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2800 | word:
guanaco
word_type:
noun
expansion:
guanaco (plural guanacos or guanacoes)
forms:
form:
guanacos
tags:
plural
form:
guanacoes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A Sout... |
2801 | word:
indefinite pronoun
word_type:
noun
expansion:
indefinite pronoun (plural indefinite pronouns)
forms:
form:
indefinite pronouns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A pronoun that does not specify the identity of its referent.
sense... |
2802 | word:
win
word_type:
verb
expansion:
win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past won or (obsolete) wan, past participle won)
forms:
form:
wins
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
winning
tags:
participle
present
form:
won
... |
2803 | word:
win
word_type:
noun
expansion:
win (plural wins)
forms:
form:
wins
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
win
etymology_text:
From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winną (“labour, struggle, fight”... |
2804 | word:
win
word_type:
noun
expansion:
win
forms:
wikipedia:
win
etymology_text:
From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European ... |
2805 | word:
win
word_type:
verb
expansion:
win
forms:
wikipedia:
win
etymology_text:
From wind.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To dry by exposure to the wind.
senses_topics:
|
2806 | word:
Icelandic
word_type:
name
expansion:
Icelandic
forms:
wikipedia:
Icelandic language
etymology_text:
From Iceland + -ic.
senses_examples:
text:
Although it's hard for us to imagine, they see the pixels in a raw, uninterpreted fashion, and thus to them a TV screen is as drained of long-ago-and-far-... |
2807 | word:
Icelandic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Icelandic (plural Icelandics)
forms:
form:
Icelandics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Icelandic language
etymology_text:
From Iceland + -ic.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A native or inhabitant of Iceland; an Icelander.
An Icelandic ... |
2808 | word:
Icelandic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Icelandic (comparative more Icelandic, superlative most Icelandic)
forms:
form:
more Icelandic
tags:
comparative
form:
most Icelandic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Icelandic language
etymology_text:
From Iceland + -ic.
senses_examples:
text:... |
2809 | word:
simple present
word_type:
noun
expansion:
simple present (usually uncountable, plural simple presents)
forms:
form:
simple presents
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
simple (“accompanied by no modal or auxiliary verb”)
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The presen... |
2810 | word:
subjunctive
word_type:
adj
expansion:
subjunctive (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.... |
2811 | word:
subjunctive
word_type:
noun
expansion:
subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)
forms:
form:
subjunctives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add... |
2812 | word:
indirect object
word_type:
noun
expansion:
indirect object (plural indirect objects)
forms:
form:
indirect objects
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
indirect object
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a sec... |
2813 | word:
Slovak
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Slovak (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Slovak Slovák (“Slovak”), from a shortening of Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”) + -ák. Related to Slovene.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Sl... |
2814 | word:
Slovak
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Slovak (countable and uncountable, plural Slovaks)
forms:
form:
Slovaks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Slovak Slovák (“Slovak”), from a shortening of Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”) + -ák. Related to Slovene.
senses_examples:
senses_categor... |
2815 | word:
negative clause
word_type:
noun
expansion:
negative clause (plural negative clauses)
forms:
form:
negative clauses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
a clause that states a negative
senses_topics:
grammar
human-sciences
lin... |
2816 | word:
direct verb
word_type:
noun
expansion:
direct verb (plural direct verbs)
forms:
form:
direct verbs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A verb that agrees in person and number with the subject of a clause, by conjugation. Conjugati... |
2817 | word:
worst
word_type:
adj
expansion:
worst
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”). Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German... |
2818 | word:
worst
word_type:
adv
expansion:
worst
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”). Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German... |
2819 | word:
worst
word_type:
noun
expansion:
worst (plural worsts)
forms:
form:
worsts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”). Cognate with O... |
2820 | word:
worst
word_type:
verb
expansion:
worst (third-person singular simple present worsts, present participle worsting, simple past and past participle worsted)
forms:
form:
worsts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
worsting
tags:
participle
present
form:
worsted
... |
2821 | word:
degrees of comparison
word_type:
noun
expansion:
degrees of comparison
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of degree of comparison
senses_topics:
|
2822 | word:
spring
word_type:
verb
expansion:
spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springing, simple past sprang or sprung, past participle sprung)
forms:
form:
springs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
springing
tags:
participle
present
... |
2823 | word:
spring
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spring (countable and uncountable, plural springs)
forms:
form:
springs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
spring
etymology_text:
From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”); partly from Old English spr... |
2824 | word:
spring
word_type:
adj
expansion:
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
senses_topics:
|
2825 | word:
Saxon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Saxon (plural Saxons)
forms:
form:
Saxons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Saxon
etymology_text:
Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxonem... |
2826 | word:
Saxon
word_type:
name
expansion:
Saxon
forms:
wikipedia:
Saxon
etymology_text:
Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxonem, accusative of Saxo (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-Wes... |
2827 | word:
Saxon
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Saxon (comparative more Saxon, superlative most Saxon)
forms:
form:
more Saxon
tags:
comparative
form:
most Saxon
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Saxon
etymology_text:
Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plura... |
2828 | word:
present continuous
word_type:
noun
expansion:
present continuous (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tense that describes an ongoing action in the present. In English it is formed by use of a form of be with a present participle.
s... |
2829 | word:
twelve
word_type:
num
expansion:
twelve
forms:
wikipedia:
twelve
etymology_text:
From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Ind... |
2830 | word:
twelve
word_type:
noun
expansion:
twelve (plural twelves)
forms:
form:
twelves
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
twelve
etymology_text:
From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left o... |
2831 | word:
Finnish
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Finnish (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Finnish
etymology_text:
From Finn + -ish.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of or pertaining to Finland; Finlandic, Finlandish.
Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.
senses_topics:
|
2832 | word:
Finnish
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Finnish (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Finnish
etymology_text:
From Finn + -ish.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country ... |
2833 | word:
ground
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)
forms:
form:
grounds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ground
etymology_text:
From Middle English grounde, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German G... |
2834 | word:
ground
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ground (third-person singular simple present grounds, present participle grounding, simple past and past participle grounded)
forms:
form:
grounds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
grounding
tags:
participle
present
form:
gr... |
2835 | word:
ground
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ground
forms:
wikipedia:
ground
etymology_text:
Inflected form of grind. See also milled.
senses_examples:
text:
I ground the coffee up nicely.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of grind
senses_topics:
|
2836 | word:
ground
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ground (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
ground
etymology_text:
Inflected form of grind. See also milled.
senses_examples:
text:
ground mustard seed
type:
example
text:
Alike, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, seemed ground to finest dust, and powdered, ... |
2837 | word:
auxiliary verb
word_type:
noun
expansion:
auxiliary verb (plural auxiliary verbs)
forms:
form:
auxiliary verbs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in ... |
2838 | word:
indefinite article
word_type:
noun
expansion:
indefinite article (plural indefinite articles)
forms:
form:
indefinite articles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The English Indefinite Article, "a" or "an", is more frequently used that the Italian Indefini... |
2839 | word:
violet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
violet (plural violets)
forms:
form:
violets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
violet
etymology_text:
From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”). Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish ... |
2840 | word:
violet
word_type:
adj
expansion:
violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)
forms:
form:
violeter
tags:
comparative
form:
violetest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
violet
etymology_text:
From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin vio... |
2841 | word:
compound sentence
word_type:
noun
expansion:
compound sentence (plural compound sentences)
forms:
form:
compound sentences
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjun... |
2842 | word:
noun phrase
word_type:
noun
expansion:
noun phrase (plural noun phrases)
forms:
form:
noun phrases
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The term "restaurant supply service" is a noun phrase, as are "red blood cell" and "happy cat".
type:
example
text... |
2843 | word:
crow eater
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crow eater (plural crow eaters)
forms:
form:
crow eaters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of croweater
senses_topics:
|
2844 | word:
passive voice
word_type:
noun
expansion:
passive voice (usually uncountable, plural passive voices)
forms:
form:
passive voices
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor. ["is ... criticized" ... |
2845 | word:
banana bender
word_type:
noun
expansion:
banana bender (plural banana benders)
forms:
form:
banana benders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
“Not now, you banana bender! The Commencement Speech takes place at the dinner tonight.”
“Banana bender! I'm not f... |
2846 | word:
dative case
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dative case (plural dative cases)
forms:
form:
dative cases
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an a... |
2847 | word:
weekend
word_type:
noun
expansion:
weekend (plural weekends)
forms:
form:
weekends
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“wee... |
2848 | word:
weekend
word_type:
verb
expansion:
weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)
forms:
form:
weekends
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
weekending
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
2849 | word:
weekend
word_type:
adj
expansion:
weekend (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), ... |
2850 | word:
Territorian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Territorian (plural Territorians)
forms:
form:
Territorians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From territory + -an.
senses_examples:
text:
Territorians also could elect a representative to Federal Parliament (a right granted in 1923).
ref... |
2851 | word:
direct object
word_type:
noun
expansion:
direct object (plural direct objects)
forms:
form:
direct objects
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.
Such an object when it... |
2852 | word:
wombat
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wombat (plural wombats)
forms:
form:
wombats
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
wombat
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of sever... |
2853 | word:
sandgroper
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sandgroper (plural sandgropers)
forms:
form:
sandgropers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Sandgroper
etymology_text:
From sand + groper. The sense “Western Australian” may originate either as a reference to the relatively large proportion of desert in the state o... |
2854 | word:
plant
word_type:
noun
expansion:
plant (plural plants)
forms:
form:
plants
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”). Broader sense of "any vegetable l... |
2855 | word:
plant
word_type:
verb
expansion:
plant (third-person singular simple present plants, present participle planting, simple past and past participle planted)
forms:
form:
plants
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
planting
tags:
participle
present
form:
planted
... |
2856 | word:
intransitive verb
word_type:
noun
expansion:
intransitive verb (plural intransitive verbs)
forms:
form:
intransitive verbs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb.
type:
example
text:
‘Feel’ i... |
2857 | word:
raccoon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
raccoon (plural raccoons)
forms:
form:
raccoons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
raccoon
etymology_text:
From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”).
senses_examples:
text:
Thus we're presented with[…]a man who ha... |
2858 | word:
anarchy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies)
forms:
form:
anarchies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
anarchy
etymology_text:
From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía). By surface analysis, an- + -archy.
senses_examples:
text:
An... |
2859 | word:
brekkie
word_type:
noun
expansion:
brekkie (countable and uncountable, plural brekkies)
forms:
form:
brekkies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
What's for brekkie, Dad?
type:
example
text:
For quotations using this term, see Citations:brekkie.... |
2860 | word:
impala
word_type:
noun
expansion:
impala (plural impalas or impala)
forms:
form:
impalas
tags:
plural
form:
impala
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Zulu impala.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for... |
2861 | word:
Taswegian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Taswegian (plural Taswegians)
forms:
form:
Taswegians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Royal Australian Navy
etymology_text:
Blend of Tasmanian + Glaswegian. Royal Australian Navy slang from about 1930. Possibly a reference to the cold climate of Tasmania, compari... |
2862 | word:
five hundred
word_type:
num
expansion:
five hundred
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.
sense... |
2863 | word:
five hundred
word_type:
noun
expansion:
five hundred (countable and uncountable, plural five hundreds)
forms:
form:
five hundreds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A note worth 500 units of some currency.
A trick-taking card... |
2864 | word:
prick
word_type:
noun
expansion:
prick (plural pricks)
forms:
form:
pricks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
prick
etymology_text:
From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, f... |
2865 | word:
prick
word_type:
verb
expansion:
prick (third-person singular simple present pricks, present participle pricking, simple past and past participle pricked)
forms:
form:
pricks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
pricking
tags:
participle
present
form:
pricked
... |
2866 | word:
multicolour yawn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
multicolour yawn (plural multicolour yawns)
forms:
form:
multicolour yawns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Consequently, to brighten up a shady spot in the front garden we have recently added ‘Harlequin’, its ... |
2867 | word:
dry as a dead dingo's donger
word_type:
adj
expansion:
dry as a dead dingo's donger (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
‘Not on a Sunday, mate. Town's as dry as a dead dingo′s donger. This is Queensland,’ explained one of the station hands.
ref:
2008,... |
2868 | word:
kangaroo bar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
kangaroo bar (plural kangaroo bars)
forms:
form:
kangaroo bars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The kangaroo bar is attached to the car at five points. Two bottom tubes are fixed via big plate brackets running insi... |
2869 | word:
roo bar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
roo bar (plural roo bars)
forms:
form:
roo bars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of kangaroo bar
senses_examples:
text:
Mr Giles has even, rather whimsically, helped design his preferred vehicle: roo bar for those late-night mercy das... |
2870 | word:
liquid laugh
word_type:
noun
expansion:
liquid laugh (plural liquid laughs)
forms:
form:
liquid laughs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The Australian national passtime is drinking as much Foster's as possible and then spewing it up again (recently all o... |
2871 | word:
regime
word_type:
noun
expansion:
regime (plural regimes)
forms:
form:
regimes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
regime
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French régime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
senses_examples:
text:
a prison regime
type:
example
text... |
2872 | word:
unvaluable
word_type:
adj
expansion:
unvaluable (comparative more unvaluable, superlative most unvaluable)
forms:
form:
more unvaluable
tags:
comparative
form:
most unvaluable
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From un- + valuable.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:... |
2873 | word:
U-turn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
U-turn (plural U-turns)
forms:
form:
U-turns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
U + turn, from the similarity to the shape of the letter U.
senses_examples:
text:
The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integrat... |
2874 | word:
U-turn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
U-turn (third-person singular simple present U-turns, present participle U-turning, simple past and past participle U-turned)
forms:
form:
U-turns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
U-turning
tags:
participle
present
form:
U-... |
2875 | word:
Georgia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Georgia
forms:
wikipedia:
Georgia
en:Pomponius Mela
etymology_text:
A borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from Classical Persian گرج (gurj) (with influence from (sānctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”), alluding to the saint's popularity in the coun... |
2876 | word:
Georgia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Georgia
forms:
wikipedia:
Georgia
etymology_text:
From George (male given name) + -ia (place-name suffix).
senses_examples:
text:
I said, Georgia, oh, Georgia
No peace I find
Just an old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
ref:
1930, “Georgia on My Mind”,... |
2877 | word:
Georgia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Georgia
forms:
wikipedia:
Georgia
etymology_text:
Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).
senses_examples:
text:
"Georgia?" his mother said. "Why in the world would a mother want to give her daughter such an outlandish... |
2878 | word:
nickel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nickel (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)
forms:
form:
nickels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
nickel
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mine... |
2879 | word:
nickel
word_type:
adj
expansion:
nickel (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
nickel
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nicke... |
2880 | word:
nickel
word_type:
verb
expansion:
nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling or nickelling, simple past and past participle nickeled or nickelled)
forms:
form:
nickels
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
nickeling
tags:
participle... |
2881 | word:
g'day
word_type:
intj
expansion:
g'day
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Contraction of good day.
senses_examples:
text:
"G'day, Missus," said he, with a jerk of his head, and he shifted from one leg to the other, and turned his hat over and over uneasily in his great brown hands.
[…]
"G'day," s... |
2882 | word:
pavement pizza
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pavement pizza (countable and uncountable, plural pavement pizzas)
forms:
form:
pavement pizzas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I think I'm about to deliver a pavement pizza.
type:
example
text:
Bein... |
2883 | word:
donger
word_type:
noun
expansion:
donger (plural dongers)
forms:
form:
dongers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Variant of dong.
senses_examples:
text:
My donger gets sucked right up inside this bloody hose. Hell it was painful. / ‘Christ almighty,’ Sandy said. ‘Yer right. She′... |
2884 | word:
donger
word_type:
noun
expansion:
donger (plural dongers)
forms:
form:
dongers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From donga (“transportable cabin”).
senses_examples:
text:
The first donger had one of its sliding windows open a crack, so I was able to get in there without leaving... |
2885 | word:
cardinal number
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cardinal number (plural cardinal numbers)
forms:
form:
cardinal numbers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
type:
example
text:
The cardinal number “thr... |
2886 | word:
bull bar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bull bar (plural bull bars)
forms:
form:
bull bars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
2003 October, Cliff Gromer (article editor), GreatStuff, Popular Mechanics, page 120,
Bull bars give your SUV a macho look, as well as... |
2887 | word:
compass
word_type:
noun
expansion:
compass (plural compasses)
forms:
form:
compasses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
compass
etymology_text:
From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a c... |
2888 | word:
compass
word_type:
verb
expansion:
compass (third-person singular simple present compasses, present participle compassing, simple past and past participle compassed)
forms:
form:
compasses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
compassing
tags:
participle
present
for... |
2889 | word:
compass
word_type:
adv
expansion:
compass (comparative more compass, superlative most compass)
forms:
form:
more compass
tags:
comparative
form:
most compass
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
compass
etymology_text:
From Middle English compassen (“to go around, make a circuit, draw a ... |
2890 | word:
musical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)
forms:
form:
more musical
tags:
comparative
form:
most musical
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mū... |
2891 | word:
musical
word_type:
noun
expansion:
musical (plural musicals)
forms:
form:
musicals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to musi... |
2892 | word:
Welsh
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Welsh (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Volcae
etymology_text:
From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (... |
2893 | word:
Welsh
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Welsh (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh)
forms:
form:
Welsh
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Volcae
etymology_text:
From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *w... |
2894 | word:
Welsh
word_type:
name
expansion:
Welsh (plural Welshes)
forms:
form:
Welshes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Volcae
etymology_text:
From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later ... |
2895 | word:
Qiana
word_type:
name
expansion:
Qiana
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Introduced in the 1960s; originally a trademark of DuPont.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A silky material made from nylon fibers.
senses_topics:
|
2896 | word:
alpaca
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alpaca (countable and uncountable, plural alpacas or alpaca)
forms:
form:
alpacas
tags:
plural
form:
alpaca
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
senses_examples:
text:
A lady in frayed... |
2897 | word:
koala
word_type:
noun
expansion:
koala (plural koalas)
forms:
form:
koalas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Dharug gula or gulawany.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broa... |
2898 | word:
adjunct
word_type:
noun
expansion:
adjunct (plural adjuncts)
forms:
form:
adjuncts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
adjunct
etymology_text:
From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.
senses_examples:
text:
noun adj... |
2899 | word:
adjunct
word_type:
adj
expansion:
adjunct (comparative more adjunct, superlative most adjunct)
forms:
form:
more adjunct
tags:
comparative
form:
most adjunct
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
adjunct
etymology_text:
From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to... |
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