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800	word: GUI word_type: noun expansion: GUI (plural GUIs) forms: form: GUIs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: TUI senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of graphical user interface. senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics ...
801	word: comitology word_type: noun expansion: comitology (countable and uncountable, plural comitologies) forms: form: comitologies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist. senses_examples...
802	word: oxymoron word_type: noun expansion: oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) forms: form: oxymorons tags: plural form: oxymora tags: plural wikipedia: William Shakespeare oxymoron etymology_text: First attested in the 17th century, noun use of 5th century Latin oxymōrum (adj), ne...
803	word: millisecond word_type: noun expansion: millisecond (plural milliseconds) forms: form: milliseconds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From milli- + second. senses_examples: text: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of ...
804	word: abstinent word_type: adj expansion: abstinent (comparative more abstinent, superlative most abstinent) forms: form: more abstinent tags: comparative form: most abstinent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the late 14th century as Middle English abstin...
805	word: abstinent word_type: noun expansion: abstinent (plural abstinents) forms: form: abstinents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abstinent (adjective form). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who abstains; a faster. Alternative letter-case ...
806	word: white-collar word_type: adj expansion: white-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar) forms: form: more white-collar tags: comparative form: most white-collar tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From the colour of dress shirts worn by profes...
807	word: aberrant word_type: adj expansion: aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant) forms: form: more aberrant tags: comparative form: most aberrant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; ...
808	word: aberrant word_type: noun expansion: aberrant (plural aberrants) forms: form: aberrants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr. senses_examples: text: Also I ...
809	word: proportionality word_type: noun expansion: proportionality (countable and uncountable, plural proportionalities) forms: form: proportionalities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From proportional + -ity, from Latin proportionalitas. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glo...
810	word: bureaucrat word_type: noun expansion: bureaucrat (plural bureaucrats) forms: form: bureaucrats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French bureaucrate. senses_examples: text: One of three major processes is generally used: a bureaucrat review, a broader community review, or a...
811	word: CIA word_type: name expansion: CIA forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. .1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form...
812	word: CIA word_type: noun expansion: CIA (plural CIAs) forms: form: CIAs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Circuit Interactive Analyzer. Initialism of Concept Illustration and Animation. Initialism of Cultural Im...
813	word: CIA word_type: adj expansion: CIA forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of captured-in-action. senses_topics: government military politics war
814	word: absolve word_type: verb expansion: absolve (third-person singular simple present absolves, present participle absolving, simple past and past participle absolved) forms: form: absolves tags: present singular third-person form: absolving tags: participle present form: ...
815	word: cataphora word_type: noun expansion: cataphora (countable and uncountable, plural cataphoras) forms: form: cataphoras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”). senses_example...
816	word: abide word_type: verb expansion: abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided or abid, past participle abode or abided or (rare) abidden) forms: form: abides tags: present singular third-person form: abiding tags: ...
817	word: encyclopedia word_type: noun expansion: encyclopedia (plural encyclopedias or encyclopediae or encyclopediæ) forms: form: encyclopedias tags: plural form: encyclopediae tags: plural form: encyclopediæ tags: plural wikipedia: Diderot Encyclopédie etymology_text: From...
818	word: taghairm word_type: noun expansion: taghairm (usually uncountable, plural taghairms) forms: form: taghairms tags: plural wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica Walter Scott etymology_text: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic taghairm, from Old Irish togairm, from Proto-Celtic *to-garrman, from Proto...
819	word: ability word_type: noun expansion: ability (countable and uncountable, plural abilities) forms: form: abilities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the 1300s. From Middle English abilite (“suitability, aptitude, ability”), from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās (...
820	word: comity word_type: noun expansion: comity (countable and uncountable, plural comities) forms: form: comities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English comite (“association”), from Latin cōmitās. senses_examples: text: There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic ani...
821	word: ttyl word_type: phrase expansion: ttyl forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of TTYL. senses_topics:
822	word: abject word_type: adj expansion: abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject) forms: form: abjecter tags: comparative form: more abject tags: comparative form: abjectest tags: superlative form: most abject tags: superlativ...
823	word: abject word_type: noun expansion: abject (plural abjects) forms: form: abjects tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₂epó The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (“expelled, outcast, rejected, wretched”, adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French...
824	word: abject word_type: verb expansion: abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected) forms: form: abjects tags: present singular third-person form: abjecting tags: participle present form: ab...
825	word: subjectivism word_type: noun expansion: subjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms) forms: form: subjectivisms tags: plural wikipedia: subjectivism etymology_text: From subjective + -ism. senses_examples: text: Subjectivism takes as its allies the emotions, intuitiv...
826	word: subsidiarity word_type: noun expansion: subsidiarity (usually uncountable, plural subsidiarities) forms: form: subsidiarities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin subsidiarius. By surface analysis, subsidiary + -ity. senses_examples: text: According to the principle of s...
827	word: transfinite word_type: adj expansion: transfinite (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Georg Cantor etymology_text: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Beyond finite. Relating to transfinite numbers. se...
828	word: transfinite word_type: noun expansion: transfinite (plural transfinites) forms: form: transfinites tags: plural wikipedia: Georg Cantor etymology_text: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite. senses_examples: text: An interesting and perhaps essen...
829	word: PM word_type: noun expansion: PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs) forms: form: PMs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: ‘We ought to have a P.M. report by ten o'clock, preliminary anyway.’ ref: 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, ...
830	word: PM word_type: verb expansion: PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed) forms: form: PMs tags: present singular third-person form: PMing tags: participle present form: PMed tags: participle ...
831	word: PM word_type: adv expansion: PM (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM type: example text: The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of p.m. (“after n...
832	word: PM word_type: phrase expansion: PM forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of partially meet. senses_topics:
833	word: abdominal word_type: adj expansion: abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal) forms: form: more abdominal tags: comparative form: most abdominal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin a...
834	word: abdominal word_type: noun expansion: abdominal (plural abdominals) forms: form: abdominals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen. Equivalent to abdomin- + -al. Compare French abdominal. senses_examples: senses_catego...
835	word: absolver word_type: noun expansion: absolver (plural absolvers) forms: form: absolvers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From absolve + -er. senses_examples: text: […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […] ref: 1684, Richard Baxter, Wheth...
836	word: accessible word_type: adj expansion: accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible) forms: form: more accessible tags: comparative form: most accessible tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin acces...
837	word: accurate word_type: adj expansion: accurate (comparative more accurate, superlative most accurate) forms: form: more accurate tags: comparative form: most accurate tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: * First attested in the 1610's with the obsolete sense "done with care...
838	word: JUL word_type: name expansion: JUL forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Jul.; Abbreviation of July. senses_topics:
839	word: craft word_type: noun expansion: craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts) forms: form: craft tags: plural form: crafts tags: plural wikipedia: craft (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength,...
840	word: craft word_type: verb expansion: craft (third-person singular simple present crafts, present participle crafting, simple past and past participle crafted) forms: form: crafts tags: present singular third-person form: crafting tags: participle present form: crafted ...
841	word: FBI word_type: name expansion: FBI forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation. Federation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry). fire behaviour index s...
842	word: FBI word_type: noun expansion: FBI forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Groups of Heterosexuals gather in Daytona Beach to tan their normally pale skin, eat fried shrimp, and buy novelty T-shirts that say things like Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee! and FBI: Femal...
843	word: sub rosa word_type: adv expansion: sub rosa (comparative more sub rosa, superlative most sub rosa) forms: form: more sub rosa tags: comparative form: most sub rosa tags: superlative wikipedia: Aphrodite Eros Harpocrates Louis-Philippe Mouchy etymology_text: PIE word *upó T...
844	word: sub rosa word_type: adj expansion: sub rosa (comparative more sub rosa, superlative most sub rosa) forms: form: more sub rosa tags: comparative form: most sub rosa tags: superlative wikipedia: Aphrodite Eros Harpocrates Louis-Philippe Mouchy etymology_text: PIE word *upó T...
845	word: sub rosa word_type: noun expansion: sub rosa (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: Aphrodite Eros Harpocrates Louis-Philippe Mouchy etymology_text: PIE word *upó The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”)...
846	word: KGB word_type: name expansion: the KGB forms: form: the KGB tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”). senses_examples: text: President Putin'...
847	word: KGB word_type: noun expansion: KGB (plural KGBs) forms: form: KGBs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of known good board. senses_topics: business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electroni...
848	word: EFTA word_type: name expansion: EFTA forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of European Free Trade Association. senses_topics:
849	word: peccaminous word_type: adj expansion: peccaminous (comparative more peccaminous, superlative most peccaminous) forms: form: more peccaminous tags: comparative form: most peccaminous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin peccāmen (“sin”), from Latin peccō (“to s...
850	word: BCE word_type: adv expansion: BCE (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE. type: example text: We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Reco...
851	word: fable word_type: noun expansion: fable (plural fables) forms: form: fables tags: plural wikipedia: fable etymology_text: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. D...
852	word: fable word_type: verb expansion: fable (third-person singular simple present fables, present participle fabling, simple past and past participle fabled) forms: form: fables tags: present singular third-person form: fabling tags: participle present form: fabled tag...
853	word: RTFM word_type: phrase expansion: RTFM forms: wikipedia: RTFM etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of read the fucking manual. Initialism of read the fucking man page. senses_topics:
854	word: mondegreen word_type: noun expansion: mondegreen (plural mondegreens) forms: form: mondegreens tags: plural wikipedia: Harper's Magazine etymology_text: Coined by American journalist and editor Sylvia Wright in 1954 in Harper's Magazine from mishearing a line in the Scottish ballad The Bonni...
855	word: CE word_type: name expansion: CE forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 1066 CE. text: Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E. ref: 1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12 type: ...
856	word: CE word_type: noun expansion: CE (plural CEs) forms: form: CEs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of civil engineer. Initialism of computer engineer. Initialism of close encounter. Initialism of capillary e...
857	word: millennium word_type: noun expansion: millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) forms: form: millennia tags: plural form: millenniums tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”). sens...
858	word: obfuscate word_type: verb expansion: obfuscate (third-person singular simple present obfuscates, present participle obfuscating, simple past and past participle obfuscated) forms: form: obfuscates tags: present singular third-person form: obfuscating tags: participle pres...
859	word: obfuscate word_type: adj expansion: obfuscate (comparative more obfuscate, superlative most obfuscate) forms: form: more obfuscate tags: comparative form: most obfuscate tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French obfusquer, from Old French offusquer, and the...
860	word: Carborundum word_type: noun expansion: Carborundum (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of carborundum senses_topics:
861	word: polytheism word_type: noun expansion: polytheism (countable and uncountable, plural polytheisms) forms: form: polytheisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism. sense...
862	word: accordionist word_type: noun expansion: accordionist (plural accordionists) forms: form: accordionists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From accordion + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Someone who plays the accordion. senses_topics:
863	word: noli illegitimi carborundum word_type: phrase expansion: noli illegitimi carborundum forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Humorous pseudo-Latinism, from noli (“do not permit”) [singular] and illegitimi (“bastards”) [in the wrong grammatical case] and from the Latinate brand name Carborundum for a silicon...
864	word: absorber word_type: noun expansion: absorber (plural absorbers) forms: form: absorbers tags: plural wikipedia: absorber etymology_text: From absorb + -er. senses_examples: text: […] these Symptoms are only curred, by such Medicines as correct the Acidity and Acrimony of the Blood, vi...
865	word: hundo word_type: noun expansion: hundo (plural hundos) forms: form: hundos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hundred + -o. senses_examples: text: “Can you hit a hundo?” Dad said, grinning. ¶ “I don't know,” Eddie said. “Seems like a bad idea.” ref: 2013, Eric Stevens,...
866	word: prolix word_type: adj expansion: prolix (comparative more prolix, superlative most prolix) forms: form: more prolix tags: comparative form: most prolix tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable...
867	word: able word_type: adj expansion: able (comparative abler, superlative ablest) forms: form: abler tags: comparative form: ablest tags: superlative wikipedia: able etymology_text: From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin...
868	word: able word_type: verb expansion: able (third-person singular simple present ables, present participle abling, simple past and past participle abled) forms: form: ables tags: present singular third-person form: abling tags: participle present form: abled tags: p...
869	word: able word_type: noun expansion: able (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: able etymology_text: From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards. ...
870	word: dies word_type: verb expansion: dies forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of die senses_topics:
871	word: dies word_type: noun expansion: dies forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of die (when used in the sense of a pattern / of obsolete spelling of dye) senses_topics:
872	word: synonym word_type: noun expansion: synonym (plural synonyms) forms: form: synonyms tags: plural wikipedia: synonym etymology_text: From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σ...
873	word: Thanatos word_type: name expansion: Thanatos forms: wikipedia: Thanatos etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of...
874	word: Thanatos word_type: noun expansion: Thanatos (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: Civilization and Its Discontents Paul Federn Sigmund Freud Thanatos etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysi...
875	word: tetrachromat word_type: noun expansion: tetrachromat (plural tetrachromats) forms: form: tetrachromats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From tetra- + chromatic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vi...
876	word: interwiki word_type: adj expansion: interwiki (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From inter- + wiki. senses_examples: text: interwiki link ― a link from one wiki to a page on another wiki type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Between wikis. senses_topics:
877	word: interwiki word_type: noun expansion: interwiki (plural interwikis) forms: form: interwikis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From inter- + wiki. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An interwiki link. senses_topics:
878	word: interwiki word_type: verb expansion: interwiki (third-person singular simple present interwikis, present participle interwikiing, simple past and past participle interwikied) forms: form: interwikis tags: present singular third-person form: interwikiing tags: participle p...
879	word: BTW word_type: prep_phrase expansion: BTW forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Last I heard, the books could not be copied in any part nor seen by non-licensees. BTW – Irma Biren has been promoted (she deserved it) and the new contact would be Francine Glick. ref: 1981...
880	word: abbreviation word_type: noun expansion: abbreviation (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviations) forms: form: abbreviation tags: canonical form: of tags: canonical form: abbreviations tags: plural wikipedia: abbreviation etymology_text: First attested 1400–50. F...
881	word: yo-ho-ho word_type: intj expansion: yo-ho-ho forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: The term was popularized by a (fictional) pirate shanty in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – see the quotation – but appears in earlier songs of sailors. The term is po...
882	word: ISBN word_type: noun expansion: ISBN (plural ISBNs) forms: form: ISBNs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of International Standard Book Number. senses_topics:
883	word: queef word_type: noun expansion: queef (plural queefs) forms: form: queefs tags: plural wikipedia: vaginal flatulence etymology_text: A variant of Scottish and northern English quiff (“a puff of wind”), of onomatopoeic origin. senses_examples: text: Finally, I have only heard about it,...
884	word: queef word_type: verb expansion: queef (third-person singular simple present queefs, present participle queefing, simple past and past participle queefed) forms: form: queefs tags: present singular third-person form: queefing tags: participle present form: queefed ...
885	word: quiz word_type: noun expansion: quiz (plural quizzes) forms: form: quizzes tags: plural wikipedia: quiz etymology_text: Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin. * The Century Dictionary suggests it was originally applied to a popular toy, from a dialectal variant of whiz. * The Random Ho...
886	word: quiz word_type: verb expansion: quiz (third-person singular simple present quizzes, present participle quizzing, simple past and past participle quizzed) forms: form: quizzes tags: present singular third-person form: quizzing tags: participle present form: quizzed ...
887	word: fnord word_type: noun expansion: fnord (plural fnords) forms: form: fnords tags: plural wikipedia: fnord etymology_text: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A metasyntactic variable, similar...
888	word: fnord word_type: intj expansion: fnord forms: wikipedia: fnord etymology_text: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word (which may or may not be "fnord" itself) commonly held to be invisible to the...
889	word: ananke word_type: noun expansion: ananke (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “necessity”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances...
890	word: OS word_type: name expansion: OS forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Owen Sound. The Ordnance Survey, official mapping agency in Great Britain (see also the noun below). senses_topics: hobbies lifestyle sports
891	word: OS word_type: adj expansion: OS (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of outsize (clothes for large people) Abbreviation of oversize. Abbreviation of Old Style; a term used in English language historical studi...
892	word: OS word_type: adv expansion: OS (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: You did the overseas trip. You went OS. ref: 2015, Mick Houghton, I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny type: quotation text: I kind of expanded my circ...
893	word: OS word_type: noun expansion: OS (plural OSes or OSs) forms: form: OSes tags: plural form: OSs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: We've got an OS of the Cuckmere area. type: example text: Calton Hill in Edinburgh is located at OS gr...
894	word: bumf word_type: noun expansion: bumf (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of bumfodder. senses_examples: text: And as for the limited warnings on documents and signs – we are so used to reading this bumf we fail to realise when they mean business. ref: 2006: Quest, Rich...
895	word: monotheism word_type: noun expansion: monotheism (countable and uncountable, plural monotheisms) forms: form: monotheisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: A learned 17th-century coinage, mono- + theism, from (μονός (monós, “one”)) and (θεός (theós, “god, deity”) + -ισμός (-ismós)) Th...
896	word: pissed word_type: verb expansion: pissed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pissed, pissede, pyssyd, pisside, equivalent to piss + -ed. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of piss senses_topics:
897	word: pissed word_type: adj expansion: pissed (comparative more pissed, superlative most pissed) forms: form: more pissed tags: comparative form: most pissed tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pissed, pissede, pyssyd, pisside, equivalent to piss + -ed. se...
898	word: brassiere word_type: noun expansion: brassiere (plural brassieres) forms: form: brassieres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French brassière. Doublet of brachiaria. senses_examples: text: She started to strap her brassiere over her breasts. ref: 2019, Chigoz...
899	word: proper noun word_type: noun expansion: proper noun (plural proper nouns) forms: form: proper nouns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal...

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word: GUI word_type: noun expansion: GUI (plural GUIs) forms: form: GUIs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: TUI senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of graphical user interface. senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics ...

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word: comitology word_type: noun expansion: comitology (countable and uncountable, plural comitologies) forms: form: comitologies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist. senses_examples...

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word: oxymoron word_type: noun expansion: oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) forms: form: oxymorons tags: plural form: oxymora tags: plural wikipedia: William Shakespeare oxymoron etymology_text: First attested in the 17th century, noun use of 5th century Latin oxymōrum (adj), ne...

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word: millisecond word_type: noun expansion: millisecond (plural milliseconds) forms: form: milliseconds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From milli- + second. senses_examples: text: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of ...

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word: abstinent word_type: adj expansion: abstinent (comparative more abstinent, superlative most abstinent) forms: form: more abstinent tags: comparative form: most abstinent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the late 14th century as Middle English abstin...

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word: abstinent word_type: noun expansion: abstinent (plural abstinents) forms: form: abstinents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abstinent (adjective form). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who abstains; a faster. Alternative letter-case ...

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word: white-collar word_type: adj expansion: white-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar) forms: form: more white-collar tags: comparative form: most white-collar tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From the colour of dress shirts worn by profes...

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word: aberrant word_type: adj expansion: aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant) forms: form: more aberrant tags: comparative form: most aberrant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; ...

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word: aberrant word_type: noun expansion: aberrant (plural aberrants) forms: form: aberrants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr. senses_examples: text: Also I ...

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word: proportionality word_type: noun expansion: proportionality (countable and uncountable, plural proportionalities) forms: form: proportionalities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From proportional + -ity, from Latin proportionalitas. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glo...

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word: bureaucrat word_type: noun expansion: bureaucrat (plural bureaucrats) forms: form: bureaucrats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French bureaucrate. senses_examples: text: One of three major processes is generally used: a bureaucrat review, a broader community review, or a...

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word: CIA word_type: name expansion: CIA forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. .1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form...

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word: CIA word_type: noun expansion: CIA (plural CIAs) forms: form: CIAs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Circuit Interactive Analyzer. Initialism of Concept Illustration and Animation. Initialism of Cultural Im...

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word: CIA word_type: adj expansion: CIA forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of captured-in-action. senses_topics: government military politics war

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word: absolve word_type: verb expansion: absolve (third-person singular simple present absolves, present participle absolving, simple past and past participle absolved) forms: form: absolves tags: present singular third-person form: absolving tags: participle present form: ...

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word: cataphora word_type: noun expansion: cataphora (countable and uncountable, plural cataphoras) forms: form: cataphoras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”). senses_example...

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word: abide word_type: verb expansion: abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided or abid, past participle abode or abided or (rare) abidden) forms: form: abides tags: present singular third-person form: abiding tags: ...

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word: encyclopedia word_type: noun expansion: encyclopedia (plural encyclopedias or encyclopediae or encyclopediæ) forms: form: encyclopedias tags: plural form: encyclopediae tags: plural form: encyclopediæ tags: plural wikipedia: Diderot Encyclopédie etymology_text: From...

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word: taghairm word_type: noun expansion: taghairm (usually uncountable, plural taghairms) forms: form: taghairms tags: plural wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica Walter Scott etymology_text: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic taghairm, from Old Irish togairm, from Proto-Celtic *to-garrman, from Proto...

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word: ability word_type: noun expansion: ability (countable and uncountable, plural abilities) forms: form: abilities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the 1300s. From Middle English abilite (“suitability, aptitude, ability”), from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās (...

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word: comity word_type: noun expansion: comity (countable and uncountable, plural comities) forms: form: comities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English comite (“association”), from Latin cōmitās. senses_examples: text: There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic ani...

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word: ttyl word_type: phrase expansion: ttyl forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of TTYL. senses_topics:

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word: abject word_type: adj expansion: abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject) forms: form: abjecter tags: comparative form: more abject tags: comparative form: abjectest tags: superlative form: most abject tags: superlativ...

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word: abject word_type: noun expansion: abject (plural abjects) forms: form: abjects tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₂epó The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (“expelled, outcast, rejected, wretched”, adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French...

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word: abject word_type: verb expansion: abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected) forms: form: abjects tags: present singular third-person form: abjecting tags: participle present form: ab...

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word: subjectivism word_type: noun expansion: subjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms) forms: form: subjectivisms tags: plural wikipedia: subjectivism etymology_text: From subjective + -ism. senses_examples: text: Subjectivism takes as its allies the emotions, intuitiv...

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word: subsidiarity word_type: noun expansion: subsidiarity (usually uncountable, plural subsidiarities) forms: form: subsidiarities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin subsidiarius. By surface analysis, subsidiary + -ity. senses_examples: text: According to the principle of s...

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word: transfinite word_type: adj expansion: transfinite (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Georg Cantor etymology_text: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Beyond finite. Relating to transfinite numbers. se...

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word: transfinite word_type: noun expansion: transfinite (plural transfinites) forms: form: transfinites tags: plural wikipedia: Georg Cantor etymology_text: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite. senses_examples: text: An interesting and perhaps essen...

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word: PM word_type: noun expansion: PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs) forms: form: PMs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: ‘We ought to have a P.M. report by ten o'clock, preliminary anyway.’ ref: 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, ...

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word: PM word_type: verb expansion: PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed) forms: form: PMs tags: present singular third-person form: PMing tags: participle present form: PMed tags: participle ...

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word: PM word_type: adv expansion: PM (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM type: example text: The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of p.m. (“after n...

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word: PM word_type: phrase expansion: PM forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of partially meet. senses_topics:

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word: abdominal word_type: adj expansion: abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal) forms: form: more abdominal tags: comparative form: most abdominal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin a...

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word: abdominal word_type: noun expansion: abdominal (plural abdominals) forms: form: abdominals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen. Equivalent to abdomin- + -al. Compare French abdominal. senses_examples: senses_catego...

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word: absolver word_type: noun expansion: absolver (plural absolvers) forms: form: absolvers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From absolve + -er. senses_examples: text: […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […] ref: 1684, Richard Baxter, Wheth...

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word: accessible word_type: adj expansion: accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible) forms: form: more accessible tags: comparative form: most accessible tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin acces...

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word: accurate word_type: adj expansion: accurate (comparative more accurate, superlative most accurate) forms: form: more accurate tags: comparative form: most accurate tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: * First attested in the 1610's with the obsolete sense "done with care...

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word: JUL word_type: name expansion: JUL forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Jul.; Abbreviation of July. senses_topics:

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word: craft word_type: noun expansion: craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts) forms: form: craft tags: plural form: crafts tags: plural wikipedia: craft (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength,...

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word: craft word_type: verb expansion: craft (third-person singular simple present crafts, present participle crafting, simple past and past participle crafted) forms: form: crafts tags: present singular third-person form: crafting tags: participle present form: crafted ...

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word: FBI word_type: name expansion: FBI forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation. Federation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry). fire behaviour index s...

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word: FBI word_type: noun expansion: FBI forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Groups of Heterosexuals gather in Daytona Beach to tan their normally pale skin, eat fried shrimp, and buy novelty T-shirts that say things like Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee! and FBI: Femal...

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word: sub rosa word_type: adv expansion: sub rosa (comparative more sub rosa, superlative most sub rosa) forms: form: more sub rosa tags: comparative form: most sub rosa tags: superlative wikipedia: Aphrodite Eros Harpocrates Louis-Philippe Mouchy etymology_text: PIE word *upó T...

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word: sub rosa word_type: adj expansion: sub rosa (comparative more sub rosa, superlative most sub rosa) forms: form: more sub rosa tags: comparative form: most sub rosa tags: superlative wikipedia: Aphrodite Eros Harpocrates Louis-Philippe Mouchy etymology_text: PIE word *upó T...

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word: sub rosa word_type: noun expansion: sub rosa (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: Aphrodite Eros Harpocrates Louis-Philippe Mouchy etymology_text: PIE word *upó The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”)...

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word: KGB word_type: name expansion: the KGB forms: form: the KGB tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”). senses_examples: text: President Putin'...

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word: KGB word_type: noun expansion: KGB (plural KGBs) forms: form: KGBs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of known good board. senses_topics: business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electroni...

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word: EFTA word_type: name expansion: EFTA forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of European Free Trade Association. senses_topics:

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word: peccaminous word_type: adj expansion: peccaminous (comparative more peccaminous, superlative most peccaminous) forms: form: more peccaminous tags: comparative form: most peccaminous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin peccāmen (“sin”), from Latin peccō (“to s...

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word: BCE word_type: adv expansion: BCE (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE. type: example text: We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Reco...

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word: fable word_type: noun expansion: fable (plural fables) forms: form: fables tags: plural wikipedia: fable etymology_text: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. D...

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word: fable word_type: verb expansion: fable (third-person singular simple present fables, present participle fabling, simple past and past participle fabled) forms: form: fables tags: present singular third-person form: fabling tags: participle present form: fabled tag...

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word: RTFM word_type: phrase expansion: RTFM forms: wikipedia: RTFM etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of read the fucking manual. Initialism of read the fucking man page. senses_topics:

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word: mondegreen word_type: noun expansion: mondegreen (plural mondegreens) forms: form: mondegreens tags: plural wikipedia: Harper's Magazine etymology_text: Coined by American journalist and editor Sylvia Wright in 1954 in Harper's Magazine from mishearing a line in the Scottish ballad The Bonni...

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word: CE word_type: name expansion: CE forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 1066 CE. text: Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E. ref: 1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12 type: ...

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word: CE word_type: noun expansion: CE (plural CEs) forms: form: CEs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of civil engineer. Initialism of computer engineer. Initialism of close encounter. Initialism of capillary e...

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word: millennium word_type: noun expansion: millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) forms: form: millennia tags: plural form: millenniums tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”). sens...

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word: obfuscate word_type: verb expansion: obfuscate (third-person singular simple present obfuscates, present participle obfuscating, simple past and past participle obfuscated) forms: form: obfuscates tags: present singular third-person form: obfuscating tags: participle pres...

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word: obfuscate word_type: adj expansion: obfuscate (comparative more obfuscate, superlative most obfuscate) forms: form: more obfuscate tags: comparative form: most obfuscate tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French obfusquer, from Old French offusquer, and the...

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word: Carborundum word_type: noun expansion: Carborundum (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of carborundum senses_topics:

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word: polytheism word_type: noun expansion: polytheism (countable and uncountable, plural polytheisms) forms: form: polytheisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism. sense...

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word: accordionist word_type: noun expansion: accordionist (plural accordionists) forms: form: accordionists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From accordion + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Someone who plays the accordion. senses_topics:

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word: noli illegitimi carborundum word_type: phrase expansion: noli illegitimi carborundum forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Humorous pseudo-Latinism, from noli (“do not permit”) [singular] and illegitimi (“bastards”) [in the wrong grammatical case] and from the Latinate brand name Carborundum for a silicon...

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word: absorber word_type: noun expansion: absorber (plural absorbers) forms: form: absorbers tags: plural wikipedia: absorber etymology_text: From absorb + -er. senses_examples: text: […] these Symptoms are only curred, by such Medicines as correct the Acidity and Acrimony of the Blood, vi...

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word: hundo word_type: noun expansion: hundo (plural hundos) forms: form: hundos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hundred + -o. senses_examples: text: “Can you hit a hundo?” Dad said, grinning. ¶ “I don't know,” Eddie said. “Seems like a bad idea.” ref: 2013, Eric Stevens,...

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word: prolix word_type: adj expansion: prolix (comparative more prolix, superlative most prolix) forms: form: more prolix tags: comparative form: most prolix tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable...

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word: able word_type: adj expansion: able (comparative abler, superlative ablest) forms: form: abler tags: comparative form: ablest tags: superlative wikipedia: able etymology_text: From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin...

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word: able word_type: verb expansion: able (third-person singular simple present ables, present participle abling, simple past and past participle abled) forms: form: ables tags: present singular third-person form: abling tags: participle present form: abled tags: p...

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word: able word_type: noun expansion: able (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: able etymology_text: From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards. ...

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word: dies word_type: verb expansion: dies forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of die senses_topics:

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word: dies word_type: noun expansion: dies forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of die (when used in the sense of a pattern / of obsolete spelling of dye) senses_topics:

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word: synonym word_type: noun expansion: synonym (plural synonyms) forms: form: synonyms tags: plural wikipedia: synonym etymology_text: From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σ...

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word: Thanatos word_type: name expansion: Thanatos forms: wikipedia: Thanatos etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of...

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word: Thanatos word_type: noun expansion: Thanatos (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: Civilization and Its Discontents Paul Federn Sigmund Freud Thanatos etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysi...

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word: tetrachromat word_type: noun expansion: tetrachromat (plural tetrachromats) forms: form: tetrachromats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From tetra- + chromatic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vi...

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word: interwiki word_type: adj expansion: interwiki (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From inter- + wiki. senses_examples: text: interwiki link ― a link from one wiki to a page on another wiki type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Between wikis. senses_topics:

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word: interwiki word_type: noun expansion: interwiki (plural interwikis) forms: form: interwikis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From inter- + wiki. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An interwiki link. senses_topics:

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word: interwiki word_type: verb expansion: interwiki (third-person singular simple present interwikis, present participle interwikiing, simple past and past participle interwikied) forms: form: interwikis tags: present singular third-person form: interwikiing tags: participle p...

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word: BTW word_type: prep_phrase expansion: BTW forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Last I heard, the books could not be copied in any part nor seen by non-licensees. BTW – Irma Biren has been promoted (she deserved it) and the new contact would be Francine Glick. ref: 1981...

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word: abbreviation word_type: noun expansion: abbreviation (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviations) forms: form: abbreviation tags: canonical form: of tags: canonical form: abbreviations tags: plural wikipedia: abbreviation etymology_text: First attested 1400–50. F...

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word: yo-ho-ho word_type: intj expansion: yo-ho-ho forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: The term was popularized by a (fictional) pirate shanty in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – see the quotation – but appears in earlier songs of sailors. The term is po...

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word: ISBN word_type: noun expansion: ISBN (plural ISBNs) forms: form: ISBNs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of International Standard Book Number. senses_topics:

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word: queef word_type: noun expansion: queef (plural queefs) forms: form: queefs tags: plural wikipedia: vaginal flatulence etymology_text: A variant of Scottish and northern English quiff (“a puff of wind”), of onomatopoeic origin. senses_examples: text: Finally, I have only heard about it,...

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word: queef word_type: verb expansion: queef (third-person singular simple present queefs, present participle queefing, simple past and past participle queefed) forms: form: queefs tags: present singular third-person form: queefing tags: participle present form: queefed ...

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word: quiz word_type: noun expansion: quiz (plural quizzes) forms: form: quizzes tags: plural wikipedia: quiz etymology_text: Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin. * The Century Dictionary suggests it was originally applied to a popular toy, from a dialectal variant of whiz. * The Random Ho...

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word: quiz word_type: verb expansion: quiz (third-person singular simple present quizzes, present participle quizzing, simple past and past participle quizzed) forms: form: quizzes tags: present singular third-person form: quizzing tags: participle present form: quizzed ...

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word: fnord word_type: noun expansion: fnord (plural fnords) forms: form: fnords tags: plural wikipedia: fnord etymology_text: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A metasyntactic variable, similar...

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word: fnord word_type: intj expansion: fnord forms: wikipedia: fnord etymology_text: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word (which may or may not be "fnord" itself) commonly held to be invisible to the...

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word: ananke word_type: noun expansion: ananke (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “necessity”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances...

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word: OS word_type: name expansion: OS forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Owen Sound. The Ordnance Survey, official mapping agency in Great Britain (see also the noun below). senses_topics: hobbies lifestyle sports

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word: OS word_type: adj expansion: OS (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of outsize (clothes for large people) Abbreviation of oversize. Abbreviation of Old Style; a term used in English language historical studi...

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word: OS word_type: adv expansion: OS (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: You did the overseas trip. You went OS. ref: 2015, Mick Houghton, I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny type: quotation text: I kind of expanded my circ...

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word: OS word_type: noun expansion: OS (plural OSes or OSs) forms: form: OSes tags: plural form: OSs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: We've got an OS of the Cuckmere area. type: example text: Calton Hill in Edinburgh is located at OS gr...

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word: bumf word_type: noun expansion: bumf (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of bumfodder. senses_examples: text: And as for the limited warnings on documents and signs – we are so used to reading this bumf we fail to realise when they mean business. ref: 2006: Quest, Rich...

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word: monotheism word_type: noun expansion: monotheism (countable and uncountable, plural monotheisms) forms: form: monotheisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: A learned 17th-century coinage, mono- + theism, from (μονός (monós, “one”)) and (θεός (theós, “god, deity”) + -ισμός (-ismós)) Th...

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word: pissed word_type: verb expansion: pissed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pissed, pissede, pyssyd, pisside, equivalent to piss + -ed. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of piss senses_topics:

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word: pissed word_type: adj expansion: pissed (comparative more pissed, superlative most pissed) forms: form: more pissed tags: comparative form: most pissed tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pissed, pissede, pyssyd, pisside, equivalent to piss + -ed. se...

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word: brassiere word_type: noun expansion: brassiere (plural brassieres) forms: form: brassieres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French brassière. Doublet of brachiaria. senses_examples: text: She started to strap her brassiere over her breasts. ref: 2019, Chigoz...

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word: proper noun word_type: noun expansion: proper noun (plural proper nouns) forms: form: proper nouns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal...