nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: orthorexic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a fixation with healthy or righteous eating
Word: orthorexic Part of Speech: noun 1. One who suffers from orthorexia
Word: paraskevidekatriaphobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paraskavedekatriaphobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: There’s even a name to describe the irrational dread of the date: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13.
Word: coulrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the late 1980s or 1990s, of unknown origin, appearing first, without further explanation, in lists of phobias circulating on the Internet. First use appears c. 1997 according to the OED. According to a widespread theory, the term is based on Ancient Greek κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristḗs, “one who goes on stilts”), allegedly chosen for lack of an obvious Ancient Greek equivalent of “clown”, + -phobia (“fear of”). This theory fails to explain the alteration of colo- to coulro-. Pronunciation: /kəʊl.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ 1. The fear of clowns. Labels: uncountable Example: […] to develop coulrophobia. On the seventh, clowns from around the world […] congregate at London's Holy Trinity Church for the annual Grimaldi Memorial Service. Example: Clowns are no laughing matter to Sean "Puffy" Combs. The swaggering rap royal is widely reported to suffer from coulrophobia, an irrational fear of the red-nosed, versized-shoe-wearing, greasepainted circus buffoons.
Word: tees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noctambulist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1731; from noct- + -ambulist. 1. One who sleepwalks at night; a somnambulist. Labels: rare Example: He watched her with the eyes of a noctambulist.
Word: cerebralise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cerebral + -ise. 1. to make a mental picture or map of something 2. To make (a consonant) retroflex. Labels: obsolete
Word: for sure Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Definitely, positively, without a doubt. Example: I would buy one of those for sure. Example: Did you enjoy the concert? —For sure.
Word: oeuvre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːvɹə/, /ˈuːvɹə/ 1. A work of art, music or literature. Example: (Calvin) This piece is about the inadequacy of traditional imagery and symbols to convey meaning in today's world. By abandoning representationalism, I'm free to express myself with pure form. Specific interpretation gives way to a more visceral response. (Hobbes) I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic. (Calvin) Well c'mon, it's just snow. 2. A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by an artist, composer, or writer. Labels: collective, uncountable Example: the complete oeuvre of Mozart Example: Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.
Word: bass bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. An extremely low bass note that, when played through a subwoofer, physically shakes the listener.
Word: peaks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /piːks/ 1. plural of peak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peaks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /piːks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of peak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɛts/ 1. plural of bet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɛts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hots Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you?
Word: hots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: runes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rune Labels: form-of, plural
Word: runes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rune Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: homeomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homeo- + -morphy. 1. The evolution of similar external forms from very distant ancestors. Labels: uncountable 2. The formation of a new graph by inserting new nodes along existing edges. Labels: uncountable
Word: STAB Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of same-type attack bonus. 1. A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move). Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Coorg Part of Speech: name 1. A mountainous region in southwestern India, also known locally as Kodagu. 2. The former name of Kodagu, a district of Karnataka, India. 3. A member of the Dravidian language family spoken by the aforementioned ethnic community.
Word: Coorg Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the ethnic community originating from the region of Coorg in India.
Word: expedite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/, /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/ 1. To accelerate the progress of. Labels: transitive Example: He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers. Example: The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd. 2. To perform (a task) fast and efficiently. Labels: broadly, transitive 3. To perform the duties of an expediter. 4. To free from impediment; to release or set at liberty. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: expedite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/, /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/ 1. Free of impediment; unimpeded. Example: […] to make the way plaine and expedite […] 2. Expeditious; quick; prompt. Example: nimble and expedite […] in its operation Example: […]Speech in general (which is a very ſhort and expedite way of conveying their Thoughts one to another)[…]
Word: expend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin expendō (“to weigh; to pay out”). Doublet of spend. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛnd/, /ɛkˈspɛnd/ 1. To consume, exhaust (some resource). Labels: transitive Example: If my death might make this island happy […] I would expend it with all willingness. Example: So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there remained not over a hundred shells in the box.
Word: prosopography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: prosopo- + -graphy; from the Latin prosōpographia (“description of a person’s appearance; description of an individual’s life”), from the Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”). See also prosopon. 1. A study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since it would be a daunting task to subject the entire profession to audit, he chose to pursue the prosopography of the manageable subset of financial economists who had presented themselves as "faceless" representatives of the orthodox economics discipline, either through the Squam Lake Group (covered above) or the Pew Economic Policy Group Financial Reform Project.
Word: Kodagu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kodava ಕೊಡಗ್ (koḍagŭ). 1. A district of Karnataka, India.
Word: first order stream Part of Speech: noun 1. A stream that has no permanent tributaries.
Word: third order stream Part of Speech: noun 1. A stream formed by the confluence of two second order streams, or of a second order stream and a third order stream.
Word: dipsomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dipso- + -maniac. Pronunciation: /dɪp.sə(ʊ)ˈmeɪn.i.æk/ 1. One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic. Example: The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink. Example: The Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren’t are impossible, I don’t like the tourists, mainly English and American dipsomaniacs, paid, my dear, by their families to stay away. 2. A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
Word: hithe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English hȳþ. See also Lambeth, Chelsea, Queenhithe (a ward in the City of London), Hythe (a coastal town in Kent). Pronunciation: /hʌɪð/ 1. A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port. Labels: obsolete Example: This Edred's hithe, after the aforesaid grants, came again to the king's hands, by what means I have not read, but it pertained unto the queen, and, therefore, was called Ripa reginæ, the Queene's bank, or Queene's hithe, and great profit thereof was made to her use, as may appear with this which followeth. Example: 1839 [1828], Thomas Allen, Thomas Wright (updates for 1839 edition), The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, Volume 3, page 724, After this, the bailiffs of the said Hithe complained, that, since the said recognition, fourteen foreign ships, laden with fish, arrived at Billingsgate, which ships should have arrived at the said Hithe.
Word: snakebite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snake Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English snakebite From snake + bite. 1. The bite of a snake. Labels: countable Example: Mohamed's father said his son was a studious young man with a passion for soccer. "He was someone that we all thought would go very far," he said. Mohamed was the third member of his family to suffer a fatal snakebite within 12 months. Example: For Tim Friede, who's now the director of herpetology at Centivax, it's about helping the people impacted by venomous snakebites worldwide. When he heard that his antibodies had helped create this new antivenom cocktail, he says he was happy. 2. A cocktail made with equal parts lager and hard cider. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We agreed to go down to the bar and get a snakebite together, […] 3. A pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake. Labels: countable Example: Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.
Word: helpmeet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Univerbation of part of a phrase in Genesis 2:18 in the King James Version: “an helpe meet” for Adam (i.e. a helper suitable for him) (help + meet). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlpmiːt/ 1. A helpful partner, particularly a spouse. Example: [on vocabulary errors] … and helpmates for meet-helps—the difference of the meaning of the two words is so obvious, that it is surprising it should have escaped attention.—A person may be a helpmate and at the same time be very far from being a help-meet, which is here intended. Example: When he went to Deborah and told her that the Lord had led him to ask her to be his wife, his holy helpmeet, she looked at him for a moment in what seemed to be speechless terror.
Word: snappish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch snappen Dutch snappenbor. Low German snappenbor. English snap Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English snappish From snap + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈsnæpɪʃ/ 1. Likely to snap or bite. Example: A snappish cur Example: She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees; […] 2. Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible. Example: The past fortnight had been one of sullenness, cold black looks, short snappish words, and those ingenious contradictions which sometimes vary the halcyon calm of domestic felicity. Example: She heard her own voice, snappish and rude, and pressed a hand to her head.
Word: Long Island iced tea Part of Speech: noun 1. A cocktail made with vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and other ingredients. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: While I’m walking to the bar ‘cause my drink’s getting low / I need a Long Island Iced Tea, double, no ice
Word: deformity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deformite, from Middle French deformite, from Latin dēfōrmitās (“deformity, ugliness”), from dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”) + -itās, from dē + fōrma (“shape, form”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɔːmɪti/, /dɪˈfɔɹməti/ 1. The state of being deformed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: congenital deformity Example: severe deformity 2. An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: physical deformity Example: The accident left him with a slight facial deformity.
Word: curvature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve. Displaced native Old English ġebīeġednes. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜɹ.və.tʃəɹ/ 1. The shape of something curved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Constructional costs are kept to a minimum by the admissibility of heavy grades and sharp curvature. Example: In the first of the movie's many striking images, we share his majestic view from the top, the curvature of the planet and the glow of the horizon brilliantly reflected in his helmet. 2. The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A turtle drawing an ellipse would have to turn more per distance traveled to get around its “pointy” sides than to get around its flatter top and bottom. This notion of how “pointy something is,” expressed as the ratio of angle turned to distance traveled, is the intrinsic quantity that mathematicians call curvature. 3. The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: meager Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean”), West Frisian meager (“meager”), Dutch mager (“meager”), German mager, Icelandic magr whence the Icelandic magur, Norwegian Bokmål mager and Danish mager. Doublet of maigre. Pronunciation: /ˈmiɡɚ/, /ˈmiːɡə/ 1. Having little flesh; lean; thin. Labels: Canada, US, common 2. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent Labels: Canada, US, common Example: A meager piece of cake in one bite. Example: The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment. 3. Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible. Labels: Canada, US, common 4. Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk). Labels: Canada, US, common
Word: meager Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean”), West Frisian meager (“meager”), Dutch mager (“meager”), German mager, Icelandic magr whence the Icelandic magur, Norwegian Bokmål mager and Danish mager. Doublet of maigre. Pronunciation: /ˈmiɡɚ/, /ˈmiːɡə/ 1. To make lean. Labels: Canada, US, common, transitive
Word: green tea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Chinese 綠茶 /绿茶 (lǜchá). 1. Leaves of the tea plant which are treated with steam or roasted to denature the enzymes that cause the leaves to darken and change taste. (Without this step they would become oolong tea or black tea). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...paper by Mr. Warrington, on the analysis of tea, in which he states that he has has not only removed the whole of the coloring matter, or glazing, from green tea, but he has been able to analyze the matter removed.... 2. A beverage brewed from green tea leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: black coffee Part of Speech: noun 1. Coffee served as a beverage without cream or milk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It wasn't enough. They'd be able to rouse her with black coffee. Example: Boiled, percolated, pressed, or filtered, black coffee ranges from a light tea-like drink to deep black brew.
Word: coffee bar Part of Speech: noun 1. An establishment that sells coffee (and possibly other non-alcoholic drinks), a cafe. Food may also be served. Example: HABITUES of Manhattan's multiplying coffee bars have quickly learned a new language: espressospeak. 2. A section of an establishment (a restaurant, shop or other business) where coffee is served.
Word: cryopreservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + preservation, from Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”). 1. the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coffee break Part of Speech: noun 1. A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.
Word: coffee grinder Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans). 2. A circular sweep of the leg around the body while supporting oneself on one's hands.
Word: astuteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English astute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English astuteness From astute + -ness. Pronunciation: /əˈst͡ʃuːtnəs/, /əˈstjuːtnəs/, /əˈstutnəs/, /əˈstjutnəs/ 1. The quality of being astute. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor. Example: And this arose not so much from his greater virtue, nor even his superior style, but from his astuteness in understanding that his frame is best served by custom tailoring.
Word: immensely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English immense Middle English -ly English -ly English immensely From immense + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛnsli/ 1. Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent. Example: I enjoyed the party immensely. Example: This question is immensely difficult.
Word: Seven Sages Part of Speech: name 1. Seven Ancient Greek men renowned for their wisdom: Thales, Solon, Periander, Cleobulus, Chilon, Bias, and Pittacus. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: rhinarium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹaɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/, /ɹaɪˈnɛɹi.əm/ 1. The naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals, usually more or less moist and embossed.
Word: harps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harp Labels: form-of, plural 2. The side of a coin that bears an image of the Irish harp. Labels: Ireland
Word: harps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of harp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gerontology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Indo-European *ǵérh₂onts Proto-Hellenic *géronts Ancient Greek γέροντος (gérontos)der. English geronto- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English gerontology From geronto- + -logy. 1. The study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: geriatrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) (see γέρων (gérōn)) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”); coined in English in 1909 by Ignatz L. Nascher in the New York Medical Journal on the model of pediatrics; correct formation would be gerontiatrics. Compare gerontology. 1. The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself. Labels: uncountable
Word: geriatrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geriatric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astraddle Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English straddle English astraddle From a- + straddle. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹædəl/ 1. In a straddling position; astride. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Charioteer rides afore, a-ſtraddle on the Beam that makes the Yoke for the Oxen, which is covered with Scarlet, and finely carved underneath […] Example: A faint string of smoke was rising from a cigarette-tray—a number of Vanity Fair sat astraddle on the table.
Word: astraddle Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English straddle English astraddle From a- + straddle. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹædəl/ 1. In a straddling position on. Example: […] see that your men reload their muskets the meanwhile, ready for any old woman we may see riding through the air astraddle a broomstick. Example: The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse.
Word: Baptist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæptɪst/, /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/ 1. An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Baptist Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbæptɪst/, /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/ 1. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination. Example: One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.
Word: farsighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From far + sighted. 1. Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic. 2. Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Word: oolong tea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a partial calque of Mandarin 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá), or directly from Hokkien 烏龍茶 /乌龙茶 (o͘-liông-tê), from 烏龍 /乌龙 (o͘-liông, literally “black dragon”) + 茶 (tê, “tea”). Pronunciation: /ˈuː.lʊŋ tʰi/, /ˈoː.loŋ tʰi/ 1. A type of tea with a taste in between green tea and black tea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: black dragon
Word: mint tea Part of Speech: noun 1. An herb tea made by steeping leaves of plants of the mint family in hot water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: farsightedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English farsighted Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English farsightedness From farsighted + -ness. 1. The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia. Labels: uncountable 2. The quality of being considerate regarding events that may occur in the future. Labels: uncountable
Word: tea strainer Part of Speech: noun 1. A strainer used to filter loose tea leaves from brewed tea.
Word: tea plant Part of Speech: noun 1. The bush Camellia sinensis, the leaves of which are picked, dried and used to make the beverage tea.
Word: tributaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tributary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baptist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Pronunciation: /ˈbæptɪst/, /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/ 1. A person who baptizes.
Word: iconotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)der. Latin īcōnbor. English icon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -tropy English iconotropy From icon + -o- + -tropy. 1. the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one Labels: uncountable
Word: iconotropic Part of Speech: adj 1. of a myth or tradition that has its origin in a misrepresentation of an earlier one
Word: iconology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”) + -logy. Pronunciation: /aɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/ 1. The study of icons in art or art history. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contrasting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contrast + -ing. 1. Set in opposition; markedly different. Example: George W. Bush and John Kerry had contrasting debating styles.
Word: contrasting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From contrast + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of contrast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ibid Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of ibid. ("in the same place") Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ibidem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ibī̆ Latin -dem Latin ibīdembor. English ibidem Borrowed from Latin ibīdem (“in the same place”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪb.ɪ.dɛm/, /ˈɪb.ɪ.dem/, /ɪˈbaɪ̯.dəm/, /ɪˈbɑe̯.dəm/, /ˈəb.ə.dem/ 1. In the same place; indicates a reference to the same source as the previous one. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dextran Part of Speech: noun 1. A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dextrin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkstɹɪn/ 1. Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: diazotization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + azote + -ization. 1. the conversion of an aromatic primary amine into a diazonium compound, especially by the use of nitrous acid Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: practical nurse Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is certified to provide custodial care such as help in walking, bathing, and feeding.
Word: pennyroyal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently an alteration (after penny) of Anglo-Norman puliol royal, from Latin pūlegium. Pronunciation: /pɛ̝nɪˈɹɔɪ̯əl/, /pɛnɪjˈɹojəl/ 1. Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent. Example: Dioscorides says that Pennyroyal makes thin, tough phlegm, warms the coldness of any part whereto it is applied, and digests raw or corrupt matter. Example: I'm on warm milk and laxatives / Cherry-flavored antacids / Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea / Distill the life that's inside of me / Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea / I'm anemic royalty 2. A traditional old well-known song, especially a spiritual folksong. Labels: obsolete Example: Offenbach and the old college airs, song and dance tunes and pennyroyals, formed the staples for the introduction of hits on manners and times. Example: The singing in the schoolhouse was more like that of one of the old-fashioned, large Yankee families gathered round the hearthstone and singing "pennyroyals" Sunday nights.
Word: rhombohedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhombo- + -hedron. 1. A prism with six faces, each a rhombus.
Word: horehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English horehoune, from Old English hārhūne, hārehūne. 1. Any plant of the genus Marrubium. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any plant of the genus Marrubium. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any plant of the genus Ballota. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trapezohedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trapezium + -hedron, with trapezium used in the US sense of a convex irregular quadrilateral. 1. Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms. Example: The general form is called the tetragonal trapezohedron. In this case also there are both left- (Fig. 97) and right-handed (Fig. 98) forms. Example: This trapezohedron, or antidiamond, is composed of ten quadrilaterals. In each quadrilateral, three of the angles are 108° and one is 36°. 2. A deltoidal icositetrahedron. Example: A trapezohedron has 24 equal faces, each a four-sided figure or trapezium. Unlike the forms already described, which are always the same, there are several different trapezohedrons, all having the same number of faces but differing in the angles between the faces.
Word: deltohedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From delto- (combining form of deltoid) + -hedron. 1. A polyhedron whose faces are kites (deltoids). The dual polyhedron of a regular n-gonal antiprism.
Word: vitrification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazione. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪ.tɹɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: At this point overfiring begins, as is shown particularly by the volume curve, which indicates decided bloating, so that at 1450°C the clay has about the same volume it had at 1050°C before vitrification took place. 2. An instance of such conversion. Labels: countable 3. The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object. Labels: countable
Word: ædicule Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of aedicule. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: saul Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of sal (“the tree, Shorea Robusta”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: saul Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of soul. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hydride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English hydride From hydro- + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹaɪd/ 1. A compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.
Word: ex libris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ex librīs (“from the books [of]”). 1. A bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.
Word: im Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of intramuscular. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: In the past few years, T patches have also been released for prescription usage. Both scrotally applied and nonscrotally applied vehicles are available. These forms of delivery offer more constant T levels and avoid the inconvenience of im injection.
Word: im Part of Speech: contraction 1. Misspelling of I'm. Labels: alt-of, contraction, misspelling
Word: Aeschylus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Aeschylus, from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos). Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/, /ˈɛ.skə.ləs/ 1. A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians. Example: Sophocles is indeed the greater artist, but Aeschylus is the greater genius; yet not solely by reason of his priority in time. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: historical
Word: FMLA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Family and Medical Leave Act. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: frees Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɹiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of free Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹiːz/ 1. plural of free Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breathalizer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of breathalyzer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reef Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reefs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reef Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decaffeinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From de- + caffeine + -ated or de- + caffeinated. Pronunciation: /diːˈkæfiːneɪtəd/, /dɪˈkæfɪneɪtəd/ 1. From which caffeine has been removed (e.g. decaffeinated coffee). Labels: not-comparable
Word: decaffeinated Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + caffeine + -ated or de- + caffeinated. Pronunciation: /diːˈkæfiːneɪtəd/, /dɪˈkæfɪneɪtəd/ 1. A drink from which caffeine has been removed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nowadays, Folgers and Tasters Choice Instant decaffeinateds both sell better than Sanka.
Word: decaffeinated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English caffeine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English decaffeinate English -ed English decaffeinated From decaffeinate + -ed. Pronunciation: /diːˈkæfiːneɪtəd/, /dɪˈkæfɪneɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of decaffeinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nicotine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French Nicot Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French nicotinebor. English nicotine Borrowed from French nicotine, equivalent to Nicot + -ine, named after Jean Nicot (1530–1604), the French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561. The etymology of the surname itself is unclear. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪkətiːn/ 1. An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. Labels: uncountable Example: She is addicted to nicotine. Example: The nicotine in tobacco has been held to produce anaphrodisiac effects, in spite of such literary commendation as J.M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine. 2. Tobacco or cigarettes. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.
Word: atropine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Atropa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English atropine From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/, /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/, /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/ 1. An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deadly nightshade Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess. Example: Deadly nightshade, henbane, hellebore and mandrakes were of evil reputation[.]
Word: mad man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of madman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: helluo librorum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin helluō librōrum (“glutton of books”), from Latin helluō (“glutton; squanderer”) + librōrum (“of books”). Helluō is derived from helluārī + -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations); helluārī is the present active infinitive of helluor (“to be a glutton, gormandize”), further etymology unknown. Librōrum is the genitive plural form of liber (“book; inner bark of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to cut off, peel”)). The plural form is also borrowed from Late Latin helluōnēs librōrum. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛljʊəʊ lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/, /ˌhɛljuoʊ lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/, /-lə-/, /ˌhɛljʊˈəʊniːz lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/, /ˌhɛljuˈoʊniz lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/ 1. An insatiable and obsessive bookworm (“avid book reader”). Labels: archaic, literary Example: [A] Writers Stomach, Appetite, and Victuals, may be judg'd from his Method, Stile, and Subject, as certainly as if you were his Meſs-fellow, and ſat at Table with him. Hence we call a Subject dry, a Writer inſipid, Notions crude, and indigeſted, a Pamphlet empty or hungry, a Stile jejune, and many ſuch like Expreſſions, plainly alluding to the Diet of an Author, and I make no manner of doubt but Tully [i.e., Cicero] grounded that ſaying of Helluo Librorum upon the ſame Obſervation. Example: Among the helluones librorum, the Cormorants of Books, there are wretched Reaſoners, that have canine Appetites, and no Digeſtion.
Word: punk music Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of punk rock. Labels: uncountable
Word: airfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + field. 1. An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways. Example: Taiwanese war planes are parked on a highway during an annual exercise to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan's airfields in Changhua in southern Taiwan. Example: The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
Word: helluo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin helluo (“glutton, squanderer”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛljuːəʊ/, /ˈhɛljuoʊ/ 1. A glutton, a gormandizer. Labels: obsolete
Word: rede Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish rádaid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada. Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. Help, advice, counsel. Labels: archaic, dialectal, uncountable Example: Ophelia: Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. Example: When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede" 2. Decision, a plan. Labels: archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Word: rede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną. Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read. Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. To govern, protect. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive 2. To discuss, deliberate. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive 3. To advise. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a knyȝtes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus Example: But let me rede you, marry not. 4. To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: The secret of Man's Being is still like the Sphinx's secret: a riddle that he cannot rede.
Word: Seamus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicization of Irish Séamas (“James”), itself from English James. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪməs/ 1. A male given name from Irish.
Word: soothed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /suːðd/ 1. simple past and past participle of soothe Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of sooth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shepherds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛpɚdz/, /ˈʃɛpədz/ 1. plural of shepherd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shepherds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛpɚdz/, /ˈʃɛpədz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shepherd Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Sundays Part of Speech: adv 1. On Sunday; each Sunday. Labels: Canada, US
Word: Sundays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sunday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sundays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Sunday Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: graveyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/ 1. A tract of land in which the dead are buried. 2. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: They're all out on this southbound odyssey / And the train pulls out of Kankakee / Rolls past the houses, farms, and fields / Passing towns that have no name / And freight yards full of old black men / And the graveyards of rusted automobiles. 3. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Certain cards place other cards here because such cards might have abilities deemed too strong if they sent them to the graveyard instead. Example: If you want to be tricky, though, Rapid Decay can be a flying elbow drop out of nowhere for a surprise win against graveyard manipulation decks; they will always see a Beetles coming, remember. 4. A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable. Labels: broadly, figuratively 5. A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity. Labels: attributive Example: graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard watch Example: Her husband, of course, came dressed as Herman Melville.) She's a veteran of these marathons, and warned me about the forthcoming graveyard stretch—when Moby-Dick melds with the altered brain chemistry of sleep deprivation. 6. Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”). Labels: US, slang
Word: groundwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-der. Proto-Germanic *grunduz Old English grund Middle English ground English ground Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English groundwater From ground + water. 1. Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic. Example: Research has shown bone apatite to undergo chemical exchange with carbonates in either vadose water or groundwater.
Word: overbear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈbɛː/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈbɛɹ/ 1. To carry over. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome. Labels: transitive Example: I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing. 3. To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress. Labels: transitive Example: It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […]. 4. To produce an overabundance of fruit. Labels: intransitive
Word: betake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈteɪk/ 1. To take over to; take across (to); deliver. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To seize; lay hold of; take. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: a rain-cloud [...] had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested [...]. 3. To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. Labels: literary, reflexive Example: One morning as I lay in my bed, a ſtrong motion vvas ſuddenly glanced into my thoughts of going to London; I aroſe and betook me to the vvay, […] Example: The rest, in imitation, to like arms / Betook them. 4. To commit to a specified action. Labels: archaic, reflexive 5. To commend or entrust to; to commit to. Labels: archaic, transitive 6. To take oneself. Labels: archaic, intransitive, often, poetic Example: Then do no further goe, no further stray, / But here lie downe, and to thy rest betake, / Th'ill to preuent, that life ensewen may. / For what hath life, that may it loued make, / And giues not rather cause it to forsake?
Word: betake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- + take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen (“to beteach”). More at beteach. Pronunciation: /bɪˈteɪk/ 1. To beteach. Labels: transitive
Word: resistant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈzɪstənt/ 1. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement. 2. A thing which resists.
Word: resistant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈzɪstənt/ 1. Which makes resistance or offers opposition. 2. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc. Example: The infection is resistant to antibiotics. Example: […] suggests the dauerlarva is resistant because of non-feeding and a more resistant cuticle. Examination of the dauerlarva cuticle by thin sectioning and electron micro[…] 3. Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
Word: skied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See ski. Pronunciation: /skiːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ski Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See sky. Pronunciation: /skaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of sky Labels: form-of, participle, past