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word: august word_type: verb expansion: august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted) forms: form: augusts tags: present singular third-person form: augusting tags: participle present form: au...
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word: august word_type: noun expansion: august (plural augusts) forms: form: augusts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”) senses_topics:
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word: dotcom word_type: noun expansion: dotcom (plural dotcoms) forms: form: dotcoms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From dot + com, from the DNS suffix .com. senses_examples: text: Even mainstream, primetime narratives in the domestic sphere, for instance, now provide unremarkable ...
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word: dotcom word_type: verb expansion: dotcom (third-person singular simple present dotcoms, present participle dotcomming, simple past and past participle dotcommed) forms: form: dotcoms tags: present singular third-person form: dotcomming tags: participle present form: ...
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word: abracadabra word_type: noun expansion: abracadabra (plural abracadabras) forms: form: abracadabras tags: plural wikipedia: abracadabra etymology_text: From Late Latin abracadabra, a word used in magical writings, of unknown origin. Relationships have been suggested with Abraxas (a Gnostic de...
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word: abracadabra word_type: intj expansion: abracadabra forms: wikipedia: abracadabra etymology_text: From Late Latin abracadabra, a word used in magical writings, of unknown origin. Relationships have been suggested with Abraxas (a Gnostic deity), and with various Aramaic or Hebrew terms עַבְרָא כְּדַבְרָא...
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word: dollarization word_type: noun expansion: dollarization (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From dollarize + -ation. senses_examples: text: Making dollarisation work requires structural reform, something President Noboa has failed to achieve. Ecuador's businesses are struggling agains...
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word: acceptor word_type: noun expansion: acceptor (plural acceptors) forms: form: acceptors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who accep...
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word: aberration word_type: noun expansion: aberration (countable and uncountable, plural aberrations) forms: form: aberrations tags: plural wikipedia: aberration etymology_text: A learned borrowing from Latin aberrātiō (“relief, diversion”), first attested in 1594, from aberrō (“wander away, go a...
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word: accordingly word_type: adv expansion: accordingly (comparative more accordingly, superlative most accordingly) forms: form: more accordingly tags: comparative form: most accordingly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to accord...
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word: accidentally word_type: adv expansion: accidentally (comparative more accidentally, superlative most accidentally) forms: form: more accidentally tags: comparative form: most accidentally tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accidental + -ly. senses_examples: text...
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word: abandonment word_type: noun expansion: abandonment (countable and uncountable, plural abandonments) forms: form: abandonments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”). abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bando...
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word: EBITDA word_type: noun expansion: EBITDA (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acronym of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization: revenue after the subtraction of dividends but before the deduction of interest, ...
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word: Lemko word_type: noun expansion: Lemko (plural Lemkos) forms: form: Lemkos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A member of a Rusyn ethnic subgroup from the Carpathian mountain area. senses_topics:
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word: Lemko word_type: name expansion: Lemko forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The language of this group of Carpatho-Rusyns, which is sometimes considered a dialect of Ukrainian or of Rusyn. senses_topics:
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word: LDP word_type: noun expansion: LDP (plural LDPs) forms: form: LDPs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of limited driving privilege. senses_topics: automotive transport vehicles
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word: LDP word_type: name expansion: LDP forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Japan's keiretsu—or families of firms in large scratch-each-other's back networks—supported this or that faction in the LDP, producing a highly successful, structurally corrupt model of economic develop...
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word: acceptable word_type: adj expansion: acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable) forms: form: more acceptable tags: comparative form: most acceptable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable...
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word: abstruse word_type: adj expansion: abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse) forms: form: abstruser tags: comparative form: more abstruse tags: comparative form: abstrusest tags: superlative form: most abstruse tags...
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word: abortive word_type: adj expansion: abortive (comparative more abortive, superlative most abortive) forms: form: more abortive tags: comparative form: most abortive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscar...
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word: abortive word_type: noun expansion: abortive (plural abortives) forms: form: abortives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing a...
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word: abortive word_type: verb expansion: abortive (third-person singular simple present abortives, present participle abortiving, simple past and past participle abortived) forms: form: abortives tags: present singular third-person form: abortiving tags: participle present f...
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word: ablaut word_type: noun expansion: ablaut (countable and uncountable, plural ablauts) forms: form: ablauts tags: plural wikipedia: Indo-European ablaut etymology_text: Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in ...
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word: ablaut word_type: verb expansion: ablaut (third-person singular simple present ablauts, present participle ablauting, simple past and past participle ablauted) forms: form: ablauts tags: present singular third-person form: ablauting tags: participle present form: ab...
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word: enterprise union word_type: noun expansion: enterprise union (plural enterprise unions) forms: form: enterprise unions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather th...
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word: thesaurus word_type: noun expansion: thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses) forms: form: thesauri tags: plural form: thesauruses tags: plural wikipedia: thesaurus etymology_text: 16th century, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure...
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word: your mileage may vary word_type: phrase expansion: your mileage may vary forms: wikipedia: Field & Stream United States Environmental Protection Agency etymology_text: The United States Environmental Protection Agency requires all new vehicles to undergo a set of standard emissions tests which simula...
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word: YMCA word_type: name expansion: YMCA forms: wikipedia: YMCA etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Young Men's Christian Association. senses_topics:
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word: YMCA word_type: noun expansion: YMCA (plural YMCAs) forms: form: YMCAs tags: plural wikipedia: YMCA etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hostel or other facility operated by the Young Men's Christian Association. A particular dance in which the arms ...
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word: abattoir word_type: noun expansion: abattoir (plural abattoirs) forms: form: abattoirs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”). senses_examples: text: Once the cows reach maturity, they're ...
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word: accepter word_type: noun expansion: accepter (plural accepters) forms: form: accepters tags: plural wikipedia: Trésor de la langue française informatisé etymology_text: From accept + -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur. senses_examples: text: There is no benefyt...
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word: OBE word_type: name expansion: OBE forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Office of Bilingual Education. Initialism of Office of Business Economics, now BEA. Initialism of Oregon Board of Education. Initialism of Ottawa Boar...
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word: OBE word_type: noun expansion: OBE (countable and uncountable, plural OBEs) forms: form: OBEs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: For this government, the OBE for our economic troubles was first Covid, then Ukraine. ref: 2022 November 27, William ...
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word: OBE word_type: adj expansion: OBE (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of overcome / overtaken by events (i.e., now obsolete) senses_topics:
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word: full whack word_type: noun expansion: full whack (plural full whacks) forms: form: full whacks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: We had to pay the full whack. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: The entire amount. senses_topics:
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word: full whack word_type: adv expansion: full whack (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To the maximum extent. senses_topics:
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word: IRC word_type: name expansion: IRC forms: wikipedia: IRC (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Internet Relay Chat. Initialism of Internal Revenue Code. Initialism of International Rescue Committee. senses_topics: law
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word: IRC word_type: noun expansion: IRC (plural IRCs or IRC's) forms: form: IRCs tags: plural form: IRC's tags: plural wikipedia: IRC (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of international reply coupon. senses_topics:
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word: IRC word_type: verb expansion: IRC (third-person singular simple present IRCs, present participle IRCing, simple past and past participle IRCed) forms: form: IRCs tags: present singular third-person form: IRCing tags: participle present form: IRCed tags: parti...
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word: tables word_type: noun expansion: tables forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of table senses_topics:
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word: tables word_type: noun expansion: tables pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Hervor proceeded to the court of King Gudmund, and there one day as she was playing at tables with the king, one of the servants chanced to take up and draw Tirfing, which shone li...
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word: tables word_type: verb expansion: tables forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of table senses_topics:
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word: archaeastronomy word_type: noun expansion: archaeastronomy (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From archae- + astronomy. senses_examples: text: Archaeoastronomy is an endeavor to find out something about ancient astronomy and related matters through the use of archeological data and ...
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word: transvestite word_type: noun expansion: transvestite (plural transvestites) forms: form: transvestites tags: plural wikipedia: Magnus Hirschfeld transvestite etymology_text: From Latin trans + vestite, form of vestiō (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross...
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word: FAC word_type: noun expansion: FAC (plural FACs) forms: form: FACs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Forward Air Control. Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion. Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion....
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word: merchandise word_type: noun expansion: merchandise (usually uncountable, plural merchandises) forms: form: merchandises tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying, purchasing; business transaction, bargain, deal; agreement; trade, vo...
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word: merchandise word_type: verb expansion: merchandise (third-person singular simple present merchandises, present participle merchandising, simple past and past participle merchandised) forms: form: merchandises tags: present singular third-person form: merchandising tags: parti...
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word: abscess word_type: noun expansion: abscess (plural abscesses) forms: form: abscesses tags: plural wikipedia: abscess etymology_text: From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede. senses_e...
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word: abscess word_type: verb expansion: abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed) forms: form: abscesses tags: present singular third-person form: abscessing tags: participle present for...
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word: futurism word_type: noun expansion: futurism (countable and uncountable, plural futurisms) forms: form: futurisms tags: plural wikipedia: futurism etymology_text: From future + -ism. senses_examples: text: Suffice it to say that Futurism has a gratifying dislike both of Liberal politic...
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word: ASCII word_type: name expansion: ASCII forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Thus, to translate an EBCDIC message into an ASCII one we need a table with 256 one-byte entries. In each position we put the ASCII code that corresponds to that EBCDIC entry. ref: 1989, D. Rus...
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word: teleport word_type: verb expansion: teleport (third-person singular simple present teleports, present participle teleporting, simple past and past participle teleported) forms: form: teleports tags: present singular third-person form: teleporting tags: participle present ...
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word: teleport word_type: noun expansion: teleport (plural teleports) forms: form: teleports tags: plural wikipedia: en:teleport en:teleportation etymology_text: Back-formation from teleportation. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of teleporter (“science fiction dev...
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word: teleport word_type: noun expansion: teleport (plural teleports) forms: form: teleports tags: plural wikipedia: en:teleport etymology_text: From tele- + port. senses_examples: text: Teleports provide access to multiple satellites and other media as well. Independently owned teleports ma...
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word: spacer word_type: noun expansion: spacer (plural spacers) forms: form: spacers tags: plural wikipedia: spacer etymology_text: From space + -er. senses_examples: text: It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on consideri...
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word: lente word_type: noun expansion: lente (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente. senses_topics:
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word: steganography word_type: noun expansion: steganography (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: steganography etymology_text: From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -graphy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The practice of hiding messages, so that the presence of the me...
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word: OCR word_type: name expansion: OCR forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board) Initialism of Office for Civil Rights. Initialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi. senses_topics: education g...
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word: OCR word_type: noun expansion: OCR (countable and uncountable, plural OCRs) forms: form: OCRs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle). Initialism of o...
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word: OCR word_type: verb expansion: OCR (third-person singular simple present OCRs, present participle OCRing, simple past and past participle OCRed) forms: form: OCRs tags: present singular third-person form: OCRing tags: participle present form: OCRed tags: parti...
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word: vivify word_type: verb expansion: vivify (third-person singular simple present vivifies, present participle vivifying, simple past and past participle vivified) forms: form: vivifies tags: present singular third-person form: vivifying tags: participle present form: ...
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word: Achilles tendon word_type: noun expansion: Achilles tendon (plural Achilles tendons) forms: form: Achilles tendons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Calque of New Latin Achillis tendo, a term devised by the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyden in 1693 in reference to the mythological acco...
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word: Roman numeral word_type: noun expansion: Roman numeral (plural Roman numerals) forms: form: Roman numerals tags: plural wikipedia: Roman numerals etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, ...
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word: Lethean word_type: adj expansion: Lethean forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē). senses_examples: text: They ferry over this Lethean sound. ref: 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost type: quotation text: The cup which was offered to you when...
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word: resile word_type: verb expansion: resile (third-person singular simple present resiles, present participle resiling, simple past and past participle resiled) forms: form: resiles tags: present singular third-person form: resiling tags: participle present form: resil...
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word: premature word_type: adj expansion: premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature) forms: form: more premature tags: comparative form: most premature tags: superlative wikipedia: premature etymology_text: From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. At...
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word: premature word_type: noun expansion: premature (plural prematures) forms: form: prematures tags: plural wikipedia: premature etymology_text: From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. Attested circa 1520. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An infant born premat...
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word: swap word_type: verb expansion: swap (third-person singular simple present swaps, present participle swapping, simple past and past participle swapped) forms: form: swaps tags: present singular third-person form: swapping tags: participle present form: swapped tag...
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word: swap word_type: noun expansion: swap (plural swaps) forms: form: swaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From the verb swap. First attested in 1620. senses_examples: text: I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and b...
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word: swap word_type: noun expansion: swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps) forms: form: swaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English swap, swappe (“a blow, strike, lash from a whip”), from the verb (see Etymology 1 above). senses_examples: senses_categories: sense...
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word: lightspeed word_type: noun expansion: lightspeed (countable and uncountable, plural lightspeeds) forms: form: lightspeeds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From light + speed. senses_examples: text: If we're going to a world a hundred light-years from here at near lightspeed, we...
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word: Abyssinian word_type: adj expansion: Abyssinian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Abyssinia + -n. senses_examples: text: Our men are frightened of these Abyssinian women. ref: 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 335 type: quotatio...
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word: Abyssinian word_type: noun expansion: Abyssinian (plural Abyssinians) forms: form: Abyssinians tags: plural wikipedia: Abyssinian (cat) etymology_text: From Abyssinia + -n. senses_examples: text: A group of Abyssinians are astride horses in brightly colored saddles at the top of the ...
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word: Abyssinian word_type: name expansion: Abyssinian forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Abyssinia + -n. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Amharic language. senses_topics:
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word: abstain word_type: verb expansion: abstain (third-person singular simple present abstains, present participle abstaining, simple past and past participle abstained) forms: form: abstains tags: present singular third-person form: abstaining tags: participle present form:...
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word: acceptance word_type: noun expansion: acceptance (countable and uncountable, plural acceptances) forms: form: acceptances tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: * First attested in 1574. From Middle French acceptance, from Old French accepter (“accept”). Equivalent to accept + -ance. sense...
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word: FTP word_type: adj expansion: FTP (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: free-to-play senses_topics: video-games
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word: FTP word_type: noun expansion: FTP (plural FTPs) forms: form: FTPs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Future Time Perspective (a scale developed by Carstensen and Frieder Lang) senses_topics: human-sciences psyc...
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word: FTP word_type: name expansion: FTP forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of File Transfer Protocol (a technology for transferring files over the Internet) senses_topics:
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word: FTP word_type: verb expansion: FTP (third-person singular simple present FTPs, present participle FTPing, simple past and past participle FTPed) forms: form: FTPs tags: present singular third-person form: FTPing tags: participle present form: FTPed tags: parti...
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word: FTP word_type: intj expansion: FTP forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: "Fuck the police" emerged as the unofficial motto of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles[…]Following the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, street signs and businesses were frequently tagged with FTP.] ref...
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word: outer space word_type: noun expansion: outer space (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: outer space etymology_text: From outer + space. senses_examples: text: outer space (Pantone): text: outer space (Crayola): senses_categories: senses_glosses: Region outside explored space. Any region...
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word: accolade word_type: noun expansion: accolade (plural accolades) forms: form: accolades tags: plural wikipedia: accolade etymology_text: First attested in the 1620s, borrowed from French accolade, from Occitan acolada (“an embrace”), from acolar (“to embrace”), from Italian accollato, from Vu...
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word: accolade word_type: verb expansion: accolade (third-person singular simple present accolades, present participle accolading, simple past and past participle accoladed) forms: form: accolades tags: present singular third-person form: accolading tags: participle present f...
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word: absolutist word_type: noun expansion: absolutist (plural absolutists) forms: form: absolutists tags: plural wikipedia: absolutist etymology_text: From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste. senses_examples: text: When absolutists reject humanism because they feel it to be untrue, t...
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word: absolutist word_type: adj expansion: absolutist (comparative more absolutist, superlative most absolutist) forms: form: more absolutist tags: comparative form: most absolutist tags: superlative wikipedia: absolutist etymology_text: From absolute + -ist after French absolutiste. s...
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word: gratis word_type: adj expansion: gratis (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin gratis. senses_examples: text: Really syncophant stuff, but it may help. It's gratis in any case. ref: 2010 September 27, Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holme...
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word: gratis word_type: adv expansion: gratis (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin gratis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Free, without charge. senses_topics:
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word: FAQ word_type: noun expansion: FAQ (plural FAQs) forms: form: FAQs tags: plural wikipedia: FAQ etymology_text: Abbreviation of frequently asked questions. senses_examples: text: This site's FAQ says you should log in to access some pages. type: example senses_categories: senses_...
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word: FAQ word_type: intj expansion: FAQ forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a mishearing of fuck you by livestreamer Sakura Miko. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Fuck you. senses_topics:
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word: absolutely word_type: adv expansion: absolutely (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From late Middle English absolutly, equivalent to absolute + -ly. First attested in 1425. senses_examples: text: Another characteristic of numbers, which does not concern their mutual relations so...
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word: absolutely word_type: intj expansion: absolutely forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From late Middle English absolutly, equivalent to absolute + -ly. First attested in 1425. senses_examples: text: Is Bob a good teacher? Absolutely! type: example text: Do you want a free cookie with th...
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word: encrypt word_type: verb expansion: encrypt (third-person singular simple present encrypts, present participle encrypting, simple past and past participle encrypted) forms: form: encrypts tags: present singular third-person form: encrypting tags: participle present form:...
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word: decrypt word_type: verb expansion: decrypt (third-person singular simple present decrypts, present participle decrypting, simple past and past participle decrypted) forms: form: decrypts tags: present singular third-person form: decrypting tags: participle present form:...
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word: decrypt word_type: noun expansion: decrypt (plural decrypts) forms: form: decrypts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). senses_examples: text: The decrypts were being obtained f...
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word: kun word_type: noun expansion: kun (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning). senses_examples: text: Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". senses_categories: senses_gloss...
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word: ASAP word_type: adv expansion: ASAP (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the 1950's. First known use in the book of captain Annis G Thompson, involved in the Korean War titled The greatest Airlift (1954). Originally used in the meaning "as soon as militarily possible" by military fo...
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word: fortnight word_type: noun expansion: fortnight (plural fortnights) forms: form: fortnights tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (“fourteen days”, literally “nights”), equivalent to fourteen + night. Compar...
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word: pseudo word_type: noun expansion: pseudo (plural pseudos) forms: form: pseudos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). senses_examples: text: Issues such as verifia...
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word: pseudo word_type: adj expansion: pseudo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Other than what is apparent; spurio...