...
22499	word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of professional. senses_examples: text: When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A professional sportsman. Pr...

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word: genu word_type: noun expansion: genu (plural genua) forms: form: genua tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The knee. The knee. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in ...

22401

word: quantum cascade laser word_type: noun expansion: quantum cascade laser (plural quantum cascade lasers) forms: form: quantum cascade lasers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: quantum after the behavior of electrons and photons, cascade for a series of small steps, describing an implemen...

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word: universal quantifier word_type: noun expansion: universal quantifier (plural universal quantifiers) forms: form: universal quantifiers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The operator, represented by the symbol ∀, used in predicat...

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word: Loch Ness monster word_type: name expansion: the Loch Ness monster forms: form: the Loch Ness monster tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A large creature believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. It is said to have a ...

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word: cynophobia word_type: noun expansion: cynophobia (usually uncountable, plural cynophobias) forms: form: cynophobias tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From cyno- + -phobia. senses_examples: text: This finding has significant implications for the study of cynophobia, since one wou...

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word: tornado word_type: noun expansion: tornado (plural tornadoes or tornados) forms: form: tornadoes tags: plural form: tornados tags: plural wikipedia: tornado etymology_text: From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Sp...

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word: tornado word_type: verb expansion: tornado (third-person singular simple present tornados, present participle tornadoing, simple past and past participle tornadoed) forms: form: tornados tags: present singular third-person form: tornadoing tags: participle present form:...

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word: arrêt word_type: noun expansion: arrêt (plural arrêts) forms: form: arrêts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French arrêt. senses_examples: text: His father now shewed him an arret, which, on the fourth of June, 1776, he had obtained from the parliament of Rouen against his...

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word: dissent word_type: verb expansion: dissent (third-person singular simple present dissents, present participle dissenting, simple past and past participle dissented) forms: form: dissents tags: present singular third-person form: dissenting tags: participle present form:...

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word: dissent word_type: noun expansion: dissent (countable and uncountable, plural dissents) forms: form: dissents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentire (“to differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel”), from dis- + sent...

22410

word: paleologism word_type: noun expansion: paleologism (plural paleologisms) forms: form: paleologisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From paleo- + -logism, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) in combination with λόγος (lógos, “word”). senses_examples: text: Another is t...

22411

word: frat word_type: noun expansion: frat (plural frats) forms: form: frats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Apocopic form of fraternity. senses_examples: text: frat party type: example text: See you at the frat house. type: example text: All the frats will b...

22412

word: rok word_type: noun expansion: rok (plural roks) forms: form: roks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of roc senses_topics:

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word: harangue word_type: noun expansion: harangue (plural harangues) forms: form: harangues tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from a...

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word: harangue word_type: verb expansion: harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues, present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle harangued) forms: form: harangues tags: present singular third-person form: haranguing tags: participle present f...

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word: duplex word_type: adj expansion: duplex (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surf...

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word: duplex word_type: noun expansion: duplex (plural duplexes or duplices) forms: form: duplexes tags: plural form: duplices tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare ...

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word: duplex word_type: verb expansion: duplex (third-person singular simple present duplexes, present participle duplexing, simple past and past participle duplexed) forms: form: duplexes tags: present singular third-person form: duplexing tags: participle present form: ...

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word: lover word_type: noun expansion: lover (plural lovers) forms: form: lovers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er. senses_examples: text: Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to dis...

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word: lover word_type: noun expansion: lover (plural lovers) forms: form: lovers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of louver. senses_topics:

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word: Nessie word_type: name expansion: Nessie (plural Nessies) forms: form: Nessies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ness + -ie. senses_examples: text: That flurry of activity had been set off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Di...

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word: Nessie word_type: name expansion: Nessie (plural Nessies) forms: form: Nessies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Agnes. senses_topics:

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word: medal word_type: noun expansion: medal (plural medals) forms: form: medals tags: plural wikipedia: en:medal etymology_text: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine deri...

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word: medal word_type: verb expansion: medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled) forms: form: medals tags: present singular third-person form: medaling tags: participle pres...

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word: going Dutch word_type: verb expansion: going Dutch forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of go Dutch senses_topics:

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word: nunchaku word_type: noun expansion: nunchaku (countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus) forms: form: nunchakus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku) (compare Japanese 双節棍 (nunchaku)), probably from Hokkien 兩節棍／两节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn, literally “two-seg...

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word: acute-angled triangle word_type: noun expansion: acute-angled triangle (plural acute-angled triangles) forms: form: acute-angled triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An acute triangle. senses_topics: geometry mathemat...

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word: existential quantifier word_type: noun expansion: existential quantifier (plural existential quantifiers) forms: form: existential quantifiers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in ...

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word: right-angled triangle word_type: noun expansion: right-angled triangle (plural right-angled triangles) forms: form: right-angled triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A right triangle. senses_topics: geometry mathemati...

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word: delicious word_type: adj expansion: delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious) forms: form: more delicious tags: comparative form: most delicious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from...

22430

word: pasty word_type: adj expansion: pasty (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest) forms: form: pastier tags: comparative form: pastiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From paste + -y. senses_examples: text: These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are v...

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word: pasty word_type: noun expansion: pasty (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: Pasties etymology_text: From paste + -y. senses_examples: text: Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty-topped breast. ref: 1989, Joe David Bellamy, Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel, P...

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word: pasty word_type: noun expansion: pasty (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: Pasty etymology_text: From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of seasoned mea...

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word: on end word_type: prep_phrase expansion: on end forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: These batteries last for hours on end. type: example text: The arrangement of some seats facing and some one behind the other, bus fashion, seems a sensible compromise; I am one ...

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word: obtuse-angled triangle word_type: noun expansion: obtuse-angled triangle (plural obtuse-angled triangles) forms: form: obtuse-angled triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An obtuse triangle. senses_topics: geometry mat...

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word: bicameral word_type: adj expansion: bicameral (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From bi- + Latin camera (“chamber”) + -al. senses_examples: text: the bicameral anatomy of the brain type: example text: By preventing legislative usurpation in the beginning, the bicamer...

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word: prima donna word_type: noun expansion: prima donna (plural prima donnas or prime donne or (nonstandard) primae donnae) forms: form: prima donnas tags: plural form: prime donne tags: plural form: primae donnae tags: nonstandard plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Fr...

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word: magus word_type: noun expansion: magus (plural magi or (rare) maguses) forms: form: magi tags: plural form: maguses tags: plural rare wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate ...

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word: bonus word_type: noun expansion: bonus (plural bonuses or bonusses or (nonstandard) boni) forms: form: bonuses tags: plural form: bonusses tags: plural form: boni tags: nonstandard plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of b...

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word: bonus word_type: verb expansion: bonus (third-person singular simple present bonuses or bonusses, present participle bonusing or bonussing, simple past and past participle bonused or bonussed) forms: form: bonuses tags: present singular third-person form: bonusses tags: prese...

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word: albergo word_type: noun expansion: albergo (plural albergos or alberghi) forms: form: albergos tags: plural form: alberghi tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian albergo. Doublet of harbor. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An Italian...

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word: encyclopedic word_type: adj expansion: encyclopedic (comparative more encyclopedic, superlative most encyclopedic) forms: form: more encyclopedic tags: comparative form: most encyclopedic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: 1824, encyclopedia + -ic. senses_examples: ...

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word: madame word_type: noun expansion: madame (plural madames or mesdames) forms: form: madames tags: plural form: mesdames tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna. senses_examples: senses...

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word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (plural gibs) forms: form: gibs tags: plural wikipedia: Gib Reynard the Fox etymology_text: Unknown (14th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the medieval fables of Reynard the Fox, Romaunt of the Rose, and so on. senses_exa...

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word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (plural gibs) forms: form: gibs tags: plural wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: Unknown (late 18th century). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; us...

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word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed) forms: form: gibs tags: present singular third-person form: gibbing tags: participle present form: gibbed tags: p...

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word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (plural gibs) forms: form: gibs tags: plural wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: Shortened from giblet. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters. senses_topics: vid...

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word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed) forms: form: gibs tags: present singular third-person form: gibbing tags: participle present form: gibbed tags: p...

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word: gib word_type: noun expansion: gib (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plasterboard. senses_topics:

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word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed) forms: form: gibs tags: present singular third-person form: gibbing tags: participle present form: gibbed tags: p...

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word: gib word_type: verb expansion: gib forms: wikipedia: Gib etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Only gib me some few shingles an’ a flo’, an’ dar yer hev jes ez good a church ez de ’postles ebber hed ter preach in. ref: 1880, Albion W. Tourgee, “Red Wing”, in Bricks Without Straw, New York...

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word: cede word_type: verb expansion: cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded) forms: form: cedes tags: present singular third-person form: ceding tags: participle present form: ceded tags: p...

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word: slushbox word_type: noun expansion: slushbox (plural slushboxes) forms: form: slushboxes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From slush + box, in reference to the fluid-coupling action of the torque converter. A popular notion portrays this action as "slushing around" that involves grea...

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word: martin word_type: noun expansion: martin (plural martins) forms: form: martins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French martin (French martinet). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also i...

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word: obeisance word_type: noun expansion: obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances) forms: form: obeisances tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle ...

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word: philosopher's stone word_type: noun expansion: philosopher's stone (countable and uncountable, plural philosopher's stones) forms: form: philosopher's stones tags: plural wikipedia: philosopher's stone etymology_text: Misconstruction of philosophers' stone, from Middle English philosophres s...

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word: possessive word_type: adj expansion: possessive (comparative more possessive, superlative most possessive) forms: form: more possessive tags: comparative form: most possessive tags: superlative wikipedia: possessive etymology_text: From Middle French possessif, from Latin possess...

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word: possessive word_type: noun expansion: possessive (countable and uncountable, plural possessives) forms: form: possessives tags: plural wikipedia: possessive etymology_text: From Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus (“of or pertaining to possession”), from possessiō (“possessing”),...

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word: mesa word_type: noun expansion: mesa (plural mesas) forms: form: mesas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa. senses_examples: text: A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us ...

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word: forebode word_type: verb expansion: forebode (third-person singular simple present forebodes, present participle foreboding, simple past and past participle foreboded) forms: form: forebodes tags: present singular third-person form: foreboding tags: participle present f...

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word: forebode word_type: noun expansion: forebode forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: prognostication; presage senses_topics:

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word: obtuse triangle word_type: noun expansion: obtuse triangle (plural obtuse triangles) forms: form: obtuse triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A triangle one of whose angles is obtuse. senses_topics: geometry mathemati...

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word: middle word_type: noun expansion: middle (plural middles) forms: form: middles tags: plural wikipedia: middle etymology_text: From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-...

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word: middle word_type: adj expansion: middle (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: middle etymology_text: From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (comp...

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word: middle word_type: verb expansion: middle (third-person singular simple present middles, present participle middling, simple past and past participle middled) forms: form: middles tags: present singular third-person form: middling tags: participle present form: middl...

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word: chaste word_type: adj expansion: chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest) forms: form: chaster tags: comparative form: chastest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”)....

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word: stella word_type: noun expansion: stella (plural stellae) forms: form: stellae tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, star, and aster. senses_examples: text: Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; th...

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word: hail word_type: noun expansion: hail (countable and uncountable, plural hails) forms: form: hails tags: plural wikipedia: en:hail etymology_text: From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, hawel, haghil, haȝel, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from P...

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word: hail word_type: verb expansion: hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed) forms: form: hails tags: present singular third-person form: hailing tags: participle present form: hailed tags: ...

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word: hail word_type: adj expansion: hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest) forms: form: hailer tags: comparative form: hailest tags: superlative wikipedia: en:hail etymology_text: From Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“...

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word: hail word_type: verb expansion: hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed) forms: form: hails tags: present singular third-person form: hailing tags: participle present form: hailed tags: ...

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word: hail word_type: intj expansion: forms: wikipedia: en:hail etymology_text: From Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole, hale, and heil. sens...

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word: hypnotherapy word_type: noun expansion: hypnotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural hypnotherapies) forms: form: hypnotherapies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hypno- + therapy. senses_examples: text: Hypnotherapy, the therapeutic use of hypnotism. ref: 1897, Li...

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word: right triangle word_type: noun expansion: right triangle (plural right triangles) forms: form: right triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles. senses_topics: geo...

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word: Godhead word_type: name expansion: Godhead forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Godhede, equivalent to God + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of godhead. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Trinity. The divine nature of God as an abstract entity. senses_topics:

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word: Okinawa word_type: name expansion: Okinawa forms: wikipedia: Okinawa City Okinawa Island Okinawa Islands Okinawa Prefecture etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa). senses_examples: text: We had to kill 110,000 Japanese before we took Okinawa, and when the officers of the...

22476

word: quicksilver word_type: noun expansion: quicksilver (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vivum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sens...

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word: quicksilver word_type: adj expansion: quicksilver (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vivum) from its ability to move. See quick in the se...

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word: quicksilver word_type: verb expansion: quicksilver (third-person singular simple present quicksilvers, present participle quicksilvering, simple past and past participle quicksilvered) forms: form: quicksilvers tags: present singular third-person form: quicksilvering tags: pa...

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word: decimal word_type: adj expansion: decimal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Decimal (disambiguation) etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Concerning n...

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word: decimal word_type: noun expansion: decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals) forms: form: decimals tags: plural wikipedia: Decimal (disambiguation) etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. ...

22481

word: decimal word_type: verb expansion: decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled) forms: form: decimals tags: present singular third-person form: decimaling tags: p...

22482

word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (usually uncountable, plural corns) forms: form: corns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“gra...

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word: corn word_type: verb expansion: corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned) forms: form: corns tags: present singular third-person form: corning tags: participle present form: corned tags: ...

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word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (plural corns) forms: form: corns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornū. Doublet of corno and cornu. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosse...

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word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From corny. senses_examples: text: He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never am...

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word: corn word_type: noun expansion: corn (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: For the rhyme, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: pornography; porn senses_topics:

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word: cast iron word_type: noun expansion: cast iron (countable and uncountable, plural cast irons) forms: form: cast irons tags: plural wikipedia: cast iron etymology_text: Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrought iron for comparison. senses_examples: text: Cast iron is po...

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word: cast iron word_type: adj expansion: cast iron (comparative more cast iron, superlative most cast iron) forms: form: more cast iron tags: comparative form: most cast iron tags: superlative wikipedia: cast iron etymology_text: Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrou...

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word: White Russian word_type: adj expansion: White Russian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. senses_examples: text: The overseer of the clinic was a White Russian woman, a nun, formerly of the Russian O...

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word: White Russian word_type: noun expansion: White Russian (countable and uncountable, plural White Russians) forms: form: White Russians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. senses_examples: text: Coordi...

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word: bupkis word_type: noun expansion: bupkis (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed prior to 1931 from Yiddish באָבקעס (bobkes), plural of באָבקע (bobke, “goat or sheep dropping”), from באָב (bob, “bean”) + ־קע (-ke) calquing Polish bobek (“oval-shaped turd”), ultimately from Proto-Slavi...

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word: bizarro word_type: adj expansion: bizarro (comparative more bizarro, superlative most bizarro) forms: form: more bizarro tags: comparative form: most bizarro tags: superlative wikipedia: Bizarro etymology_text: Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for mo...

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word: bizarro word_type: noun expansion: bizarro (countable and uncountable, plural bizarros) forms: form: bizarros tags: plural wikipedia: Bizarro etymology_text: Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for more information. In the sense of “logical inverse”, derived via th...

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word: petcock word_type: noun expansion: petcock (plural petcocks) forms: form: petcocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Apparently from pet + cock, because of its size. senses_examples: text: The doctor placed the rubber mask over her face and turned a dial and I watched Catherine ...

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word: Paul word_type: name expansion: Paul forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles. A ma...

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word: acute triangle word_type: noun expansion: acute triangle (plural acute triangles) forms: form: acute triangles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A triangle all of the angles of which are acute. senses_topics: geometry mathem...

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word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”). senses_examples: text: What are the pros and cons of buying a car? type: example senses_categories: senses...

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word: pro word_type: prep expansion: pro forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”). senses_examples: text: He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: In favor of. s...

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word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of professional. senses_examples: text: When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A professional sportsman. Pr...