12192
bureaucrat
[[English]]
[Noun]
bureaucrat (plural bureaucrats)
1.An official who is part of a bureaucracy
0
0
2012/01/21 21:18
12193
parliamentarian
[[English]]
[Etymology]
parliamentary + -an
[Noun]
parliamentarian (plural parliamentarians)
1.A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
2.A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
3.An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.
[Synonyms]
- (member of parliament): congressman, MP
0
0
2012/01/21 21:18
12194
inched
[[English]]
[Adjective]
inched
1.Having the length of a certain number of inches.
[Anagrams]
- chined
- niched, NICHED
[Verb]
inched
1.Simple past tense and past participle of inch.
0
0
2012/01/21 21:18
12201
suburb
[[English]]
[Etymology]
sub + urban
[Noun]
suburb (plural suburbs)
1.the area on the periphery of a city or large town that falls between being truly part of the city, but is not countryside either.
2.(Australian and New Zealand English) any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
0
0
2012/01/21 21:19
12202
neither
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈniː.ðə/[Adverb]
neither (not comparable)
1.(conjunctive) similarly not
Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.
[Anagrams]
- therein
[Conjunction]
neither
1.not either (used with nor)
Neither I nor you like it.
Neither now, nor ever will he forsake his mother.
[Determiner]
neither
1.not one of two; not either
Neither definition seems correct.
[Etymology]
Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Old English nawþer, contraction of nahwæþer, corresponding to no + whether.
[Pronoun]
neither
1.not either one
... because neither is correct.
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: longer · paid · art · #478: neither · suddenly · act · la
[Usage notes]
- Neither is used to mean none of two or more. Although some suggest that using the word neither with more than two items is incorrect, it has been commonly used to refer to more than two subjects since the 17th century. The more modern usage does prefer none with more than two things.
- There is considerable variation in the number of the verb employed with this construction.
- Examples:
- "That woman was neither a collector nor an art critic, but she understood the meaning I meant to give that work." — Marcelle Ferron
- "Has anyone ever loved you so much that they tried to kill you, or perhaps sucked you down into a hole so that you had to kill them to get away? Yeah, me neither." — Maynard James Keenan
- "You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work." — Lee Trevino
- "As if it were gold and could be neither good nor bad nor worth more nor worth less but must always be worth the same no matter what." — Alex Miller
- "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!" — Rudyard Kipling
- "Neither you, Simon, nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the priests, nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem itself understand what power is, understand what glory is, understand at all." — Jesus Christ Superstar
0
0
2012/01/21 21:19
12206
delisting
[[English]]
[Noun]
delisting (plural delistings)
1.Formal removal from an official list.
2.2009 March 6, Jack Healy, “Slump Humbling Blue-Chip Stocks, Once Dow’s Pride”, New York Times:
And with no end in sight to the downward spiral, the New York Stock Exchange has temporarily suspended its $1 minimum share-price requirements to prevent a wave of delistings.
[Verb]
delisting
1.Present participle of delist.
0
0
2012/01/21 21:19
2012/01/21 21:19
12207
allowed
[[English]]
ipa :-aʊd[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: considered · proper · writing · #759: allowed · per · result · formed
[Verb]
allowed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of allow.
0
0
2012/01/23 09:40
12208
boarders
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- adsorber
- reboards
[Noun]
boarders
1.Plural form of boarder.
0
0
2012/01/23 09:40
12209
boarder
[[English]]
ipa :/bɔədə/[Anagrams]
- broader
- reboard
[Noun]
boarder (plural boarders)
1.Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.
When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses.
2.A pupil who lives at school during term time.
The student body consisted primarily of boarders, except for a few children belonging to the school staff.
3.(nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.
The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders.
4.Someone who uses a snowboard
A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run
0
0
2012/01/23 09:41
12214
メーカー
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
メーカー (romaji mēkā)
1.maker
2.1985, 村上春樹 Murakami Haruki, 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world, 上 p12
階数を示すランプもなく、定員や注意事項の表示もなく、メーカーの名前を書いたプレートさえ見あたらなかった。
かいすうをしめすらんぷもなく、ていいんやちゅういじこうのひょうじもなく、めえかあのなまえをかいたぷれえとさえみあたらなかった。
kaisū o shimesu ranpu mo naku, teiin ya chūi jikō no hyōji mo naku, mēkā no namae o kaita purēto sae miataranakatta.
There were no lamps to indicate floor numbers, no indications of warnings and capacity; even a plate on which the maker's name was written was not to be found.
0
0
2012/01/23 14:54
12215
cana
[[Irish]]
ipa :[ˈkanˠə][Verb]
cana
1.present subjunctive of can
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- anca, ANCA
[Etymology]
It. canapa (hemp)
[Noun]
cana f.
1.marijuana cigarette, joint
[Synonyms]
- spinello
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
cāna
1.nominative feminine singular of cānus
2.vocative feminine singular of cānus
3.nominative neuter plural of cānus
4.vocative neuter plural of cānus
5.accusative neuter plural of cānuscānā
1.ablative feminine singular of cānus
[[Old Irish]]
[Noun]
cana m.
1.cub
2.puppy
[Synonyms]
- cuilén
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
ipa :/kʰanə/[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
From Old Irish cana.
[Etymology 3]
From English can.
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
From Latin canus (“hoary”).
[Noun]
cana f. (plural canas)
1.white or gray hair
[[Venetian]]
[Noun]
cana f. (plural cane)
1.tube
2.pipe
0
0
2012/01/23 14:55
12217
jelly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒɛl.i/[Adjective]
jelly (comparative more jelly, superlative most jelly)
1.(Internet slang) jealous
[Alternative forms]
- gelly (obsolete)
[Etymology]
Old French gelee, from geler (“to congeal”), from Latin gelū.
[Noun]
jelly (countable and uncountable; plural jellies)
1.(New Zealand, Australian, UK) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set
2.A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin
3.1945, Fannie Merritt Farmer and Wilma Lord Perkins revisor, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Eighth edition:
Perfect jelly is of appetizing flavor; beautifully colored and translucent; tender enough to cut easily with a spoon, yet firm enough to hold its shape when turned from the glass.
4.1975, Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker, The Joy of Cooking, 5th revision:
Jelly has great clarity. Two cooking processes are involved. First, the juice alone is extracted from the fruit. Only that portion thin and clear enough to drip through a cloth is cooked with sugar until sufficiently firm to hold its shape. It is never stiff and never gummy.
5.(zoology) Short for jellyfish.
6.(slang, now rare) A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
7.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 25:
‘Gowan goes to Oxford a lot,’ the boy said. ‘He's got a jelly there.’
8.(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
9.2001, Destiny's Child, “Bootylicious” (song)
I shake my jelly at every chance / When I whip with my hips you slip into a trance
10.2001, George Dell, Dance Unto the Lord, page 94:
At that Sister Samantha seemed to shake her jelly so that she sank back into her chair.
11.(colloquial) Short for gelignite.
12.(colloquial) A jelly shoe.
13.2006, David L. Marcus, What It Takes to Pull Me Through:
Mary Alice gazed at a picture of herself wearing jellies and an oversized turquoise T-shirt that matched her eyes […]
[Synonyms]
- (dessert made by boiling gelatin): (US) jello, Jell-O
[Verb]
jelly (third-person singular simple present jellies, present participle jellying, simple past and past participle jellied)
1.To wiggle like jelly.
2.To make jelly.
0
0
2012/01/23 15:05
12218
kinda
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Dinka
[Etymology 1]
Written form of a reduction of "kind of"
[Etymology 2]
After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.Wikipedia has an article on:Kinda baboonWikipedia
[[Romani]]
[Noun]
kinda f.
1.kitchen
0
0
2010/01/19 14:06
2012/01/23 15:10
TaN
12220
金田
[[Japanese]]
[Proper noun]
金田 (hiragana かねだ, romaji Kaneda)
1.A surname.
0
0
2012/01/23 15:26
12221
pant
[[English]]
ipa :/pænt/[Anagrams]
- APTN
- NPTA
[Etymology 1]
Possibly a shortening of Old French panteisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiare (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasioō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasia, “appearance, image, fantasy”)
[Etymology 2]
From pants
[Etymology 3]
Unknown
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
pant m.
1.hinge
[[Norwegian]]
[Noun]
pant n.
1.pawn (item sold to a pawn shop)
This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at pawn. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pant in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
pant n.
1.pawn (item sold to a pawn shop)
This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at pawn. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pant in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2010
0
0
2009/10/11 12:39
2012/01/23 15:26
TaN
12222
crotch
[[English]]
ipa :-ɒtʃ[Etymology]
From Old French croche (“shepherd's crook”)
[Noun]
crotch (plural crotches)
1.The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.
2.The (ventral) area of a person’s body where the legs fork from the trunk
Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.
3.(slang, euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia.
He cringed at being kicked in the crotch.
0
0
2012/01/23 16:51
12223
genitalia
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒɛnɪˈteɪliə/[Etymology]
From Latin genitalia, substantive use of plural of genitalis (“pertaining to generation or birth”).
[Noun]
genitalia pl.
1.genital or sex organs
2.a collection of genitals
[Synonyms]
- genitals (sense 1)
- See also Wikisaurus:male genitalia
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
genitālia
1.nominative neuter plural of genitālis
2.accusative neuter plural of genitālis
3.vocative neuter plural of genitālis
0
0
2012/01/23 16:52
12224
vine
[[English]]
ipa :/vaɪn/[Anagrams]
- nevi
- vein
[Etymology]
Old French vigne, from Latin vinea
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:VineWikipedia vine (plural vines)
1.the climbing plant that produces grapes
2.any plant of the genus Vitis
3.(US) by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant
[See also]
- kudzu
[Synonyms]
- (climbing plant that produces grapes): grapevine
- (any climbing or trailing plant): climber (UK)
- (covered with vines): ivied
[[Catalan]]
ipa :-inə[Verb]
vine
1.Second-person singular imperative form of venir.
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
vine c.
1.plural indefinite of vin
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
vine (genitive vine, partitive vinet)
1.mist
[[French]]
ipa :/vin/[Verb]
vine
1.first-person singular present indicative of viner
2.third-person singular present indicative of viner
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of viner
4.first-person singular present subjunctive of viner
5.second-person singular imperative of viner
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
vīne
1.vocative singular of vīnus
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
vine f. pl.
1.Plural form of vână.
[Verb]
vine
1.third-person singular present tense form of veni.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbi.ne/[Verb]
vine (infinitive venir)
1.First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of venir.
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
vine
1.dative singular form of vin
0
0
2012/01/23 16:54
12227
kindle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɪndl/[Anagrams]
- delink
- kilned
- linked
[Antonyms]
- (to start a fire): douse, extinguish
- (to arouse): dampen
[Etymology]
From Old Norse kynda
[Noun]
kindle (plural kindles)
1.(obsolete) A collective term for a group of kittens.
A kindle of kittens.
[Related terms]
- enkindle
- kindling
- rekindle
[Synonyms]
- (to start a fire): ignite
- (to arouse): arouse, inspire
[Verb]
kindle (third-person singular simple present kindles, present participle kindling, simple past and past participle kindled)
1.(transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
Please kindle a fire in the barbecue.
2.1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
3.(transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers.
0
0
2009/04/10 22:42
2012/01/24 08:44
TaN
12254
loun
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
Origin uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).
[Etymology 2]
From either Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).
0
0
2012/01/24 13:03
12262
perry
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛri[Anagrams]
- pryer
[Etymology]
From Middle English, peirrie; from Middle French, peré; from (assumed) Vulgar Latin, piratum; from Latin, pirum.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:PerryWikipedia perry (countable and uncountable; plural perries)
1.A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.
0
0
2012/01/24 14:06
12267
dynamite
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Coined by Nobel, the inventor.
[Noun]
dynamite (uncountable)
1.A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
2.(figuratively) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
[See also]
- cordite
[Synonyms]
- nitro
[Verb]
dynamite (third-person singular simple present dynamites, present participle dynamiting, simple past and past participle dynamited)
1.To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
[[French]]
[Verb]
dynamite
1.first-person singular present indicative of dynamiter
2.third-person singular present indicative of dynamiter
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of dynamiter
4.first-person singular present subjunctive of dynamiter
5.second-person singular imperative of dynamiter
0
0
2012/01/24 14:52
12270
onion
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌnjən/[Etymology]
Middle English onyon, union, oinyon, from Anglo-Norman union et al. and Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion, large pearl”) (probably from ūnus (“one”), but perhaps compare Hittite wašḫar (“garlic”), Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa, “onion”), Pashto ووږه (ūža, “garlic”), Khowar wǝẓnū (“garlic”)[1]). Displaced the inherited term ramsons.
[Noun]
onion (plural onions)
1.A monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
2.The bulb of such a plant.
3.(uncountable) The genus as a whole.
4.(obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
5.(colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
[References]
1.^ Witczak, The Hittite Name For 'Garlic'
[See also]
- chive
- scallion
- shallot
0
0
2012/01/24 16:29
12276
buskes
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
buskes
1.indefinite possessive singular of buske
0
0
2012/01/24 16:39
12277
buske
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
buske c.
1.bush; a category of plants that is distinguished from trees by its multiple stems and lower height.
2.(slang) bush; the pubic hair, especially that of a woman.
0
0
2012/01/24 16:39
12282
sha
[[Japanese]]
[Syllable]
sha
1.The hiragana syllable しゃ (sha) or the katakana syllable シャ (sha) in Hepburn romanization.
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
sha
1.Nonstandard spelling of shā.
2.Nonstandard spelling of shǎ.
3.Nonstandard spelling of shà.
0
0
2012/01/24 16:53
12284
yip
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪp[Noun]
yip (plural yips)
1.A sharp, high-pitched bark.
2.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XII:
I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
3.("The Yips") A self-fulfilling defeatist or fatalist mindset.
[Verb]
yip (third-person singular simple present yips, present participle yipping, simple past and past participle yipped)
1.To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.
0
0
2012/01/24 16:59
12290
freak
[[English]]
ipa :/friːk/[Alternative forms]
- freake (obsolete)
- freik, freke, frick (Scotland)
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English freke, freike (“a bold man, warrior, man, creature”), from Old English freca (“a bold man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *frekô (“an active or eagre man, warrior, wolf”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“active, bold, desirous, greedy”), from Proto-Indo-European *pereg-, *spereg- (“to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast”). Cognate with Old Norse freki (“greedy or avaricious one, a wolf”), Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).
[Etymology 2]
1560, "sudden change of mind, whim", of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or Middle English frek (“insolent, daring”), from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“hard, efficient, greedy, bold, audacious”). Compare Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).
0
0
2012/01/24 17:07
12291
seat
[[English]]
ipa :/siːt/[Anagrams]
- AEST
- east, East
- eats
- etas
- sate, saté
- seta
- tase
- teas
[Etymology]
Middle English, from Old Norse sæti, compare Old English set
[Noun]
seat (plural seats)
1.A place in which to sit.
There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
2.The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat which always annoyed his mother.
3.A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
4.The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".
The seat of the valve had become corroded.
5.The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.
6.A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
7.The location of a governing body.
Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
8.(certain Commonwealth countries) an electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
[See also]
- county seat
- seat cushion
- seat of learning
- seat of wisdom
- sedentary
- see
- sit
[Verb]
seat (third-person singular simple present seats, present participle seating, simple past and past participle seated)
1.(transitive): To put an object into a place where it will rest.
Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
2.(transitive): To provide places to sit.
This classroom seats two hundred students.
0
0
2012/01/24 17:10
12292
auroral
[[English]]
ipa :/ɔːˈɹɔəɹəl/[Adjective]
auroral (comparative more auroral, superlative most auroral)
1.Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.
2.1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 227:
This auroral openness and uplift gives to all creative ideal levels a bright and carolling quality, which is nowhere more marked than where the controlling emotion is religious.
3.Rosy in colour, blushing, roseate.
4.Pertaining to the aurora borealis.
[Etymology]
From aurora + -al.
[References]
- auroral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
0
0
2012/01/24 17:11
12293
亀頭
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
亀頭 (hiragana きとう, romaji kitō)
1.(anatomy) glans
1.glans penis
2.clitoral glans
[See also]
- 陰茎亀頭 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia:陰茎亀頭
- 陰核亀頭 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia:陰核亀頭
0
0
2012/01/24 17:13
12294
silk
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪlk/[Anagrams]
- skil
[Etymology]
Old English sioloc, seolc. The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki, Russian шёлк, obsolete Lithuanian zilkaĩ), all from or cognate with late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin Sericus, from Greek σηρικός, ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲 (sī) ‘silk’). Compare Seres.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:SilkWikipedia silk (plural silks)
1.(uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
The silk thread was barely visible.
2.(uncountable) A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
I had a small square of silk, but it wasn't enough to make what I wanted.
3.The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel
4.(colloquial) a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel
0
0
2010/12/07 02:01
2012/01/24 17:15
12295
アナグラム
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
アナグラム (romaji anaguramu)
1.anagram
2.「いろはにほへと･･･」は、日本語のひらがなを全て使ったアナグラムです。
「いろはにほへと･･･」は、にほんごのひらがなをすべてつかったあなぐらむです。
"irohanihoheto..." wa nihongo no hiragana o subete tukatta anaguramuです。
"irohanihoheto..." is an anagram which uses all hiragana of Japanese.
0
0
2012/01/24 17:16
12296
shaft
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɑːft/[Anagrams]
- hafts
[Etymology]
Old English sceaft, from Germanic Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schacht, German Schaft, Swedish skaft.
[Noun]
shaft (plural shafts)
1.The long narrow body of a spear or arrow
Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered, Sam.
2.A beam or ray of light
Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?
3.Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, or the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive.
Dude, the baseball bat's shaft got broken by the amazing pitch!
4.The main axis of a feather
I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!
5.(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick
Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!
6.A long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft.
Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.
7.A vertical or near-vertical cave passage.
8.A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
9.A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.
10.A malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft”
That guy at work gave me the shaft, he ratted me out to the boss for being late!
11.The main narrow part of the penis
12.axle
13.drive shaft
[Verb]
shaft (third-person singular simple present shafts, present participle shafting, simple past and past participle shafted)
1.(transitive) to equip something with a shaft
2.(transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with someone
3.(transitive, slang) To cause someone harm.
He got shafted when his boss took credit for what he had done.
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pillow
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɪləʊ/[Etymology]
From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“pillow”), from Proto-Germanic *pulwin (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch peluw (“pillow, bolster”), German Pfühl (“pillow”).
[Noun]
pillow (plural pillows)
1.A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
[Verb]
pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)
1.(transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
2.1942: She had pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)
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seductive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
seductive (comparative more seductive, superlative most seductive)
1.Attractive, alluring, tempting.
Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.
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Webster
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɛbstɚ/[Anagrams]
- bestrew
[Proper noun]
Webster (plural Websters)
1.An English occupational surname for someone who was a weaver.
2.Any of various dictionaries published under the name Webster.
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east
[[English]]
ipa :/iːst/[Adjective]
east (not comparable)
1.Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
2.(meteorology) wind from the east
3.Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
4.From the East; oriental.
[Adverb]
east (not comparable)
1.towards the east; eastwards
[Anagrams]
- AEST, eats, etas, sate, saté, SEAT, seat, seta, tase, teas
[Antonyms]
- (situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
- (meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
- (of or pertaining to the east): western
- (towards the east): west. westwards
[Etymology]
From Old English ēast.
[Noun]
east (uncountable)
1.One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
2.1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...
[Synonyms]
- (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
- (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
- (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
- (from the East): oriental
- (towards the east): eastwards
[[Old English]]
ipa :/æːast/[Adjective]
ēast
1.eastern, easterly
[Adverb]
ēast
1.from the east
2.towards the east
[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *austan from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian āst, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ōst, German Osten, Old Norse austr The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Proto-Slavic *utro.
[Noun]
ēast m.
1.the east
[[West Frisian]]
[Adjective]
east
1.east, eastern, easterly
[Noun]
east
1.east
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Africa
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæfɹɪkə/[Anagrams]
- AFAICR
[Etymology]
Wikipedia has an article on:Africa (etymology)WikipediaFrom Latin Āfrica.
[External links]
- Africa Time Zones with current time
[Proper noun]
Africa
1.The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. It holds the following countries:Countries of Africa
[See also]
- (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America (Category: en:Continents) [edit]
- Appendix:Place names in Africa
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈafrika/[Proper noun]
Africa f.
1.Africa.
[See also]
- (continents) continente; Africa, America meridionale, America settentrionale, Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: it:Continents) [edit]
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈaːf.ri.ka/[Etymology]
Feminine of āfricus, as a noun elliptic of terra Africa. The adjective āfricus comes from the name of the Āfri (singular Afer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, by addition of the -icus suffix. The Latin term is formed alongside Greek ἡ Ἀφρική, both variants being attested from the 1st century AD.
[Proper noun]
Āfrica (genitive Āfricae); f, first declension
1.Northwestern Africa, the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of the Nile
Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53)
2.Name of a Roman province from 146 BC to AD 293 (later split into Africa Zeugitana and Africa Byzacena under Diocletian)
3.Africa as a continent, understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean
Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.
If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈa.fri.ka][Etymology]
Latin Africa
[Proper noun]
Africa f.
1.Africa
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terra
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- arter, rater, tarre
[Noun]
terra (plural terrae)
1.A rough upland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈtɛrə/[Etymology]
From Latin terra.
[Noun]
terra f. (plural terres)
1.earth
2.sand terra m. (plural terres)
1.ground
[[Corsican]]
[Noun]
terra f. (plural terri)
1.earth
2.Earth
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- arrêt, errât, rater, râter
[Verb]
terra
1.third-person singular past historic of terrer
[[Galician]]
[Etymology]
From Latin terra.
[Noun]
terra f. (plural terras)
1.soil, earth
2.land
[See also]
- Terra
[[Interlingue]]
[Noun]
terra
1.earth
2.ground
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈtɛr.ra/[Etymology]
From Latin terra.
[Noun]
terra f. (plural terre)
1.earth
2.ground
3.soil
[See also]
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈter.ra/[Etymology]
From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Old Irish (and Irish) tír, Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (tersomai), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati) and Old English þurst (English thirst).
[Noun]
terra (genitive terrae); f, first declension
1.land, earth, ground
2.405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:2
[…] et asportavit ea in terram Sennaar in domum dei sui […]
" […] which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; […] "
3.the world
4.(capitalized, proper noun, New Latin) the planet Earth
[[Old Provençal]]
[Etymology]
Latin terra
[Noun]
terra f. (oblique plural terras, nominative singular terra, nominative plural terras)
1.land
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
From Latin terra.
[Noun]
terra f. (plural terras)
1.ground, land, soil
2.earth
3.homeland (formally "terra natal", but sometimes shortened as "terra")
Lá na minha terra tem muitas capivaras.
There's a lot of capybaras in my homeland.
[[Sicilian]]
ipa :/ˈtɛʐʐa/[Etymology]
From Latin terra.
[Noun]
terra f (plural terri)
1.land
2.earth
3.soil
4.ground
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milk
[[English]]
ipa :/mɪlk/[Etymology]
From Old English meolc; compare Danish mælk, Dutch melk, West Frisian molke, German Milch, Norwegian melk/mjølk, Swedish mjölk, Yiddish מילך (milkh). Polish mleko
[Noun]
milk (countable and uncountable; plural milks)
1.(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
1.(US standard of identity) The lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, and including the addition of limited amounts of vitamin A, vitamin D, and other carriers or flavoring ingredients identified as safe and suitable.(uncountable) A white (or whitish) colored liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as soy beans, coconuts, almonds, rice, oats. Also called non-dairy milk.(countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
Table three ordered three milks. (Formally: The guests at table three ordered three glasses of milk.)(uncountable, slang) semen
[See also]
- Milk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dairy
- dairy product
[Verb]
milk (third-person singular simple present milks, present participle milking, simple past and past participle milked)
1.(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
The farmer milked his cows.
2.(transitive) To express any liquid (from any creature).
3.(transitive) To talk or write at length about (a particular point).
4.(transitive) To take advantage of (a situation).
When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
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louse
[[English]]
ipa :/laʊs/[Anagrams]
- loues, oules, ousel, Seoul, soule
[Etymology]
From Middle English lows(e), from Old English lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs (cf. West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Laus), from Proto-Indo-European *lus (cf. Welsh llau ‘lice’, Tocharian luwa, Russian вошь (voš’), Persian rišk, Sanskrit yūkā).
[Noun]
louse (plural lice or (nonstandard) louses)
1.A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera.
2.(colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who has recently taken an action considered deceitful or indirectly harmful.
[Synonyms]
- (insect): (North America) cootie
- (contemptible person): maggot, worm
- delouse
[Verb]
louse (third-person singular simple present louses, present participle lousing, simple past and past participle loused)
1.To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse.
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peach
[[English]]
ipa :/piːʧ/[Anagrams]
- chape
- cheap
[Etymology 1]
Middle English peche from Old French pesche (French: pêche) from Medieval Latin pesca from Vulgar Latin pessica from Classical Latin persica from malum persicum (“Persian apple”), from Ancient Greek μῆλον περσικόν. See Perse.
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English pechen, from apechen (“to accuse”) and empechen (“to accuse”), possibly from Anglo-Norman anpecher, from Late Latin impedicō (“entangle”). See impeach.
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fuzz
[[English]]
ipa :/fʌz/[Etymology 1]
- Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source
- Some dictionaries suggest a back-formation from fuzzy.
[Etymology 2]
Unknown
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aile
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛl/[Etymology 1]
Latin ala (“wing [of animals]”).
[Etymology 2]
Verb form of ailer.
[[Manx]]
ipa :/ail/[Etymology]
From Old Irish aingel (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (angelos, “messenger”).
[Noun]
aile m. (genitive ailey)
1.fire
[[Old Irish]]
[Adjective]
aile
1.other, second, one (of two)
[Alternative forms]
- oile
- eile
[Etymology]
From Proto-Celtic *aljo- (“other, second”).
[Noun]
aile
1.another, the other, others
2.period of two days
3.something else, anything else
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/ɑːiɫɛ/[Etymology]
From Arabic عائِلَة.
[Noun]
aile (definite accusative aileyi, plural aileler)
1.family
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lingerie
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɔ̃.ʒə.ɹi/[Etymology]
From French lingerie.
[External links]
- Lingerie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- underwear
[Noun]
lingerie (uncountable)
1.(uncountable) Women's underwear or nightclothes, now especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
[See also]
- negligee
- nightie, nighty
[[French]]
ipa :/lɛ̃ʒʁi/[Etymology]
From linge + -erie.
[Noun]
lingerie f. (plural lingeries)
1.linen room
2.lingerie (clothing)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/lɐ̃ʒeˈʁi/[Etymology]
From French lingerie.
[Noun]
lingerie (plural lingeries)
1.women's underwear
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spasm
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- samps
- spams
[Etymology]
From Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmos, “spasm, convulsion”). Compare span.
[Noun]
spasm (plural spasms)
1.A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
2.A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
3.A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.
[Verb]
spasm (third-person singular simple present spasms, present participle spasming, simple past and past participle spasmed)
1.To produce and undergo a spasm.
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sucker
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsʌk.ə/[Anagrams]
- Uckers
[Etymology 1]
From the verb suck.
[Etymology 2]
Possibly from the Pig in a poke scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig. Also possibly from suckener.
[Etymology 3]
Possibly from German Sache (thing).
[See also]
- Sucker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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pest
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛst[Anagrams]
- pets
- sept, Sept.
- step
[Etymology]
From Middle French peste (=modern French), from Latin pestis
[Noun]
pest (plural pests)
1.(originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
2.An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.
3.An annoying person.
4.(UK, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.
Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!
[Synonyms]
- (creature) bug
[[Danish]]
ipa :/pɛst/[Etymology]
From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”).
[Noun]
pest c. (uncountable, singular definite pesten)
1.(pathology) plague
2.(figuratively) pestilence
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛst[Noun]
pest c. (uncountable)
1.A plague, pest, pestilence.
2.A specific bovine plague
3.An obnoxious person
[References]
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
[Verb]
pest
1.first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of pesten.
2.imperative of pesten.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/pêːst/[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *pęstь
[Noun]
pȇst f. (Cyrillic spelling пе̑ст)
1.(regional, literary) fist
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/peːst/[Etymology]
From Old Church Slavonic пѧсть. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пест/pest, Slovak päsť, Russian пясть (“middle part of the hand”) and запястье, dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) пестник, песник, пестница. Compare, Ancient Greek πυγμή, Old High German fust ( > German Faust).
[Noun]
pést f. (dual pesti, plural pesti)
1.(anatomy) fist
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
pest c.
1.A plague
2.A pest; something deeply annoying
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belly-button
[[English]]
[Noun]
belly-button (plural belly-buttons)
1.Alternative spelling of belly button.
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ye
[[English]]
ipa :/jiː/[Anagrams]
- ey
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English ye, ȝe, from Old English ġē (“ye”), the nominative case of the second-person plural personal pronoun, from Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs- (“ye”). Cognate with Scots ye (“ye”), Dutch gij, jij, je (“ye”), Low German ji, jie (“ye”), German ihr (“ye”), Danish and Swedish I (“ye”), Icelandic ér (“ye”). See also you.
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English þe. The letter y is a variant of þ (“thorn”), a letter which corresponds to modern th. Etymological y was for a time distinguished by a dot, ẏ, but the letters conflated when that was dropped. Despite the occasional modern use of y in the word, it is still read as the.
[[Asturian]]
[Verb]
ye
1.third-person singular present indicative of ser
[[Catawba]]
[Noun]
ye
1.Man (adult male human), person.
2.Native American Indian.
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Etymology]
[Verb]
ye
1.Form of se used at the end of a phrase, after the predicate and the subject, in that order; to be.
Kimoun ou ye? (Who are you?; literally, Who you are?)
[[Ido]]
[Preposition]
ye
1.at
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
ye
1.Nonstandard spelling of yē.
2.Nonstandard spelling of yé.
3.Nonstandard spelling of yě.
4.Nonstandard spelling of yè.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
ye (plural)
1.eyes
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye - General Prologue, Canterbury Tales, ll. 9-10
[[Scots]]
[Pronoun]
ye
1.you
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
ye f. (plural ye)
1.Name of the letter y.
[Synonyms]
- i griega (deprecated)
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
ye
1.The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
[[Volapük]]
[Conjunction]
ye
1.however
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