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23600	word: dude word_type: noun expansion: dude (plural dudes) forms: form: dudes tags: plural wikipedia: American Speech James Caldwall The Chronicle of Higher Education Wellcome Library dude etymology_text: Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), pe...
23601	word: dude word_type: intj expansion: dude forms: wikipedia: American Speech James Caldwall The Chronicle of Higher Education Wellcome Library dude etymology_text: Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doo...
23602	word: dude word_type: verb expansion: dude (third-person singular simple present dudes, present participle dudeing or duding, simple past and past participle duded) forms: form: dudes tags: present singular third-person form: dudeing tags: participle present form: duding ...
23603	word: paire word_type: noun expansion: paire (plural paires) forms: form: paires tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of pair. senses_topics:
23604	word: Eis word_type: name expansion: Eis (plural Eises) forms: form: Eises tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from German Eis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname from German. senses_topics:
23605	word: kumquat word_type: noun expansion: kumquat (plural kumquats) forms: form: kumquats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) or 金橘 (gam¹ gwat¹, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...
23606	word: moot word_type: adj expansion: moot (comparative more moot, superlative most moot) forms: form: more moot tags: comparative form: most moot tags: superlative wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germa...
23607	word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots...
23608	word: moot word_type: verb expansion: moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted) forms: form: moots tags: present singular third-person form: mooting tags: participle present form: mooted tags: ...
23609	word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (countable and uncountable, plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtija...
23610	word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: Unknown. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Vagina. senses_topics:
23611	word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Dutch moot (“piece”). senses_examples: text: 'Ithin the woodlands, flow'ry gleäded, / By the woak tree's mossy moot ref: 1903, William Barnes, “My Orcha'd in L...
23612	word: moot word_type: verb expansion: moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted) forms: form: moots tags: present singular third-person form: mooting tags: participle present form: mooted tags: ...
23613	word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: Clipping of mutual with humorously altered pronunciation. senses_examples: text: Eid Mubarak to all my muslim moots out there ref: 2020, @healer_katara, "Café au Tw...
23614	word: taxman word_type: noun expansion: taxman (plural taxmen) forms: form: taxmen tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From tax + man. senses_examples: text: Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallar...
23615	word: wave word_type: verb expansion: wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved) forms: form: waves tags: present singular third-person form: waving tags: participle present form: waved tags: p...
23616	word: wave word_type: noun expansion: wave (plural waves) forms: form: waves tags: plural wikipedia: wave etymology_text: From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow...
23617	word: wave word_type: verb expansion: wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved) forms: form: waves tags: present singular third-person form: waving tags: participle present form: waved tags: p...
23618	word: wave word_type: verb expansion: wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved) forms: form: waves tags: present singular third-person form: waving tags: participle present form: waved tags: p...
23619	word: diner word_type: noun expansion: diner (plural diners) forms: form: diners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From dine + -er. Doublet of dinner. senses_examples: text: When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation...
23620	word: diner word_type: noun expansion: diner (plural diners) forms: form: diners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A commemorative currency of Andorra, not legal tender, divided into 100 centims. senses_topics:
23621	word: bowl word_type: noun expansion: bowl (plural bowls) forms: form: bowls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic bollā, from Proto-Germanic bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl...
23622	word: bowl word_type: noun expansion: bowl (plural bowls) forms: form: bowls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_g...
23623	word: bowl word_type: verb expansion: bowl (third-person singular simple present bowls, present participle bowling, simple past and past participle bowled) forms: form: bowls tags: present singular third-person form: bowling tags: participle present form: bowled tags: ...
23624	word: P45 word_type: noun expansion: P45 (plural P45s) forms: form: P45s tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The form number designated by Britain's HM Revenue and Customs department. senses_examples: text: 2012, Forbes, Has Unconventional Oil Production Peaked? Get any concessions wron...
23625	word: forage word_type: noun expansion: forage (countable and uncountable, plural forages) forms: form: forages tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), f...
23626	word: forage word_type: verb expansion: forage (third-person singular simple present forages, present participle foraging, simple past and past participle foraged) forms: form: forages tags: present singular third-person form: foraging tags: participle present form: forag...
23627	word: fisc word_type: noun expansion: fisc (plural fiscs) forms: form: fiscs tags: plural wikipedia: fisc etymology_text: Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal. senses_examples: text: When they had resolved...
23628	word: govern word_type: verb expansion: govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed) forms: form: governs tags: present singular third-person form: governing tags: participle present form: go...
23629	word: govern word_type: noun expansion: govern (plural governs) forms: form: governs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, gove...
23630	word: bachelor party word_type: noun expansion: bachelor party (plural bachelor parties) forms: form: bachelor parties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male...
23631	word: tour word_type: noun expansion: tour (plural tours) forms: form: tours tags: plural wikipedia: tour etymology_text: From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner. senses_examples: text: On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions. type: ex...
23632	word: tour word_type: verb expansion: tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) forms: form: tours tags: present singular third-person form: touring tags: participle present form: toured tags: ...
23633	word: tour word_type: noun expansion: tour (plural tours) forms: form: tours tags: plural wikipedia: tour etymology_text: From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A tower. senses_topics:
23634	word: tour word_type: verb expansion: tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) forms: form: tours tags: present singular third-person form: touring tags: participle present form: toured tags: ...
23635	word: lettre word_type: noun expansion: lettre (plural lettres) forms: form: lettres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of letter. senses_topics:
23636	word: mel word_type: noun expansion: mel (plural mels) forms: form: mels tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of melody. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another. senses...
23637	word: mel word_type: noun expansion: mel (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products. senses_topics:
23638	word: SOB word_type: noun expansion: SOB (countable and uncountable, plural SOBs) forms: form: SOBs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of son of a bitch. Initialism of shortness of breath. Initialism of souls o...
23639	word: Londoner word_type: noun expansion: Londoner (plural Londoners) forms: form: Londoners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Londonere, from Old English Lundenware, Lundenwaran pl (“Londoners”), from Lunden (“London”) + -ware pl (suffix denoting inhabitants), equivalen...
23640	word: clothing word_type: verb expansion: clothing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress,...
23641	word: clothing word_type: noun expansion: clothing (countable and uncountable, plural clothings) forms: form: clothings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch ...
23642	word: apace word_type: adv expansion: apace (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English apās (“step by step, slowly; quickly, rapidly; at once, promptly”), from Old French à pas (“at a quick pace”). senses_examples: text: Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace. ...
23643	word: blindworm word_type: noun expansion: blindworm (plural blindworms) forms: form: blindworms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English blynde worme, equivalent to blind + worm due to its very small eyes. senses_examples: text: "But I'll give you a bit of advi...
23644	word: triskelion word_type: noun expansion: triskelion (plural triskelions or triskelia) forms: form: triskelions tags: plural form: triskelia tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined c. 1881, as a diminutive of triskeles, specifically in numismatics to refer to minuscule forms ...
23645	word: autocannibalism word_type: noun expansion: autocannibalism (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From auto- + cannibalism. senses_examples: text: god damn it babies, you've got to involuntarily practice some degree of autocannibalism - alt text for Dinosaur Comics, February 15, 2012, h...
23646	word: tutoyer word_type: verb expansion: tutoyer (third-person singular simple present tutoyers, present participle tutoyering, simple past and past participle tutoyered) forms: form: tutoyers tags: present singular third-person form: tutoyering tags: participle present form:...
23647	word: conk word_type: noun expansion: conk (plural conks) forms: form: conks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of...
23648	word: conk word_type: verb expansion: conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) forms: form: conks tags: present singular third-person form: conking tags: participle present form: conked tags: ...
23649	word: conk word_type: noun expansion: conk (plural conks) forms: form: conks tags: plural wikipedia: conk etymology_text: From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and sty...
23650	word: conk word_type: verb expansion: conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) forms: form: conks tags: present singular third-person form: conking tags: participle present form: conked tags: ...
23651	word: conk word_type: verb expansion: conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) forms: form: conks tags: present singular third-person form: conking tags: participle present form: conked tags: ...
23652	word: computer virus word_type: noun expansion: computer virus (plural computer viruses or (proscribed) computer viri or (rare, chiefly non-native speakers’ English) computer vira) forms: form: computer viruses tags: plural form: computer viri tags: plural proscribed form: comput...
23653	word: vouvoyer word_type: verb expansion: vouvoyer (third-person singular simple present vouvoyers, present participle vouvoyering, simple past and past participle vouvoyered) forms: form: vouvoyers tags: present singular third-person form: vouvoyering tags: participle present ...
23654	word: embrace word_type: verb expansion: embrace (third-person singular simple present embraces, present participle embracing, simple past and past participle embraced) forms: form: embraces tags: present singular third-person form: embracing tags: participle present form: ...
23655	word: embrace word_type: noun expansion: embrace (plural embraces) forms: form: embraces tags: plural wikipedia: Bartolomeo Cesi Uffizi Gallery etymology_text: The verb is derived from Middle English embracen (“to clasp in one's arms, embrace; to reach out eagerly for, welcome; to enfold, entwin...
23656	word: free running word_type: noun expansion: free running (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: A term introduced by parkour practitioner Sebastien Foucan in a programme called Jump London as a synonym for parkour. The usage has since changed through the adverse reaction of parkour practitioners ...
23657	word: mac word_type: noun expansion: mac (plural macs) forms: form: macs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of mackintosh. senses_examples: text: Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said / You've got to go back / You kn...
23658	word: mac word_type: noun expansion: mac (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of macaroni. senses_examples: text: Is there any mac and cheese left? type: example text: Who wrote "kick me" on my back? Who put a spider in my mac? ref: 1998, Dennis Doyle, edited by A...
23659	word: bog standard word_type: adj expansion: bog standard (comparative more bog standard, superlative most bog standard) forms: form: more bog standard tags: comparative form: most bog standard tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_...
23660	word: doona word_type: noun expansion: doona (plural doonas) forms: form: doonas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Originally a product name, derived from Danish dyne /dyːnə/. Trademark owned by the Tontine Group. senses_examples: text: He had put the doona on sideways. My feet were s...
23661	word: doona word_type: contraction expansion: doona forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “I doona ken how he found us,” he muttered darkly. ref: 2005, Karen Marie Moning, Spell of the Highlander, page 122 type: quotation text: “Are you talking to those cats again...
23662	word: roux word_type: noun expansion: roux (plural roux) forms: form: roux tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French roux. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews. senses_topics:
23663	word: knock-knock joke word_type: noun expansion: knock-knock joke (plural knock-knock jokes) forms: form: knock-knock jokes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: knock-knock + joke senses_examples: text: Knock knock. text: "Who's there?" text: (The teller of the joke says a n...
23664	word: Kashmiri word_type: noun expansion: Kashmiri (plural Kashmiris) forms: form: Kashmiris tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A native or resident of Kashmir, or a descendant of such a person. senses_topics:
23665	word: Kashmiri word_type: name expansion: Kashmiri forms: wikipedia: Kashmiri language etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Dardic Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kashmir. senses_topics:
23666	word: Kashmiri word_type: adj expansion: Kashmiri (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or pertaining to the people or region of Kashmir or the Kashmiri language. senses_topics:
23667	word: skinflint word_type: noun expansion: skinflint (plural skinflints) forms: form: skinflints tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossi...
23668	word: skull word_type: noun expansion: skull (plural skulls) forms: form: skulls tags: plural wikipedia: skull etymology_text: From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English...
23669	word: skull word_type: verb expansion: skull (third-person singular simple present skulls, present participle skulling, simple past and past participle skulled) forms: form: skulls tags: present singular third-person form: skulling tags: participle present form: skulled ...
23670	word: skull word_type: noun expansion: skull (plural skulls) forms: form: skulls tags: plural wikipedia: skull etymology_text: See school (“a multitude”). senses_examples: text: A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. ref: 1586, William Warner, Albion’s England type: q...
23671	word: lambent word_type: adj expansion: lambent (comparative more lambent, superlative most lambent) forms: form: more lambent tags: comparative form: most lambent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin lambēns, present participle of lambō (“lick”). senses_examples: ...
23672	word: longa word_type: prep expansion: longa forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long. senses_examples: text: This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia. ref: 1991, Ji...
23673	word: longa word_type: noun expansion: longa (plural longæ or longe or longas) forms: form: longæ tags: plural form: longe tags: plural form: longas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin longa. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A musical ...
23674	word: confirmation word_type: noun expansion: confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations) forms: form: confirmations tags: plural wikipedia: confirmation (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, nou...
23675	word: ule word_type: noun expansion: ule forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish hule, from Classical Nahuatl ōlli. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilla elastica), related to the breadfruit tree, whose milky juice contains caoutchouc. s...
23676	word: band word_type: noun expansion: band (plural bands) forms: form: bands tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic bandą, ban...
23677	word: band word_type: verb expansion: band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded) forms: form: bands tags: present singular third-person form: banding tags: participle present form: banded tags: ...
23678	word: band word_type: noun expansion: band (plural bands) forms: form: bands tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish bend, from Proto-Germanic bandiz, from Proto-Indo-Eu...
23679	word: band word_type: verb expansion: band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded) forms: form: bands tags: present singular third-person form: banding tags: participle present form: banded tags: ...
23680	word: band word_type: verb expansion: band forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of bind senses_topics:
23681	word: band word_type: verb expansion: band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded) forms: form: bands tags: present singular third-person form: banding tags: participle present form: banded tags: ...
23682	word: nirvana word_type: noun expansion: nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas) forms: form: nirvanas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”), the second part cogn...
23683	word: free runner word_type: noun expansion: free runner (plural free runners) forms: form: free runners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who participates in free running. senses_topics:
23684	word: heading word_type: verb expansion: heading forms: wikipedia: Heading etymology_text: From head + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of head senses_topics:
23685	word: heading word_type: noun expansion: heading (plural headings) forms: form: headings tags: plural wikipedia: Heading etymology_text: From head + -ing. senses_examples: text: put the information under the "Advantages" heading type: example text: http://undergroundcoal.com.au...
23686	word: faster-than-light word_type: adj expansion: faster-than-light (comparative form only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Faster-than-light drives use element zero cores to reduce the mass of a ship, allowing higher rates of acceleration. This effectively raises the speed o...
23687	word: pundit word_type: noun expansion: pundit (plural pundits) forms: form: pundits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit. senses_examples: ...
23688	word: transformation word_type: noun expansion: transformation (countable and uncountable, plural transformations) forms: form: transformations tags: plural wikipedia: transformation etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -...
23689	word: time-traveller word_type: noun expansion: time-traveller (plural time-travellers) forms: form: time-travellers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who engages in time travel. senses_topics:
23690	word: belong word_type: verb expansion: belong (third-person singular simple present belongs, present participle belonging, simple past and past participle belonged) forms: form: belongs tags: present singular third-person form: belonging tags: participle present form: be...
23691	word: belong word_type: prep expansion: belong forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare Australian Kriol blanga, Bislama blong, Tok Pisin bilong, and Torres Strait Creole blong. senses_examples: text: Jim Campbell, Charlie, Dick, ... Fred, lubra b’longa him, me, thass all. ref: 1915, E. R. Mass...
23692	word: P.O.W. word_type: noun expansion: P.O.W. forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Gaston Huet, the proprietor, whose story is recounted in “Wine and War,” had returned after five years in a German P.O.W. camp. He was in a gravely weakened condition but was able to make the ’45, ...
23693	word: Bahá'í word_type: noun expansion: Bahá'í (plural Bahá'ís) forms: form: Bahá'ís tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼí senses_topics:
23694	word: Bahá'í word_type: adj expansion: Bahá'í (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼí senses_topics:
23695	word: bilirubin word_type: noun expansion: bilirubin (countable and uncountable, plural bilirubins) forms: form: bilirubins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From international scientific vocabulary, from German Bilirubin. By surface analysis, bili- + rub- + -in. The German word was natural...
23696	word: sous word_type: noun expansion: sous forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of sou senses_topics:
23697	word: sous word_type: noun expansion: sous (plural sous) forms: form: sous tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous […] ref: 1802, Laurence Sterne, A sentimental journey throug...
23698	word: sous word_type: noun expansion: sous (plural sous) forms: form: sous tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Denise left the Generator [restaurant] in the hands of her sous and took the train to New York to bail out her feckless brother and entertain her parent...
23699	word: gaff word_type: noun expansion: gaff (plural gaffs) forms: form: gaffs tags: plural wikipedia: gaff etymology_text: From Middle English gaffe, from Old French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍆- (gaff-) derived from 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban,...

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word: dude word_type: noun expansion: dude (plural dudes) forms: form: dudes tags: plural wikipedia: American Speech James Caldwall The Chronicle of Higher Education Wellcome Library dude etymology_text: Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), pe...

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word: dude word_type: intj expansion: dude forms: wikipedia: American Speech James Caldwall The Chronicle of Higher Education Wellcome Library dude etymology_text: Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doo...

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word: dude word_type: verb expansion: dude (third-person singular simple present dudes, present participle dudeing or duding, simple past and past participle duded) forms: form: dudes tags: present singular third-person form: dudeing tags: participle present form: duding ...

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word: paire word_type: noun expansion: paire (plural paires) forms: form: paires tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of pair. senses_topics:

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word: Eis word_type: name expansion: Eis (plural Eises) forms: form: Eises tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from German Eis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname from German. senses_topics:

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word: kumquat word_type: noun expansion: kumquat (plural kumquats) forms: form: kumquats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) or 金橘 (gam¹ gwat¹, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...

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word: moot word_type: adj expansion: moot (comparative more moot, superlative most moot) forms: form: more moot tags: comparative form: most moot tags: superlative wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germa...

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word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots...

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word: moot word_type: verb expansion: moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted) forms: form: moots tags: present singular third-person form: mooting tags: participle present form: mooted tags: ...

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word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (countable and uncountable, plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtija...

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word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: Unknown. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Vagina. senses_topics:

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word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: From Dutch moot (“piece”). senses_examples: text: 'Ithin the woodlands, flow'ry gleäded, / By the woak tree's mossy moot ref: 1903, William Barnes, “My Orcha'd in L...

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word: moot word_type: verb expansion: moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted) forms: form: moots tags: present singular third-person form: mooting tags: participle present form: mooted tags: ...

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word: moot word_type: noun expansion: moot (plural moots) forms: form: moots tags: plural wikipedia: moot etymology_text: Clipping of mutual with humorously altered pronunciation. senses_examples: text: Eid Mubarak to all my muslim moots out there ref: 2020, @healer_katara, "Café au Tw...

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word: taxman word_type: noun expansion: taxman (plural taxmen) forms: form: taxmen tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From tax + man. senses_examples: text: Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallar...

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word: wave word_type: verb expansion: wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved) forms: form: waves tags: present singular third-person form: waving tags: participle present form: waved tags: p...

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word: wave word_type: noun expansion: wave (plural waves) forms: form: waves tags: plural wikipedia: wave etymology_text: From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow...

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word: wave word_type: verb expansion: wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved) forms: form: waves tags: present singular third-person form: waving tags: participle present form: waved tags: p...

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word: wave word_type: verb expansion: wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved) forms: form: waves tags: present singular third-person form: waving tags: participle present form: waved tags: p...

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word: diner word_type: noun expansion: diner (plural diners) forms: form: diners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From dine + -er. Doublet of dinner. senses_examples: text: When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation...

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word: diner word_type: noun expansion: diner (plural diners) forms: form: diners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A commemorative currency of Andorra, not legal tender, divided into 100 centims. senses_topics:

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word: bowl word_type: noun expansion: bowl (plural bowls) forms: form: bowls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl...

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word: bowl word_type: noun expansion: bowl (plural bowls) forms: form: bowls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_g...

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word: bowl word_type: verb expansion: bowl (third-person singular simple present bowls, present participle bowling, simple past and past participle bowled) forms: form: bowls tags: present singular third-person form: bowling tags: participle present form: bowled tags: ...

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word: P45 word_type: noun expansion: P45 (plural P45s) forms: form: P45s tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The form number designated by Britain's HM Revenue and Customs department. senses_examples: text: 2012, Forbes, Has Unconventional Oil Production Peaked? Get any concessions wron...

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word: forage word_type: noun expansion: forage (countable and uncountable, plural forages) forms: form: forages tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), f...

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word: forage word_type: verb expansion: forage (third-person singular simple present forages, present participle foraging, simple past and past participle foraged) forms: form: forages tags: present singular third-person form: foraging tags: participle present form: forag...

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word: fisc word_type: noun expansion: fisc (plural fiscs) forms: form: fiscs tags: plural wikipedia: fisc etymology_text: Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal. senses_examples: text: When they had resolved...

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word: govern word_type: verb expansion: govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed) forms: form: governs tags: present singular third-person form: governing tags: participle present form: go...

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word: govern word_type: noun expansion: govern (plural governs) forms: form: governs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, gove...

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word: bachelor party word_type: noun expansion: bachelor party (plural bachelor parties) forms: form: bachelor parties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male...

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word: tour word_type: noun expansion: tour (plural tours) forms: form: tours tags: plural wikipedia: tour etymology_text: From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner. senses_examples: text: On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions. type: ex...

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word: tour word_type: verb expansion: tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) forms: form: tours tags: present singular third-person form: touring tags: participle present form: toured tags: ...

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word: tour word_type: noun expansion: tour (plural tours) forms: form: tours tags: plural wikipedia: tour etymology_text: From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A tower. senses_topics:

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word: tour word_type: verb expansion: tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) forms: form: tours tags: present singular third-person form: touring tags: participle present form: toured tags: ...

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word: lettre word_type: noun expansion: lettre (plural lettres) forms: form: lettres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of letter. senses_topics:

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word: mel word_type: noun expansion: mel (plural mels) forms: form: mels tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of melody. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another. senses...

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word: mel word_type: noun expansion: mel (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products. senses_topics:

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word: SOB word_type: noun expansion: SOB (countable and uncountable, plural SOBs) forms: form: SOBs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of son of a bitch. Initialism of shortness of breath. Initialism of souls o...

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word: Londoner word_type: noun expansion: Londoner (plural Londoners) forms: form: Londoners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Londonere, from Old English Lundenware, Lundenwaran pl (“Londoners”), from Lunden (“London”) + -ware pl (suffix denoting inhabitants), equivalen...

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word: clothing word_type: verb expansion: clothing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress,...

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word: clothing word_type: noun expansion: clothing (countable and uncountable, plural clothings) forms: form: clothings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch ...

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word: apace word_type: adv expansion: apace (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English apās (“step by step, slowly; quickly, rapidly; at once, promptly”), from Old French à pas (“at a quick pace”). senses_examples: text: Construction of the new offices is proceeding apace. ...

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word: blindworm word_type: noun expansion: blindworm (plural blindworms) forms: form: blindworms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English blynde worme, equivalent to blind + worm due to its very small eyes. senses_examples: text: "But I'll give you a bit of advi...

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word: triskelion word_type: noun expansion: triskelion (plural triskelions or triskelia) forms: form: triskelions tags: plural form: triskelia tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined c. 1881, as a diminutive of triskeles, specifically in numismatics to refer to minuscule forms ...

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word: autocannibalism word_type: noun expansion: autocannibalism (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From auto- + cannibalism. senses_examples: text: god damn it babies, you've got to involuntarily practice some degree of autocannibalism - alt text for Dinosaur Comics, February 15, 2012, h...

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word: tutoyer word_type: verb expansion: tutoyer (third-person singular simple present tutoyers, present participle tutoyering, simple past and past participle tutoyered) forms: form: tutoyers tags: present singular third-person form: tutoyering tags: participle present form:...

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word: conk word_type: noun expansion: conk (plural conks) forms: form: conks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of...

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word: conk word_type: verb expansion: conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) forms: form: conks tags: present singular third-person form: conking tags: participle present form: conked tags: ...

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word: conk word_type: noun expansion: conk (plural conks) forms: form: conks tags: plural wikipedia: conk etymology_text: From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and sty...

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word: conk word_type: verb expansion: conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) forms: form: conks tags: present singular third-person form: conking tags: participle present form: conked tags: ...

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word: conk word_type: verb expansion: conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) forms: form: conks tags: present singular third-person form: conking tags: participle present form: conked tags: ...

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word: computer virus word_type: noun expansion: computer virus (plural computer viruses or (proscribed) computer viri or (rare, chiefly non-native speakers’ English) computer vira) forms: form: computer viruses tags: plural form: computer viri tags: plural proscribed form: comput...

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word: vouvoyer word_type: verb expansion: vouvoyer (third-person singular simple present vouvoyers, present participle vouvoyering, simple past and past participle vouvoyered) forms: form: vouvoyers tags: present singular third-person form: vouvoyering tags: participle present ...

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word: embrace word_type: verb expansion: embrace (third-person singular simple present embraces, present participle embracing, simple past and past participle embraced) forms: form: embraces tags: present singular third-person form: embracing tags: participle present form: ...

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word: embrace word_type: noun expansion: embrace (plural embraces) forms: form: embraces tags: plural wikipedia: Bartolomeo Cesi Uffizi Gallery etymology_text: The verb is derived from Middle English embracen (“to clasp in one's arms, embrace; to reach out eagerly for, welcome; to enfold, entwin...

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word: free running word_type: noun expansion: free running (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: A term introduced by parkour practitioner Sebastien Foucan in a programme called Jump London as a synonym for parkour. The usage has since changed through the adverse reaction of parkour practitioners ...

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word: mac word_type: noun expansion: mac (plural macs) forms: form: macs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of mackintosh. senses_examples: text: Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said / You've got to go back / You kn...

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word: mac word_type: noun expansion: mac (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of macaroni. senses_examples: text: Is there any mac and cheese left? type: example text: Who wrote "kick me" on my back? Who put a spider in my mac? ref: 1998, Dennis Doyle, edited by A...

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word: bog standard word_type: adj expansion: bog standard (comparative more bog standard, superlative most bog standard) forms: form: more bog standard tags: comparative form: most bog standard tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_...

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word: doona word_type: noun expansion: doona (plural doonas) forms: form: doonas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Originally a product name, derived from Danish dyne /dyːnə/. Trademark owned by the Tontine Group. senses_examples: text: He had put the doona on sideways. My feet were s...

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word: doona word_type: contraction expansion: doona forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “I doona ken how he found us,” he muttered darkly. ref: 2005, Karen Marie Moning, Spell of the Highlander, page 122 type: quotation text: “Are you talking to those cats again...

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word: roux word_type: noun expansion: roux (plural roux) forms: form: roux tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French roux. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews. senses_topics:

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word: knock-knock joke word_type: noun expansion: knock-knock joke (plural knock-knock jokes) forms: form: knock-knock jokes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: knock-knock + joke senses_examples: text: Knock knock. text: "Who's there?" text: (The teller of the joke says a n...

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word: Kashmiri word_type: noun expansion: Kashmiri (plural Kashmiris) forms: form: Kashmiris tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A native or resident of Kashmir, or a descendant of such a person. senses_topics:

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word: Kashmiri word_type: name expansion: Kashmiri forms: wikipedia: Kashmiri language etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Dardic Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kashmir. senses_topics:

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word: Kashmiri word_type: adj expansion: Kashmiri (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or pertaining to the people or region of Kashmir or the Kashmiri language. senses_topics:

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word: skinflint word_type: noun expansion: skinflint (plural skinflints) forms: form: skinflints tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossi...

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word: skull word_type: noun expansion: skull (plural skulls) forms: form: skulls tags: plural wikipedia: skull etymology_text: From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English...

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word: skull word_type: verb expansion: skull (third-person singular simple present skulls, present participle skulling, simple past and past participle skulled) forms: form: skulls tags: present singular third-person form: skulling tags: participle present form: skulled ...

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word: skull word_type: noun expansion: skull (plural skulls) forms: form: skulls tags: plural wikipedia: skull etymology_text: See school (“a multitude”). senses_examples: text: A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. ref: 1586, William Warner, Albion’s England type: q...

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word: lambent word_type: adj expansion: lambent (comparative more lambent, superlative most lambent) forms: form: more lambent tags: comparative form: most lambent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin lambēns, present participle of lambō (“lick”). senses_examples: ...

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word: longa word_type: prep expansion: longa forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long. senses_examples: text: This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia. ref: 1991, Ji...

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word: longa word_type: noun expansion: longa (plural longæ or longe or longas) forms: form: longæ tags: plural form: longe tags: plural form: longas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin longa. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A musical ...

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word: confirmation word_type: noun expansion: confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations) forms: form: confirmations tags: plural wikipedia: confirmation (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, nou...

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word: ule word_type: noun expansion: ule forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish hule, from Classical Nahuatl ōlli. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilla elastica), related to the breadfruit tree, whose milky juice contains caoutchouc. s...

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word: band word_type: noun expansion: band (plural bands) forms: form: bands tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *ban...

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word: band word_type: verb expansion: band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded) forms: form: bands tags: present singular third-person form: banding tags: participle present form: banded tags: ...

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word: band word_type: noun expansion: band (plural bands) forms: form: bands tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-Eu...

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word: band word_type: verb expansion: band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded) forms: form: bands tags: present singular third-person form: banding tags: participle present form: banded tags: ...

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word: band word_type: verb expansion: band forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of bind senses_topics:

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word: band word_type: verb expansion: band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded) forms: form: bands tags: present singular third-person form: banding tags: participle present form: banded tags: ...

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word: nirvana word_type: noun expansion: nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas) forms: form: nirvanas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”), the second part cogn...

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word: free runner word_type: noun expansion: free runner (plural free runners) forms: form: free runners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who participates in free running. senses_topics:

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word: heading word_type: verb expansion: heading forms: wikipedia: Heading etymology_text: From head + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of head senses_topics:

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word: heading word_type: noun expansion: heading (plural headings) forms: form: headings tags: plural wikipedia: Heading etymology_text: From head + -ing. senses_examples: text: put the information under the "Advantages" heading type: example text: http://undergroundcoal.com.au...

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word: faster-than-light word_type: adj expansion: faster-than-light (comparative form only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Faster-than-light drives use element zero cores to reduce the mass of a ship, allowing higher rates of acceleration. This effectively raises the speed o...

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word: pundit word_type: noun expansion: pundit (plural pundits) forms: form: pundits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit. senses_examples: ...

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word: transformation word_type: noun expansion: transformation (countable and uncountable, plural transformations) forms: form: transformations tags: plural wikipedia: transformation etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -...

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word: time-traveller word_type: noun expansion: time-traveller (plural time-travellers) forms: form: time-travellers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who engages in time travel. senses_topics:

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word: belong word_type: verb expansion: belong (third-person singular simple present belongs, present participle belonging, simple past and past participle belonged) forms: form: belongs tags: present singular third-person form: belonging tags: participle present form: be...

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word: belong word_type: prep expansion: belong forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare Australian Kriol blanga, Bislama blong, Tok Pisin bilong, and Torres Strait Creole blong. senses_examples: text: Jim Campbell, Charlie, Dick, ... Fred, lubra b’longa him, me, thass all. ref: 1915, E. R. Mass...

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word: P.O.W. word_type: noun expansion: P.O.W. forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Gaston Huet, the proprietor, whose story is recounted in “Wine and War,” had returned after five years in a German P.O.W. camp. He was in a gravely weakened condition but was able to make the ’45, ...

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word: Bahá'í word_type: noun expansion: Bahá'í (plural Bahá'ís) forms: form: Bahá'ís tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼí senses_topics:

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word: Bahá'í word_type: adj expansion: Bahá'í (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼí senses_topics:

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word: bilirubin word_type: noun expansion: bilirubin (countable and uncountable, plural bilirubins) forms: form: bilirubins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From international scientific vocabulary, from German Bilirubin. By surface analysis, bili- + rub- + -in. The German word was natural...

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word: sous word_type: noun expansion: sous forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of sou senses_topics:

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word: sous word_type: noun expansion: sous (plural sous) forms: form: sous tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous […] ref: 1802, Laurence Sterne, A sentimental journey throug...

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word: sous word_type: noun expansion: sous (plural sous) forms: form: sous tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Denise left the Generator [restaurant] in the hands of her sous and took the train to New York to bail out her feckless brother and entertain her parent...

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word: gaff word_type: noun expansion: gaff (plural gaffs) forms: form: gaffs tags: plural wikipedia: gaff etymology_text: From Middle English gaffe, from Old French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍆- (gaff-) derived from 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban,...