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22500	word: pro word_type: adj expansion: pro (comparative more pro, superlative most pro) forms: form: more pro tags: comparative form: most pro tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of professional. senses_examples: text: He landed a pro mentorship gig. type: e...
22501	word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of prostitute. senses_examples: text: 1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), Mister God, This Is Anna Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the st...
22502	word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of proproctor senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A proproctor. senses_topics:
22503	word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of prophylaxis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease. senses_topics:
22504	word: dental word_type: adj expansion: dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental) forms: form: more dental tags: comparative form: most dental tags: superlative wikipedia: dental etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a too...
22505	word: dental word_type: noun expansion: dental (plural dentals) forms: form: dentals tags: plural wikipedia: dental etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). senses_examples: text: 'Che Normah pronoun...
22506	word: senate word_type: noun expansion: senate (plural senates) forms: form: senates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”). senses_examples: text: Before the Tyrant's ...
22507	word: cheep word_type: verb expansion: cheep (third-person singular simple present cheeps, present participle cheeping, simple past and past participle cheeped) forms: form: cheeps tags: present singular third-person form: cheeping tags: participle present form: cheeped ...
22508	word: cheep word_type: noun expansion: cheep (plural cheeps) forms: form: cheeps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: text: The radiation trackers clipped to our protective overalls let off soft cheeps, their frequency varying as radioactivity levels chang...
22509	word: cheep word_type: intj expansion: cheep forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. senses_topics:
22510	word: spotface word_type: noun expansion: spotface (plural spotfaces) forms: form: spotfaces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From spot + face. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on ...
22511	word: spotface word_type: verb expansion: spotface (third-person singular simple present spotfaces, present participle spotfacing, simple past and past participle spotfaced) forms: form: spotfaces tags: present singular third-person form: spotfacing tags: participle present f...
22512	word: punch list word_type: noun expansion: punch list (plural punch lists) forms: form: punch lists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps from the practice of punching holes in a list to indicate completion of individual items. senses_examples: text: The building opened on schedu...
22513	word: uncage word_type: verb expansion: uncage (third-person singular simple present uncages, present participle uncaging, simple past and past participle uncaged) forms: form: uncages tags: present singular third-person form: uncaging tags: participle present form: uncag...
22514	word: oversquare word_type: adj expansion: oversquare forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From over- + square. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: having a cylinder with a greater bore than stroke senses_topics:
22515	word: POSIX word_type: name expansion: POSIX forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface: a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between UNIX variants. senses_topics: computing engi...
22516	word: cooking utensil word_type: noun expansion: cooking utensil (plural cooking utensils) forms: form: cooking utensils tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any utensil used for preparing, handling, or serving food. senses_topics:
22517	word: conspire word_type: verb expansion: conspire (third-person singular simple present conspires, present participle conspiring, simple past and past participle conspired) forms: form: conspires tags: present singular third-person form: conspiring tags: participle present f...
22518	word: honest word_type: adj expansion: honest (comparative more honest or (nonstandard) honester, superlative most honest or (nonstandard) honestest) forms: form: more honest tags: comparative form: honester tags: comparative nonstandard form: most honest tags: superlative ...
22519	word: honest word_type: verb expansion: honest (third-person singular simple present honests, present participle honesting, simple past and past participle honested) forms: form: honests tags: present singular third-person form: honesting tags: participle present form: ho...
22520	word: honest word_type: adv expansion: honest (comparative more honest, superlative most honest) forms: form: more honest tags: comparative form: most honest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from O...
22521	word: blindness word_type: noun expansion: blindness (usually uncountable, plural blindnesses) forms: form: blindnesses tags: plural wikipedia: blindness etymology_text: From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness. senses_examples:...
22522	word: patron word_type: noun expansion: patron (plural patrons) forms: form: patrons tags: plural wikipedia: Patron (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, and p...
22523	word: patron word_type: verb expansion: patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned) forms: form: patrons tags: present singular third-person form: patroning tags: participle present form: pa...
22524	word: adverbial word_type: adj expansion: adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial) forms: form: more adverbial tags: comparative form: most adverbial tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -...
22525	word: adverbial word_type: noun expansion: adverbial (plural adverbials) forms: form: adverbials tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An adverbial word or phrase. senses...
22526	word: smut word_type: noun expansion: smut (countable and uncountable, plural smuts) forms: form: smuts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English smutten (“to defile, debase”), related to German Schmutz (“filth, dirt, smut”) and schmutzen (“to make dirty, stain”). Doublet of sch...
22527	word: smut word_type: verb expansion: smut (third-person singular simple present smuts, present participle smutting, simple past and past participle smutted) forms: form: smuts tags: present singular third-person form: smutting tags: participle present form: smutted tag...
22528	word: porno word_type: adj expansion: porno (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century. senses_examples: text: That's a porno film. type: example text: For reasons that still baffle me, “Deep Throat” became t...
22529	word: porno word_type: noun expansion: porno (countable and uncountable, plural pornos) forms: form: pornos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century. senses_examples: text: In any case, porno is littered—porno is heape...
22530	word: cataract word_type: noun expansion: cataract (plural cataracts) forms: form: cataracts tags: plural wikipedia: Iguaçu Falls cataract#Etymology etymology_text: From Middle English cataract, cateract, cateracte, cataracta, from Latin cataracta (“waterfall, portcullis”), from Ancient Greek κα...
22531	word: bicicletta word_type: noun expansion: bicicletta (plural biciclettas) forms: form: biciclettas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a cocktail made with white wine, Campari, soda water, citrus. senses_topics:
22532	word: agitator word_type: noun expansion: agitator (plural agitators) forms: form: agitators tags: plural wikipedia: agitator agitator (disambiguation) etymology_text: From agitate + -or. senses_examples: text: In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving a...
22533	word: reboot word_type: noun expansion: reboot (plural reboots) forms: form: reboots tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From re- + boot. senses_examples: text: That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeove...
22534	word: reboot word_type: verb expansion: reboot (third-person singular simple present reboots, present participle rebooting, simple past and past participle rebooted) forms: form: reboots tags: present singular third-person form: rebooting tags: participle present form: re...
22535	word: bocca word_type: noun expansion: bocca (plural boccas) forms: form: boccas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian bocca (“mouth”). Doublet of bouche. senses_examples: text: The second partition divides this from the leer or annealing furnace; through the boccas,...
22536	word: geat word_type: noun expansion: geat (plural geats) forms: form: geats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: See gate. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting. senses_topics:
22537	word: recherché word_type: adj expansion: recherché (comparative more recherché, superlative most recherché) forms: form: more recherché tags: comparative form: most recherché tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French recherché; more at French recher...
22538	word: gnat word_type: noun expansion: gnat (plural gnats) forms: form: gnats tags: plural wikipedia: gnat etymology_text: From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic gnatt, gnattu, from Proto-Germanic gnattaz, gnattuz (“gnat”), from Prot...
22539	word: Papua word_type: name expansion: Papua forms: wikipedia: Territory of Papua etymology_text: There are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geograp...
22540	word: Papua word_type: noun expansion: Papua (plural Papuas or Papua) forms: form: Papuas tags: plural form: Papua tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: There are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tido...
22541	word: impure s word_type: noun expansion: impure s forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In Italian, an /s/ followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to ...
22542	word: Devon word_type: name expansion: Devon forms: wikipedia: Devon etymology_text: From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it. senses_examples: text: "Is that his real na...
22543	word: Devon word_type: noun expansion: Devon (plural Devons) forms: form: Devons tags: plural wikipedia: Devon etymology_text: From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it. senses_...
22544	word: bullfighting word_type: noun expansion: bullfighting (usually uncountable, plural bullfightings) forms: form: bullfightings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From bull + fighting. senses_examples: text: In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls...
22545	word: dragoman word_type: noun expansion: dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen) forms: form: dragomans tags: plural form: dragomen tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δρα...
22546	word: dike word_type: noun expansion: dike (plural dikes) forms: form: dikes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orang...
22547	word: dike word_type: verb expansion: dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked) forms: form: dikes tags: present singular third-person form: diking tags: participle present form: diked tags: p...
22548	word: dike word_type: verb expansion: dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked) forms: form: dikes tags: present singular third-person form: diking tags: participle present form: diked tags: p...
22549	word: dike word_type: noun expansion: dike (plural dikes) forms: form: dikes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...
22550	word: converse word_type: verb expansion: converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed) forms: form: converses tags: present singular third-person form: conversing tags: participle present f...
22551	word: converse word_type: noun expansion: converse forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”). senses_examples: text: Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalm...
22552	word: converse word_type: adj expansion: converse (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”). senses_examples: text: a converse proposition type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Opposite; rev...
22553	word: converse word_type: noun expansion: converse (plural converses) forms: form: converses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”). senses_examples: text: All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fis...
22554	word: courgette word_type: noun expansion: courgette (plural courgettes) forms: form: courgettes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through the original Latin c...
22555	word: wise word_type: adj expansion: wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise) forms: form: wiser tags: comparative form: more wise tags: comparative form: wisest tags: superlative form: most wise tags: superlative wikipedia: wise etym...
22556	word: wise word_type: verb expansion: wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised) forms: form: wises tags: present singular third-person form: wising tags: participle present form: wised tags: p...
22557	word: wise word_type: noun expansion: wise (plural wises) forms: form: wises tags: plural wikipedia: wise etymology_text: From Middle English wise, from Old English wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Cognate with Dutch wijze, German Weise, Norwegian vis, Swedish visa, vis, Italian guisa, Spanish gui...
22558	word: wise word_type: verb expansion: wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised) forms: form: wises tags: present singular third-person form: wising tags: participle present form: wised tags: p...
22559	word: Alsatian word_type: adj expansion: Alsatian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Alsatian etymology_text: senses_examples: text: [...] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min [...]. ref: 1962 August, “Beyond...
22560	word: Alsatian word_type: noun expansion: Alsatian (plural Alsatians) forms: form: Alsatians tags: plural wikipedia: Alsatian etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Even the dogs here are restrained, Jesse thought, unlike the feral Alsatians back home that would sprint barking from the bot...
22561	word: Alsatian word_type: name expansion: Alsatian forms: wikipedia: Alsatian etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace. senses_topics:
22562	word: monstre word_type: noun expansion: monstre (plural monstres) forms: form: monstres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of monster. senses_topics:
22563	word: catapulta word_type: noun expansion: catapulta (plural catapultae or catapultæ) forms: form: catapultae tags: plural form: catapultæ tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta. Doublet of catapult. senses_examples: text: The projectile m...
22564	word: absolute superlative word_type: noun expansion: absolute superlative (plural absolute superlatives) forms: form: absolute superlatives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Am citit un articol foarte interesant. (I've read a very interesting article). tex...
22565	word: anti-gay word_type: adj expansion: anti-gay (comparative more anti-gay, superlative most anti-gay) forms: form: more anti-gay tags: comparative form: most anti-gay tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From anti- + gay (“homosexual”). senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
22566	word: Jersey girl word_type: noun expansion: Jersey girl (plural Jersey girls) forms: form: Jersey girls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A woman, usually from New Jersey, characterized as loud and wearing bright clothing, excessive ...
22567	word: williwaw word_type: noun expansion: williwaw (plural williwaws) forms: form: williwaws tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown. senses_examples: text: The breeze in this case was the infamous north-Chicago williwaw that sometimes blows outward and bleacherward at Wrigley Field...
22568	word: basso word_type: noun expansion: basso (plural bassos or bassi) forms: form: bassos tags: plural form: bassi tags: plural wikipedia: basso etymology_text: From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass. senses_examples: senses_categories: sen...
22569	word: basso word_type: noun expansion: basso (plural bassoes) forms: form: bassoes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete spelling of bashaw. or pasha. senses_topics:
22570	word: arse word_type: noun expansion: arse (plural arses) forms: form: arses tags: plural wikipedia: arse etymology_text: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
22571	word: arse word_type: verb expansion: arse (third-person singular simple present arses, present participle arsing, simple past and past participle arsed) forms: form: arses tags: present singular third-person form: arsing tags: participle present form: arsed tags: p...
22572	word: arse word_type: intj expansion: forms: form: table arse tags: canonical wikipedia: arse etymology_text: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érso...
22573	word: æsc word_type: noun expansion: æsc (plural æscas) forms: form: æscas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The symbol Æ, æ. senses_topics:
22574	word: wonder word_type: noun expansion: wonder (countable and uncountable, plural wonders) forms: form: wonders tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic wundr, from Proto-Germanic wu...
22575	word: wonder word_type: verb expansion: wonder (third-person singular simple present wonders, present participle wondering, simple past and past participle wondered) forms: form: wonders tags: present singular third-person form: wondering tags: participle present form: wo...
22576	word: addressee word_type: noun expansion: addressee (plural addressees) forms: form: addressees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From address + -ee. senses_examples: text: Person is a grammatical property which is overtly manifested in so-called Personal Pronouns: forms which inclu...
22577	word: hast word_type: verb expansion: hast forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English hast, havest, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, from Proto-Germanic habaisi, second-person present singular form of ha...
22578	word: NOFORN word_type: adj expansion: NOFORN forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of not for release to foreign nationals: used as a page header and footer in classified U.S. federal government documents, especially those from the Pentagon....
22579	word: sooner word_type: adj expansion: sooner forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: comparative form of soon: more soon senses_topics:
22580	word: sooner word_type: adv expansion: sooner forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I would sooner die than marry you! type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: comparative form of soon: more soon rather. senses_topics:
22581	word: ma'am word_type: noun expansion: ma'am (plural ma'ams) forms: form: ma'ams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is a contraction of madam, and represents a regional pronunciation of that word in the United Kingdom. The verb is derived from the noun. senses_examples: text: ...
22582	word: ma'am word_type: verb expansion: ma'am (third-person singular simple present ma'ams, present participle ma'aming or ma'amming, simple past and past participle ma'amed or ma'ammed) forms: form: ma'ams tags: present singular third-person form: ma'aming tags: participle pres...
22583	word: duet word_type: noun expansion: duet (plural duets) forms: form: duets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”). senses_examples: text: The fare is Caribbean with an Asian tou...
22584	word: duet word_type: verb expansion: duet (third-person singular simple present duets, present participle duetting or dueting, simple past and past participle duetted or dueted) forms: form: duets tags: present singular third-person form: duetting tags: participle present fo...
22585	word: braccio word_type: noun expansion: braccio (plural braccia) forms: form: braccia tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian braccio. Doublet of brachium. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a ya...
22586	word: repent word_type: verb expansion: repent (third-person singular simple present repents, present participle repenting, simple past and past participle repented) forms: form: repents tags: present singular third-person form: repenting tags: participle present form: re...
22587	word: repent word_type: adj expansion: repent forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“I creep”). senses_examples: text: The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds. ref: 1870, Samuel Klinefel...
22588	word: open-collar word_type: adj expansion: open-collar (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the ne...
22589	word: program word_type: noun expansion: program (plural programs) forms: form: programs tags: plural wikipedia: program etymology_text: From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from π...
22590	word: program word_type: verb expansion: program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming or programing, simple past and past participle programmed or programed) forms: form: programs tags: present singular third-person form: programming tags: ...
22591	word: sidereal word_type: adj expansion: sidereal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: sidereal etymology_text: From Latin sīdereus + -al (cf. Latin sīderālis), from sīdus (“star, constellation”), of unknown ultimate origin, likely a substrate language such as Pre-Greek. senses_examples: text: The field ...
22592	word: dale word_type: noun expansion: dale (plural dales) forms: form: dales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic dal, from Proto-Germanic dalą. senses_examples: text: Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty tr...
22593	word: dale word_type: noun expansion: dale (plural dales) forms: form: dales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century. senses_examples: text: ...
22594	word: pogrom word_type: noun expansion: pogrom (plural pogroms) forms: form: pogroms tags: plural wikipedia: pogrom etymology_text: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm). senses_examples: text: More strikingly, when blood ran on the streets of Pittsburgh af...
22595	word: pogrom word_type: verb expansion: pogrom (third-person singular simple present pogroms, present participle pogroming, simple past and past participle pogromed) forms: form: pogroms tags: present singular third-person form: pogroming tags: participle present form: po...
22596	word: fluke word_type: noun expansion: fluke (plural flukes) forms: form: flukes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown, perhaps dialectal. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly connected to sense 3, referring to whales' use of flukes to move rapidly...
22597	word: fluke word_type: verb expansion: fluke (third-person singular simple present flukes, present participle fluking, simple past and past participle fluked) forms: form: flukes tags: present singular third-person form: fluking tags: participle present form: fluked tag...
22598	word: fluke word_type: noun expansion: fluke (plural fluke or flukes) forms: form: fluke tags: plural form: flukes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old English flōc (“flatfish”), of Germanic origin, related to German flach (“flat”), Old Norse floke (“flatfish”), all ultima...
22599	word: fluke word_type: noun expansion: fluke (plural flukes) forms: form: flukes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Mid-16th century in the sense of “anchor blade”. Probably the same word as in etymology 2 above or else a related word for something flat (cf. Proto-Germanic *flakaz). A deriva...

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word: pro word_type: adj expansion: pro (comparative more pro, superlative most pro) forms: form: more pro tags: comparative form: most pro tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of professional. senses_examples: text: He landed a pro mentorship gig. type: e...

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word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of prostitute. senses_examples: text: 1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), Mister God, This Is Anna Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the st...

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word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of proproctor senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A proproctor. senses_topics:

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word: pro word_type: noun expansion: pro (plural pros) forms: form: pros tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of prophylaxis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease. senses_topics:

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word: dental word_type: adj expansion: dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental) forms: form: more dental tags: comparative form: most dental tags: superlative wikipedia: dental etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a too...

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word: dental word_type: noun expansion: dental (plural dentals) forms: form: dentals tags: plural wikipedia: dental etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). senses_examples: text: 'Che Normah pronoun...

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word: senate word_type: noun expansion: senate (plural senates) forms: form: senates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”). senses_examples: text: Before the Tyrant's ...

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word: cheep word_type: verb expansion: cheep (third-person singular simple present cheeps, present participle cheeping, simple past and past participle cheeped) forms: form: cheeps tags: present singular third-person form: cheeping tags: participle present form: cheeped ...

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word: cheep word_type: noun expansion: cheep (plural cheeps) forms: form: cheeps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: text: The radiation trackers clipped to our protective overalls let off soft cheeps, their frequency varying as radioactivity levels chang...

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word: cheep word_type: intj expansion: cheep forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. senses_topics:

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word: spotface word_type: noun expansion: spotface (plural spotfaces) forms: form: spotfaces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From spot + face. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on ...

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word: spotface word_type: verb expansion: spotface (third-person singular simple present spotfaces, present participle spotfacing, simple past and past participle spotfaced) forms: form: spotfaces tags: present singular third-person form: spotfacing tags: participle present f...

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word: punch list word_type: noun expansion: punch list (plural punch lists) forms: form: punch lists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps from the practice of punching holes in a list to indicate completion of individual items. senses_examples: text: The building opened on schedu...

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word: uncage word_type: verb expansion: uncage (third-person singular simple present uncages, present participle uncaging, simple past and past participle uncaged) forms: form: uncages tags: present singular third-person form: uncaging tags: participle present form: uncag...

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word: oversquare word_type: adj expansion: oversquare forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From over- + square. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: having a cylinder with a greater bore than stroke senses_topics:

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word: POSIX word_type: name expansion: POSIX forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface: a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between UNIX variants. senses_topics: computing engi...

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word: cooking utensil word_type: noun expansion: cooking utensil (plural cooking utensils) forms: form: cooking utensils tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any utensil used for preparing, handling, or serving food. senses_topics:

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word: conspire word_type: verb expansion: conspire (third-person singular simple present conspires, present participle conspiring, simple past and past participle conspired) forms: form: conspires tags: present singular third-person form: conspiring tags: participle present f...

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word: honest word_type: adj expansion: honest (comparative more honest or (nonstandard) honester, superlative most honest or (nonstandard) honestest) forms: form: more honest tags: comparative form: honester tags: comparative nonstandard form: most honest tags: superlative ...

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word: honest word_type: verb expansion: honest (third-person singular simple present honests, present participle honesting, simple past and past participle honested) forms: form: honests tags: present singular third-person form: honesting tags: participle present form: ho...

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word: honest word_type: adv expansion: honest (comparative more honest, superlative most honest) forms: form: more honest tags: comparative form: most honest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from O...

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word: blindness word_type: noun expansion: blindness (usually uncountable, plural blindnesses) forms: form: blindnesses tags: plural wikipedia: blindness etymology_text: From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness. senses_examples:...

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word: patron word_type: noun expansion: patron (plural patrons) forms: form: patrons tags: plural wikipedia: Patron (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, and p...

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word: patron word_type: verb expansion: patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned) forms: form: patrons tags: present singular third-person form: patroning tags: participle present form: pa...

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word: adverbial word_type: adj expansion: adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial) forms: form: more adverbial tags: comparative form: most adverbial tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -...

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word: adverbial word_type: noun expansion: adverbial (plural adverbials) forms: form: adverbials tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An adverbial word or phrase. senses...

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word: smut word_type: noun expansion: smut (countable and uncountable, plural smuts) forms: form: smuts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English smutten (“to defile, debase”), related to German Schmutz (“filth, dirt, smut”) and schmutzen (“to make dirty, stain”). Doublet of sch...

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word: smut word_type: verb expansion: smut (third-person singular simple present smuts, present participle smutting, simple past and past participle smutted) forms: form: smuts tags: present singular third-person form: smutting tags: participle present form: smutted tag...

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word: porno word_type: adj expansion: porno (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century. senses_examples: text: That's a porno film. type: example text: For reasons that still baffle me, “Deep Throat” became t...

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word: porno word_type: noun expansion: porno (countable and uncountable, plural pornos) forms: form: pornos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century. senses_examples: text: In any case, porno is littered—porno is heape...

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word: cataract word_type: noun expansion: cataract (plural cataracts) forms: form: cataracts tags: plural wikipedia: Iguaçu Falls cataract#Etymology etymology_text: From Middle English cataract, cateract, cateracte, cataracta, from Latin cataracta (“waterfall, portcullis”), from Ancient Greek κα...

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word: bicicletta word_type: noun expansion: bicicletta (plural biciclettas) forms: form: biciclettas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a cocktail made with white wine, Campari, soda water, citrus. senses_topics:

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word: agitator word_type: noun expansion: agitator (plural agitators) forms: form: agitators tags: plural wikipedia: agitator agitator (disambiguation) etymology_text: From agitate + -or. senses_examples: text: In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving a...

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word: reboot word_type: noun expansion: reboot (plural reboots) forms: form: reboots tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From re- + boot. senses_examples: text: That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeove...

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word: reboot word_type: verb expansion: reboot (third-person singular simple present reboots, present participle rebooting, simple past and past participle rebooted) forms: form: reboots tags: present singular third-person form: rebooting tags: participle present form: re...

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word: bocca word_type: noun expansion: bocca (plural boccas) forms: form: boccas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian bocca (“mouth”). Doublet of bouche. senses_examples: text: The second partition divides this from the leer or annealing furnace; through the boccas,...

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word: geat word_type: noun expansion: geat (plural geats) forms: form: geats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: See gate. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting. senses_topics:

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word: recherché word_type: adj expansion: recherché (comparative more recherché, superlative most recherché) forms: form: more recherché tags: comparative form: most recherché tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French recherché; more at French recher...

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word: gnat word_type: noun expansion: gnat (plural gnats) forms: form: gnats tags: plural wikipedia: gnat etymology_text: From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Prot...

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word: Papua word_type: name expansion: Papua forms: wikipedia: Territory of Papua etymology_text: There are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geograp...

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word: Papua word_type: noun expansion: Papua (plural Papuas or Papua) forms: form: Papuas tags: plural form: Papua tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: There are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tido...

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word: impure s word_type: noun expansion: impure s forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In Italian, an /s/ followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to ...

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word: Devon word_type: name expansion: Devon forms: wikipedia: Devon etymology_text: From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it. senses_examples: text: "Is that his real na...

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word: Devon word_type: noun expansion: Devon (plural Devons) forms: form: Devons tags: plural wikipedia: Devon etymology_text: From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it. senses_...

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word: bullfighting word_type: noun expansion: bullfighting (usually uncountable, plural bullfightings) forms: form: bullfightings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From bull + fighting. senses_examples: text: In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls...

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word: dragoman word_type: noun expansion: dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen) forms: form: dragomans tags: plural form: dragomen tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δρα...

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word: dike word_type: noun expansion: dike (plural dikes) forms: form: dikes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orang...

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word: dike word_type: verb expansion: dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked) forms: form: dikes tags: present singular third-person form: diking tags: participle present form: diked tags: p...

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word: dike word_type: verb expansion: dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked) forms: form: dikes tags: present singular third-person form: diking tags: participle present form: diked tags: p...

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word: dike word_type: noun expansion: dike (plural dikes) forms: form: dikes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...

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word: converse word_type: verb expansion: converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed) forms: form: converses tags: present singular third-person form: conversing tags: participle present f...

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word: converse word_type: noun expansion: converse forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”). senses_examples: text: Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalm...

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word: converse word_type: adj expansion: converse (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”). senses_examples: text: a converse proposition type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Opposite; rev...

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word: converse word_type: noun expansion: converse (plural converses) forms: form: converses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”). senses_examples: text: All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fis...

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word: courgette word_type: noun expansion: courgette (plural courgettes) forms: form: courgettes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through the original Latin c...

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word: wise word_type: adj expansion: wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise) forms: form: wiser tags: comparative form: more wise tags: comparative form: wisest tags: superlative form: most wise tags: superlative wikipedia: wise etym...

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word: wise word_type: verb expansion: wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised) forms: form: wises tags: present singular third-person form: wising tags: participle present form: wised tags: p...

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word: wise word_type: noun expansion: wise (plural wises) forms: form: wises tags: plural wikipedia: wise etymology_text: From Middle English wise, from Old English wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Cognate with Dutch wijze, German Weise, Norwegian vis, Swedish visa, vis, Italian guisa, Spanish gui...

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word: wise word_type: verb expansion: wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised) forms: form: wises tags: present singular third-person form: wising tags: participle present form: wised tags: p...

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word: Alsatian word_type: adj expansion: Alsatian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Alsatian etymology_text: senses_examples: text: [...] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min [...]. ref: 1962 August, “Beyond...

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word: Alsatian word_type: noun expansion: Alsatian (plural Alsatians) forms: form: Alsatians tags: plural wikipedia: Alsatian etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Even the dogs here are restrained, Jesse thought, unlike the feral Alsatians back home that would sprint barking from the bot...

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word: Alsatian word_type: name expansion: Alsatian forms: wikipedia: Alsatian etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace. senses_topics:

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word: monstre word_type: noun expansion: monstre (plural monstres) forms: form: monstres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of monster. senses_topics:

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word: catapulta word_type: noun expansion: catapulta (plural catapultae or catapultæ) forms: form: catapultae tags: plural form: catapultæ tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta. Doublet of catapult. senses_examples: text: The projectile m...

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word: absolute superlative word_type: noun expansion: absolute superlative (plural absolute superlatives) forms: form: absolute superlatives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Am citit un articol foarte interesant. (I've read a very interesting article). tex...

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word: anti-gay word_type: adj expansion: anti-gay (comparative more anti-gay, superlative most anti-gay) forms: form: more anti-gay tags: comparative form: most anti-gay tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From anti- + gay (“homosexual”). senses_examples: senses_categories: ...

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word: Jersey girl word_type: noun expansion: Jersey girl (plural Jersey girls) forms: form: Jersey girls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A woman, usually from New Jersey, characterized as loud and wearing bright clothing, excessive ...

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word: williwaw word_type: noun expansion: williwaw (plural williwaws) forms: form: williwaws tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown. senses_examples: text: The breeze in this case was the infamous north-Chicago williwaw that sometimes blows outward and bleacherward at Wrigley Field...

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word: basso word_type: noun expansion: basso (plural bassos or bassi) forms: form: bassos tags: plural form: bassi tags: plural wikipedia: basso etymology_text: From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass. senses_examples: senses_categories: sen...

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word: basso word_type: noun expansion: basso (plural bassoes) forms: form: bassoes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete spelling of bashaw. or pasha. senses_topics:

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word: arse word_type: noun expansion: arse (plural arses) forms: form: arses tags: plural wikipedia: arse etymology_text: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-Europ...

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word: arse word_type: verb expansion: arse (third-person singular simple present arses, present participle arsing, simple past and past participle arsed) forms: form: arses tags: present singular third-person form: arsing tags: participle present form: arsed tags: p...

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word: arse word_type: intj expansion: forms: form: table arse tags: canonical wikipedia: arse etymology_text: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érso...

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word: æsc word_type: noun expansion: æsc (plural æscas) forms: form: æscas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The symbol Æ, æ. senses_topics:

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word: wonder word_type: noun expansion: wonder (countable and uncountable, plural wonders) forms: form: wonders tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wu...

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word: wonder word_type: verb expansion: wonder (third-person singular simple present wonders, present participle wondering, simple past and past participle wondered) forms: form: wonders tags: present singular third-person form: wondering tags: participle present form: wo...

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word: addressee word_type: noun expansion: addressee (plural addressees) forms: form: addressees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From address + -ee. senses_examples: text: Person is a grammatical property which is overtly manifested in so-called Personal Pronouns: forms which inclu...

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word: hast word_type: verb expansion: hast forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English hast, havest, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *ha...

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word: NOFORN word_type: adj expansion: NOFORN forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of not for release to foreign nationals: used as a page header and footer in classified U.S. federal government documents, especially those from the Pentagon....

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word: sooner word_type: adj expansion: sooner forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: comparative form of soon: more soon senses_topics:

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word: sooner word_type: adv expansion: sooner forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I would sooner die than marry you! type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: comparative form of soon: more soon rather. senses_topics:

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word: ma'am word_type: noun expansion: ma'am (plural ma'ams) forms: form: ma'ams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is a contraction of madam, and represents a regional pronunciation of that word in the United Kingdom. The verb is derived from the noun. senses_examples: text: ...

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word: ma'am word_type: verb expansion: ma'am (third-person singular simple present ma'ams, present participle ma'aming or ma'amming, simple past and past participle ma'amed or ma'ammed) forms: form: ma'ams tags: present singular third-person form: ma'aming tags: participle pres...

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word: duet word_type: noun expansion: duet (plural duets) forms: form: duets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”). senses_examples: text: The fare is Caribbean with an Asian tou...

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word: duet word_type: verb expansion: duet (third-person singular simple present duets, present participle duetting or dueting, simple past and past participle duetted or dueted) forms: form: duets tags: present singular third-person form: duetting tags: participle present fo...

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word: braccio word_type: noun expansion: braccio (plural braccia) forms: form: braccia tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian braccio. Doublet of brachium. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a ya...

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word: repent word_type: verb expansion: repent (third-person singular simple present repents, present participle repenting, simple past and past participle repented) forms: form: repents tags: present singular third-person form: repenting tags: participle present form: re...

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word: repent word_type: adj expansion: repent forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“I creep”). senses_examples: text: The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds. ref: 1870, Samuel Klinefel...

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word: open-collar word_type: adj expansion: open-collar (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the ne...

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word: program word_type: noun expansion: program (plural programs) forms: form: programs tags: plural wikipedia: program etymology_text: From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from π...

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word: program word_type: verb expansion: program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming or programing, simple past and past participle programmed or programed) forms: form: programs tags: present singular third-person form: programming tags: ...

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word: sidereal word_type: adj expansion: sidereal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: sidereal etymology_text: From Latin sīdereus + -al (cf. Latin sīderālis), from sīdus (“star, constellation”), of unknown ultimate origin, likely a substrate language such as Pre-Greek. senses_examples: text: The field ...

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word: dale word_type: noun expansion: dale (plural dales) forms: form: dales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. senses_examples: text: Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty tr...

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word: dale word_type: noun expansion: dale (plural dales) forms: form: dales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century. senses_examples: text: ...

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word: pogrom word_type: noun expansion: pogrom (plural pogroms) forms: form: pogroms tags: plural wikipedia: pogrom etymology_text: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm). senses_examples: text: More strikingly, when blood ran on the streets of Pittsburgh af...

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word: pogrom word_type: verb expansion: pogrom (third-person singular simple present pogroms, present participle pogroming, simple past and past participle pogromed) forms: form: pogroms tags: present singular third-person form: pogroming tags: participle present form: po...

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word: fluke word_type: noun expansion: fluke (plural flukes) forms: form: flukes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown, perhaps dialectal. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly connected to sense 3, referring to whales' use of flukes to move rapidly...

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word: fluke word_type: verb expansion: fluke (third-person singular simple present flukes, present participle fluking, simple past and past participle fluked) forms: form: flukes tags: present singular third-person form: fluking tags: participle present form: fluked tag...

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word: fluke word_type: noun expansion: fluke (plural fluke or flukes) forms: form: fluke tags: plural form: flukes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old English flōc (“flatfish”), of Germanic origin, related to German flach (“flat”), Old Norse floke (“flatfish”), all ultima...

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word: fluke word_type: noun expansion: fluke (plural flukes) forms: form: flukes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Mid-16th century in the sense of “anchor blade”. Probably the same word as in etymology 2 above or else a related word for something flat (cf. Proto-Germanic *flakaz). A deriva...