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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
0
0
2012/01/24 17:17
12297
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)
0
0
2012/01/24 17:19
12299
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.
0
0
2012/01/24 17:26
12301
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.
0
0
2012/01/24 17:31
12302
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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0
2009/01/10 03:38
2012/01/24 17:32
TaN
12303
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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12305
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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faith
[[English]]
ipa :/feɪθ/[Alternative forms]
- feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- hatif
[Etymology]
12th century, from Middle English enm, from Old French feid, from Latin fidēs (“faith, belief, trust”) (whence also English fidelity), from fīdō (“trust, confide in”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”) (whence also English bide).
[Noun]
English Wikipedia has an article on:FaithWikipedia enfaith (countable and uncountable; plural faiths)
1.A feeling, conviction or belief that something is true, real, or will happen.
Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
2.An obligation of loyalty or fidelity.
3.The observance of such an obligation.
He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
4.(countable) A religious belief system.
The Christian faith has been spread by proselytizing.
5.(Christianity) Belief and trust in the Christian God's promises revealed through Christ in the New Testament.
Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld. (Hebrews 11:1 NWT)
6.A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
7.Mental acceptance of and confidence in a claim as truth without evidence supporting the claim (e.g. a superstition or religion) or disregarding all evidence to the contrary (e.g. a delusion).
I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: church · paper · object · #606: faith · gentleman · persons · wrote
[Synonyms]
- (knowing, without direct observation, based on indirect evidence and experience, that something is true, real, or will happen): belief, confidence, trust, conviction
- (system of religious belief): religion
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saucy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɔː.sɪ/[Adjective]
saucy (comparative saucier, superlative sauciest)
1.Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
2.Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.
3.Impudently bold; pert; piquant.
4.Mildly erotic.
My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy.
[Etymology]
From sauce.
[See also]
- sauce
- sassy
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:cheeky
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kanpai
[[Japanese]]
[Interjection]
kanpai (hiragana かんぱい)
1.乾杯: cheers, bottoms up
[Noun]
kanpai (hiragana かんぱい)
1.完敗: absolute defeat
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moisture
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɔɪstʃɚ/[Anagrams]
- misroute
[Etymology]
moist + -ure
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:MoistureWikipedia moisture (uncountable)
1.A moderate degree of wetness. --Francis Bacon.
2.That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid;liquid in small quantity.
All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -William Shakespeare
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pornography
[[English]]
ipa :/pɔː(ɹ)ˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornographos), from πόρνη (pornē, “prostitute”) + γράφω (graphō, “I write”).
[Noun]
pornography (usually uncountable; plural pornographies)
1.The explicit depiction of sexual subject matter, especially with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer. [from the mid-19th c.]
"What is pornography to one man, is the laughter of genius to another." by D.H. Lawrence as cited on page 10's "Confining the Pornography Dragon" by The Cambridge Law Journal in issue 1980.
2.(usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.
In The Four Pillars of Wisdom, he devotes a well-deserved chapter to the financial press and its weakness for "financial pornography"—lurid coverage of star money managers. (Seattle Times, Auhust 4, 2002)
[See also]
- hardcore
- softcore
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bookworm
[[English]]
[Etymology]
book + worm
[Noun]
bookworm (plural bookworms)
1.Any of various insects that infest books.
2.An avid book reader.
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kneel
[[English]]
ipa :/niːl/[Etymology]
From Old English cneowlian, from cneow (“‘knee’”); cf. Goth. knussjan, Gk. gnyx "with bent knee." Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc.
[References]
- kneel in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- kneel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
to kneel (third-person singular simple present kneels, present participle kneeling, simple past and past participle knelt or kneeled)
1.(intransitive) To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees.
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scrotums
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- scrota
[Noun]
scrotums
1.Plural form of scrotum.
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savas
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈʃɒvɒʃ/[Adjective]
savas (comparative savasabb, superlative legsavasabb)
1.acidic
[Etymology]
sav + -as
[[Ido]]
[Verb]
savas
1.present of savar
[[Lithuanian]]
[Pronoun]
savas
1.his
[[Swedish]]
[Verb]
savas
1.infinitive passive of sava.
2.present tense passive of sava.
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